Got up this morning to a breakfast of a cinnamon roll, before heading down to the dock, to meet the boat and Adam and Leonard, the guides for the trip. A short trip down the coast, picking up another set of guests, and a short wait to let the downpour pass before heading over to the reef. After gearing up, hit the water - worried at first that it would be cold as that is what we're conditioned to but body temp.
Adam got Mom on a float, and spent the rest of the time dragging her around and pointing out the fish. Harley and I then got to float around on our own. Besides the fish and corals, we saw a small sting ray. A short reposition closer to the edge of a break in the reef, where there were deeper waters - there we saw a green turtle in the reef. Also saw another snorkel tour - twice as many people and only one guide.
Then we moved over to a new section of reef, the Crystal Gardens. Here, they dropped us at one end, and let us drift with the current down to where they had repositioned. As we got close, one of the other guys said he had seen a nurse shark in the coral - going back around to see if could see it, I saw a fin and shark swimming up the reef - followed for a bit before losing it close to boat. Once back in the boat, and describing it, they came to the conclusion it was a lemon shark. Mom said she was glad she had opted to stay on the boat! No photos as no waterproof camera.
Back home, spent the rest of day by the pool, or working on programming in Harley's case, and had fish chowder for dinner.
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