Today began with our usual routine, breakfast and class at Olde Yard Village. Today’s class was an introduction to Reef Check, an organization responsible for collecting data on what kind of fish and how many lie within reefs all across the world. We practiced laying transects, lines that we use as a guide when we conduct the reef checks. We then went out to Savannah Bay, just a short drive from the hotel, to practice laying and checking along the transects.
After lunch on the beach, we equipped our snorkels and swam out to look at the reefs just off the beach. The reefs were suprisingly full of color and life, even though they were close to the shore. We freedove to the reefs to get a closer look then made our way back to the beach to examine some animals our dive team collected while we snorkeled. After seeing such animals as the aero crab and a moon jellyfish, we loaded back up to go back to the hotel to wash off and get ready to see the baths. Just a short walk away, the baths were much different than I expected. I assumed that the baths would be just a bunch of pools of water heated by geothermal activity or something to that extent. It wasn’t until we made our way down the trail that I noticed that the baths were no more than a collection of huge boulders put together. And I don’t mean to sound condescending, the baths are by far one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in my life. The tour of the baths ended with a trip to Devil’s Bay. We finished our busy day with dinner at Bath and Turtle in the marina.
