Post by: Clark Hamilton
This morning was a boat trip to the coral heads. Today we went to site 3, outside of the SPA zone. At sector 3 we could pick up and touch animals, as well people are allowed to fish in this zone. So, even though we were anchored with a diving flag up, there were fisherman nearby that we had to be aware of and stay away from. This morning's snorkel was by far the best, as the wind had switched directions so the visibility improved greatly. On this dive, some rare animals were viewed such as: 2 Southern stingrays, a nurse shark, a spotted moray eel and some small sea hares (type of nudibranch). We were all so psyched! This site was beautiful to snorkel as the coral mounds were huge, and the area in the center was like a lagoon. On our way back to
camp, we stopped to collect green calcarious alga (a hard algal material). This material was for our night lab. When we returned we all went to sit in the sun to get ready for our afternoon boat trip - we were all ready to take advantage of clear waters and sunshine.
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