Today began as usual, with a delicious breakfast at Olde Yard Village. After, we held two classroom discussions, one was over the importance of Coral Reefs and their role in our ocean’s ecosystems and our lives. The other was over fish identification, where we looked at pictures and characteristics of common fish in the BVI and discussed how we are going to conduct our fish counts. We also all received slates that we can record our tallies on, even if we’re underwater. We then grabbed a quick lunch and headed out to the boats for our afternoon dive.
Our boat took us to Alice’s Backside, an area known for its interesting rock formations. Alice’s Backside is right off the coast of Ginger Island. As we all jumped in the water, we got our first glimpse at a real coral reef. The sight was unlike any other I had seen before, fish and coral everywhere. Different kinds of fish, all different colors, shapes, and sizes went about their business as we floated by. We approached depths of 60 feet, but the water remained consistently warm and clear. We’re off to dinner at Mad Dog, where we’ve been promised mo pizza than we can imagine.
