Cayman Islands - December-January 2014
A week over New Year's on the Cayman Aggressor IV diving, where else, but the Cayman Islands. We were a group of 17 divers from Ocean First Divers in Boulder and what better way to ring in the New Year? The weather cooperated with us as we were able to make it over to Little Cayman for a couple of days.
- aggressor
Looking up at the Cayman Aggressor IV.
- barracuda
A friendly Barracuda.
- bearded_fireworm
- bonnies_arch
Bonnie's Arch on Grand Cayman.
- caribbean_torpedo_ray
A Caribbean Torpedo Ray on a night dive - it can shock you.
- cleaning_goby
- conch1
Closeup of a Queen Conch.
- conch2
Conch growing its own camouflage.
- diamond_blenny
Diamond Blenny in an anemone.
- diver
Peering up at another diver.
- doc_poulsen1
The wreck of the Doc Poulsen.
- doc_poulsen2
- doc_poulsen3
Doc Poulsen bridge.
- doc_poulsen4
- fairy_basslet
- flamingo_tongue
- french_angelfish
- grunt1
Grunt enjoying a brittle star snack.
- grunt2
Same grunt with brittle star.
- hairy_crab
- harlequin_bass
- jawfish
- jellyfish
A Paired-Bell Siphonophore (I think) - or you can just call it a jellyfish.
- kittiwake1
Wreck of the Kittiwake on Grand Cayman.
- kittiwake2
- kittiwake3
One of the generators on board.
- kittiwake4
- kittiwake5
The bridge of the Kittiwake.
- kittiwake6
- kittiwake7
One of the two recompression chambers.
- kittiwake8
Gotta keep those uniforms pressed!
- kittiwake9
Mark making bubble rings.
- longspine_squirrelfish
- moray
We saw numerous moray eels swimming freely this week.
- parrotfish
Parrotfish enclosed in its mucous bubble at night.
- queen_angelfish
- reef1
Typical reef scenery.
- reef2
More reef scenes.
- reef3
Another coral bommie.
- roughhead_blenny
- saddled_blenny
- sculptured_slipper_lobster
Sculptured Slipper Lobster at night.
- sea_slug1
- sea_slug2
- secretary_blenny
- shark1
Reef Shark on Little Cayman.
- shark2
- shark3
Doesn't seem to mind the divers.
- sharpnose_puffer
- solitary_gorgonian_hydroid
- sponge_brittle_star
- spotted_drum
- stingray1
Jonathon at Stingray City.
- tony1
- stingray2
- swimthru1
One of many swimthroughs.
- swimthru2
Swimthrough covered in black coral.
- swimthru3
- tobaccofish
- trumpetfish
- tunnel
Tunnel with warm water vent.
- turtle1
- turtle2
And we're supposed to stay off the coral?
- xmas_tree_worms
- yellow_stingray
- yellowtail_damselfish
- tony2
Tony cruising the reef.
- tony3