April 25, 2023:
After being docked in the town of Victoria overnight, our merry band of divers took a couple of taxis to the other side of the island (about 15 minutes away), where we had a reservation with a great dive operator called Blue Sea Divers. They outfitted us, and then we waded out to the dive boat.
It was a short ride out to our dive site, and the water looked amazingly clear. We rolled in backwards, and the water was like a warm caress. We were diving off the northwest side of the island, and our first dive was at a spot called L’Ilot.
The visibility on the dive was great, and we saw lots of different tropical fish than we had seen before, and numerous different kinds of groupers. We saw a huge school of dusky batfish. All too soon, dive one came to an end.
We moved the boat very slightly, and then did our second dive at a site called The Aquarium. Does every tropical island have a dive site called The Aquarium?! I think so!
It did live up to its name, as clouds of damselfish swam around us. Then, the dive master saw a leaf fish which is a poisonous member of the sculpin family, but they are incredibly hard to spot because they do such a great job with camouflage. Then we saw a green turtle grazing on the reef. We watched him for a while, and swam on. We spotted a huge silver grey moray, clouds of squirrelfish, an anemone, and clownfish with humbug dachylus swimming in and out. I had mentioned to the dive master that I really loved nudibranchs, and he found a new one to add to my photographic collection. Then we finished this terrific dive with a huge lionfish. What a great dive on which to end our dive adventures this trip!
Vaya con Gringos 