Eagle Ray Roundup July 22, 2006

water temp 82-84 F, visibility 100 ft + , at 78 ft

Fish seen - barracuda, butterfly fish, blue chromis, conch, star coral, green finger coral, feather crinoids, parrot fish, stingray, sergeant major, squirrel fish, hawksbill turtle, bluehead and yellowhead wrasse - neat swim through . . . but don't be the last one through!!

Lots of flying fish on the boat ride to the dive site.

July 22, 2006 Ringers Wall

HUGE French Angel fish

Two large barracuda, one VERY large - 4-5 ft ??

Fish seen - butterfly fish, chromis, conch, brain coral, arrow crab, crinoids, juvenile spotted drum (cool!), lots of durgeon (beautiful), gobi, grouper, lizard fish,
parrot fish, a sleeping rock hind . . . a Caribbean reef shark that circled around and came up under us . . pretty close . .
squirrel fish, blue vase sponges (lovely), barrel sponges, bright yellow encrusting sponge ??, a VERY large Ocean trigger fish, one urchin, wrasse

Ggreat dive . . easy cruising along the wall . . dive guide says stay in the top 100 ft of the bottom (off the 8000 ft drop) or you will have eternal
bottom time :-)

Sunday July 23 Randy's Gazebo

Fish seen - barracuda, butterfly fish, chromis, conch, star coral, crinoids, . . . bearded fire worm ( a new one for me), gobi, a HUGE grouper just as you go over the wall from the mooring, grunts needle fish by the dock, a large octopus hanging on to coral tightly . . he
looked scared, right below him a puffer, parrot fish, sea cucumber (donkey dong . . gotta love that name), squirrel fish, snapper (mahogany & yellowtail), sponges of all types - blue vase, barrel, elephant ear, brittle star, large Ocean trigger fish, hawksbill turtle hangs close by for a bit. Only saw one urchin.