The second day we started bright and early at 7:20. We went down to the senior’s cabin to enjoy a hard cooked meal of cereal, granola bars, and yogurt. We spent the rest of the next 6 hours diving at, Ginger Island in the back and front. Our group saw two sharks and kept count of a few species of fish that swam through a 10x10ft square we roped off for our project. Towards the end of the dive, we swam past a huge cup coral that was about the size of a person. The second dive was mainly centered around a very shallow area that contained tons of coral. Once again, we saw many different colored parrot fish, schools of yellow headed wrasse, and a few damselfish. Later on in the day, we hiked to the Baths on the Island, which were huge rocks with car sized air pockets in some of them. I witnessed the instructor tapping a rock on a side of a boulder and emitting different sounds due to the hidden air pocket inside. The hike was the first time I witnessed something like that with huge air pockets trapped within boulders. After finishing the hike, our entire class snorkeled back to the cabins where we ate dinner. That night, we ate heaps of spaghetti and garlic bread that was paired with a vintage pink lemonade. We went to the beach where I dove after frisbees for the better part of 30 minutes, and upon arriving at our house, I proceeded to shower again for the better part of 30 minutes. The night was finished with a documentary that raised my awareness of the situation that is presented in many of the oceans globally. The video displayed the deaths of a plethora of coral reefs which really opened my eyes because of the severe implications that the deaths of coral represent. I hope that in future years someone will come up with a solution to help the coral reefs live and grow.
