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The AQUA CAT and Route - Pictures of the Boat and the route the boat took. - - - - small
DIVES - Pictures from the dives. - - - - small
SWIMMING PIGS - Pictures of the swimming pigs - - - - small
SHARKS - Pictures of Sharks, both the shark dive and other dives. - - - - small
OCEAN CRITTERS - Pics of Fish and other underwater critters. - - - - small
PEOPLE out of the water - The divers out of the water. - - - - small
Aqua Cat Video - Part 1 - INTRO
Aqua Cat Video - Part 2 - DIVES
Aqua Cat Video - Part 3 - SWIMMING PIGS
Aqua Cat Video - Part 4 - SHARKS
Aqua Cat Video - Part 5 - WASHING MACHINE DIVE
Aqua Cat Video - Part 6 - PEOPLE
I went on a SCUBA trip to the Bahamas from December 30th, 2017 through January 6th, 2018. This was a Live-A-Board cruise. There were 23 of us divers, plus 10 crew members including kitchen staff. The boat was the Aqua Cat, a 102 foot catamaran specificaly designed for diving. There was a 28 foot jet boat that was towed behind, for excursions and safety.
There were a lot of sharks in the area. Mostly Reef Sharks, but a few divers saw, and photographed, a hammerhead. It was just getting to the time of year when you start seeing the hammerheads more frequently. Just in case you were not happy seeing only a few sharks per dive, we did a shark dive where food in the form of a frozen fish-sicle is brought down so you can see a lot of sharks in close proximity. I was able to retrieve a few teeth off the bottom when the feeding was done.
There was one dive where 3 of us were under the boat and a bunch of sharks came in and were circling around us. At one point I noticed that they seemed to be paying just a little bit more attention to me. Then I realized that I had walked across the boat, right through the area where they had been cleaning fish earlier. I think I smelled like a fish-sicle.
You might think divers are a bit weird. One time when we got to one of our dive sites, a bunch of sharks came swimming up around the boat, circling just below the surface. Everyone was saying things like "hurry up and get ready so we can jump in with the sharks". Yup, we are weird.
That's a well chewed fish-sicle.
In sailing days, when sailers would find an island with fresh water, they would leave a few pigs and chickens or sometimes goats on the island. This way, when they came back there would be food and water. These particular pigs learned that if they swam out to boats then people would throw food in their mouths. It is pretty darned funny, and a good thing to do first thing in the morning after our New Years celebration.
Lots of things to see under the ocean. Here are just a couple.
Juvenile Spotted Drum Fish. These things are absolutely amazing. Their fins don't really change size as they get bigger, they just kinda' grow into them. The smaller they are, the more streamer like the fins are.
