2019

Today we had to board the boat on a dock around the corner of the island. A pretty bad thunderstorm was pushing through when we woke up and the water right out front of the hotel was too rough. Rain aside, we were all excited to get back in the water and visit our first stop: the Big Dipper....

Today's dives were amazing. I saw some fish that I have never seen before and wow, they were incredible. Today's first dive took place at Hepps Pipeline and this dive site was extraordinary. As I jumped into the water and started to swim around I noticed some whisker like spikes sticking out from a little creéis in the coral....

This morning we woke up for a 7 o'clock breakfast. After voraciously devouring my breakfast, we proceeded to get ready for our two morning dives. The two sites at which we dove were called 'Big Dipper' and 'Anchor Chain'. At Big Dipper we went to 100 feet and at Anchor Chain we went to only 35 feet. These were...

Shortly after arriving at the Cobalt Coast Resort, we gathered our snorkeling supplies and enthusiastically climbed down into the water from the dock. With my partner, Nico Boyd, we quickly got acclimated to temperature and conditions of the water. Together, we swam out away from the shore to explore and try and find marine life. Immediately, we came across multiple...

Today was the first day diving in Cayman Islands and my breath was taken away at the amazingly healthy ecosystem. I saw big predators such as barracuda and jacks and more rare and endangered animals such as sea turtles and my personal favorite the queen angelfish. Queen angel fish identified by their splendid coloration and forked tails...

It's 6:30 am and the marine biology program eats breakfast while watching the sun rise. At 7:30, the whole group climbs aboard our dive boat, the Twin Sister, and we were off to our dive sites, Rainbow Reef and School House. Our drive masters, Curtis and Bernie, briefed us on our first dive site, School House, where our max...

Quickly, after finishing breakfast, we gathered our gear for the final time and headed to the boats excited for two more dives. We stayed on the North side of island today because of the calm water, the first dive site of the day was Sandhole. After submerging and swimming along the reef wall for 10 minutes we came upon...

Todays first dive had to be my favorite dive of the trip so far. Getting to explore the different species of beautiful fish scattered among the brightly colored coral was incredible at "Big Tunnels" dive sight, but the best part of the dive was swiveling throughout the tunnels and underwater canyons. The walls rose up on all four sides...

I woke up today extremely fatigued from the busy day before but I was still very enthusiastic for the activities planned. We ate a quick and tasty breakfast with particularly tasty croissants, before loading the boat and heading to our first dive site. The first dive sadly held no wonders for me as I saw most of the same...