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| Foureye Butterfly Fish |
We are in Key West!!!!
One of the pleasures of being on a tropical island is the opportunity to
snorkel along a coral reef with the brightly colored fish. We signed on with Sunset Water Sports to take
us out to the reef several miles off shore.
Their huge catamaran was filled with 40 of our “closest friends”, many
of whom had never been snorkeling before.
On the way out to the reef, the crew gave everyone safety lessons for
snorkeling.
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| The Catamaran |
Surprisingly, even though it was so far away from land, the
reef was very shallow. (Guess that is
why there were so many shipwrecks here – the first industry of Key West was
reselling the cargo of wrecked ships.) The water was very clear, and we
had great visibility of the fish and different kinds of coral on the
bottom.
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| Sergeant Majors |
So, what did we see…
We came upon a group of parrot fish feeding on the coral. We followed them for a while enjoying their
colors and markings. A very large school
of blue tangs happened by. We saw foureye
butterfly fish, yellow tail snappers, and sergeant majors. We saw a bunch of other fish that we didn’t
get photos of as well.
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| Yellowtail Snapper |
Dana’s 8 year old underwater camera had sprung a leak in
Blue Springs earlier in the trip, so we went to the Costco in Tampa and got a
newer version of the same camera before heading south. This
was its maiden voyage underwater. What
do you think of the photos?
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| Sergeant Majors |
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| After the Snorkel |
After about an hour in the water, the captain called us back
to the boat for the trip home.
They
served us soda and beer.
It tasted great
after being in salt water.
We had
brought our own snorkel gear with us, but forgot to bring our well-thumbed book
of tropical fish.
We were impressed by
how many fish we remembered the names of, but missed our useful book.
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| Midnight Blue Parrotfish |
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