Deep Water Cay

... sunrise green flash.  No other fish were ours for the remainder of the journey…. We arrived in a stunning anchorage at Water Cay around 2:30 PM and finally saw another cruising yacht ahead in another bay.  Maybe we weren't alone after ...

... a quick swim in the "blue hole". The tide had gone out so we had to walk the dinghy across the shallows to get back to the deep water to our boat.  Could almost walk to the boat!   Dave picked up a conch - but we could just look. We're ...

... Saturday, and ten hours back on Sunday--What were we thinking?? But it was a fun trip. From Belize City we took a water taxi to Cay Caulker, a little island off the coast with a very Caribbean feel. Every other man has a mane of dreadlocks, and ...

... were anchored directly offshore from it.  While talking to two of the family members we finally saw a few whales cruising in the deep water just beyond where Pas de Deux was anchored.  After returning to the boat we set up our deck chairs in ...

... on February 9.  We chose this location that would allow us to wait out yet another passing cold front. Soon after getting to deep water departing Provo, we landed a "standard issue" size female mahi mahi.  It was small enough that we didn't have ...

... tricks on me but I'm sure that last time I did this trip we went to some really interesting parts of the reef, in pretty deep water and saw a host of wildlife, including a turtle.  This time it seemed a lot more basic, only venturing out to fairly ...

... able to throw it in reverse and give it some and we were able to back off.  We kept hunting for where the deep water ended and were able to find a comfortable and spacious anchorage. We got settled, grabbed our celebratory bottle of rum from Dennis ...

... smattering of reefs.  With more than just scattered clouds this morning, it was quite the process trying to spot the clear and deep water.  The swell was stacked up, coming in from the Turks Passage, so it was quite the bucking bronco ...

... Today I headed out to one of the keys near the island with a big group of people from my dive center. It's called Water Cay, and is your quintessential desert island, with palms and almond trees surrounded by vibrant blue water. Sand spits connect it to ...

... continued South.  You can't believe that  that part of the Ocean was so quiet.........no wind, no waves......just deep cobalt blue water.  We have had a few issues with the Garmin GPS and Ralph had gone on line to try and figure ...

... uninhabited island. There were light NE winds, sunny skies and it was 80 degrees. We had to motor thru narrow Indian Cay Passage with quite shallow water for a few miles.  Then it got deeper and we could all relax and enjoy the sail. The average ...

... created by enormous waves crashing on the coral rocks and spilling over into a pool on the other side, creating foamy water with bubbles floating up into the air.  We all dove into the pool, and it was extremely refreshing after ...

... slick flat calm.  The Exuma Bank was like a mirror.  On May 7th we departed Fowl Cay for Highborne Cay, "flying" over gin clear waters 10 to 20 feet deep.  If you have to motor, this is the way to do it.  Standing on the bows looking ...

... enjoying the quiet and the night sky.  The moon is not quite full, but it still casts a bright light on the water. Great Guana Cay We experienced our first heavy rainstorm at Man O War last night. The locals were thrilled because they all depend on ...

... , we just went very slowly through the waters takiing in all of the beauty.  We are still in awe of the colors of the water and the clarity.  Just out side the Highborne Marina, we stopped to snorkel.  Ralph did. I didn't. I just hung on ...

... we made our way past the mark as far as we could to the upcoming island, watching the depth meter as we approached the shallow water.  By going past the mark, we would hopefully be able to run the third leg with only one, maybe two tacks necessary ...

... Sarah did. Inside there are a few chambers and a couple of ledges to sit on but what's really cool about this place is under the water. With clear blue water you could honestly think you're swimming in a large aquarium as hundreds of fish swim about. ...

... clams were rich violet with highlighter bright yellow spots. One of the strangest experiences snorkeling was when my head was submerged in the water, there is close to no noise and it is so peaceful. All of a sudden, I head a loud "crunch crunch crunch" ...

... we have been using our generator to keep the boat's batteries charged so we could run our small freezer and refrigerator, the hot water heater, use our computer and radio, charge our camera batteries and . We also used our gimbled oil lamp and a candle. ...

... as well not quite what I had imagined!  Anyway this didn’t bother us really as we just wanted to get into the water for some snorkelling. I felt that the water was icey cold but according to Chris it was nice and warm hmm.. We swam out to the ...