2015 Marine Bio II

Today was another good day. We started the day off with two dives and and the first one was pretty cool because we went to wreck alley and there were a lot of purposefully sunken ships and they had become artificial reefs and they had a fair amount of algae and fish around. One of the ships was flipped...

On day two of our trip, we had an amazing day of diving/snorkeling and playing the beach games. Our first dive site was at ginger steps, where the current travels through the reef creating a sand channel that attracts several pelagic fish such as sharks and eagle rays. As soon as I jumped in the water and...

Our second day here in the BVI began at Limetree cabin with breakfast provided by David, Aiden, Gordon, and Adam. After breakfast we headed down to the marina to begin our second day of diving. We took a pretty lengthy boat ride to Gaz's favorite dive site in the BVI, the Ginger Steps. Before the dive, Gaz explained to...

Day two certainly outclassed day one and the reason behind that is Ginger island. Ginger island had two of the best dive sites I've ever seen. The first location was ginger steps, an approximately ninety foot dive with some incredible topography, multiple shelfs, overhangs and sandy spots, there was even a sand channel. Sand channels are pretty darn neat...

Today we went on two dives, one for fun and the other for our research projects, my group's focusing on the relationship between blue tang behavior and reef health. Our first dive was on wreck alley where we explored two sunken boats that were both artificial reefs. Swimming around the first boat, I saw a lionfish for the first...

     Today I woke up tired, sunburnt, and hungry. A cold shower soothed my sunburn, a box of cereal quenched my appetite, and I was permanently tired throughout the day. It was a short ride to the marina where the boats were ready to set out. Sea Dragon, the boat I am on, went to Ginger Steps. Ginger Steps are...

Today our first activity consisted of diving on two different wrecks in wreck ally. We started on the Beata and then made our way to the island seal, which was upside down. Both of the wrecks were artificial but were incredibly different. The Beata was originally a tug boat before it was sunk and had a lot of squirrel...

Today we went out in the morning to do two dives, one at reck alley and to cooper island to perform our project. In wreck alley we visited wrecks the beata and the island seal. The beata was a tug boat and The island seal was used as a transport truck to move cars and trucks. When it was...

          I wake up at 7 with the familiar thin layer of grime encasing my skin, a product of the incredibly humid climate. I drag my rank body to the shower and let cold water power wash every inch of me. I grab the disposable razor graciously granted to me by Doc Gruninger,...