January 2, 2005: Caribbean Explorer II

A D2D New Years 2005: Saba - St. Kitts dive

"Coconut Reef (St. Kitts)" - "Corinthian Reef (St. Kitts)"

Diving aboard the CEXII:

• Directions from Tampa: Talk to Ultimate Dive Travel at http://www.ultimatedivetravel.com/
• Conditions on the day of my visit: Sunny
  
  
• Personal Notes: I am writing a book, so having free time wasn't a big deal as far as not diving in the latter days of the previous week were concerned - I had something to keep myself occupied. But as the week was coming to a close and I found it harder and harder to justify the potential damage to my sinuses that diving might do, I became acutely aware of just how close to dive #300 I was getting - so I made it a goal to make it there. I wasn't going to rush to it, but I wasn't going to let this trip end without hitting that milestone.
  
  Corinthian Reef was a new site for this trip. Made up of a collection of wrecks (only one of which is a boat) as well as a ledge running along the edge of the site, I saw one of the neatest things - in a hand rail on the tugboat, where a hole had rusted through, a little eye was looking out of that hole at me - a tiny octopus had made it his home, at least for the time being.
  
  In spite of how cool a site Corinthian Reef turned out to be, I didn't want to push my sinuses too much, and wasn't quite back to 100% status - so I skipped the second dive there (and the night dive, if there was one).

Coconut Reef (St. Kitts)
A Peacock Flounder buried in the sand.
Magnificent Feather Duster.
I am not sure what these are; I am guessing that they are tunicates of some kind (the blue things in the middle).
Corinthian Reef (St. Kitts)
A shot of the bow of the tug.
These definitely are tunicates.
I think these are Carpet Anemonies.
This is a Chalk Bass. They look like they are related to the Tobacco Fish.
This is a shot of the rail of the tug; note the rusted out hole, and the slit of an eye looking out. I am pretty sure that is an octopus.