2012 Week 1

The last day in the BVI began with an exciting snorkel in Little Dix Bay. The purpose of the snorkel was to find turtles to tag. By tagging turtles, other marine programs around the world can track how far the turtles have come, their migratory patterns, and their population size. Our snorkel consisted of teams of 4 who would...

This trip just keeps getting better and better. Today was another great day with a two tank dive, some snorkeling, and then mass and dinner. We woke up at 7:30 and headed down to the gate to get picked up by the taxi. We went straight to the marina and ate breakfast there. After we finished we went over...

Today was the day that we got to dive the wreck of the RMS Rhone! Like every other day I was ready to get out there and dive right away. We woke up at about 7:45, drove to the dive shop, and ate breakfast. After this we headed out immediately. We went over to salt island where just off...

Today I am blogging about some of the articles we have read in class. In Group C's ecotourism article, it was the first time I had ever thought about ecotourism in a negative way. It made me think about how if tourists are not careful, they can cause serious harm to the environment. In group D's article, I learned...

We had our first dive today in the BVI. Our group saw life immediately after decent.two lobsters were spotted by our instructors Jeff and Laura to me and my partner Matt Mills. After about five or six minutes we sphere already spotting groupers which are endangered in these areas. Jeff speared two lionfish during our dive with his speargun....

Ahh the final day... I'm gonna miss the BVI's, a place where even the customs officers are friendly. Our final day began at the Olde yard for breakfast and some class info on turtles from the wildlife officer. After that we headed down to the marina to board the sea lion on our final excursion into the big ol'...

Today I woke up with a huge swollen left eye with no idea how it happened. It wasn't painful or anything though and went away eventually. We headed to the harbor at the same time as usual, 8:00, expect our taxi driver Glen came thirty minutes late. We had a full action packed day planned for us so...

Today was our dive of the RMS Rhone. Sunk by one of the carribeans largest hurricanes to date, the Rhone sank to a depth of up to 84ft on the night of october 29th, 1867 off of salt island. A ton of people died but it made for a great scuba park. The boat firswt smashed against a rock...

We ended our trip to the BVI by having another awesome breakfast at Olde Yard. Then we watched a free diving movie while we waited for a person who was going to give us a presentation on turtle tagging. Once he came we learned about the different types of measurements, tags, and catch/release methods. We then put these things...