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Diane at the helm.

Dave at the helm.


Diane and I take turns piloting our
rented 13 foot Boston Whaler around the islands.

Pulling the boat over the shallows.

Oh the indignity and humiliation ! We I ran aground at least 5 times on the shallow sandy bottom. As the skipper it was my chore to pull the boat over the flats back to deep water. Here we are heading south between Joe Cay and Pipe Cay. According to the chart this was supposed to be a deep water dinghy route !

This is our beautiful, private, secluded beach on Pasture Cay. Talk about paradise on earth ! We had the whole island to ourselves. We stopped here for lunch and a swim in our private cove.

Pasture Cay beach
Emily (the pig) on Big Majors Spot

Big Majors Spot (the island just north of Staniel Cay) is inhabited by a pig named Emily. She comes out into the water looking for handouts from anyone who comes ashore.

Just off the coast of Staniel Cay is Thunderball Grotto. It's a small rocky islet with a cave. The roof of the cave fell in long ago. Several movies have been filmed here, namely the James Bond thriller, "Thunderball", hence its name. The entrance is shown on the left. At high tide, the cave opening is barely visible and you have to dive down under the rocky roof to get inside. Once inside the cave opens up. The big hole in the roof lets in light. The snorkeling here was great!. You just have to watch your head while you're snorkeling around inside the cave. Diane wasn't careful and got a few head bruises!

The entrance to Thunderball Grotto.

Inside the cave looking back to the entrance.

The big beautiful blue and yellow fish are
Queen Angelfish.

The reddish fish (below)that looks like it has
a big black eye is a Squirrelfish.

Phish Photos
Phish Photos
 

To the right is a Nassau Grouper. It was very large! The small striped fish in the lower left corner, called Sergeant Majors, are about the size of your hand!

Grouper

 

 

 


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