Today we explored Robinson’s Bight by dinghy. Next door to Little Harbor, the bight is a large circular shallow bay that teams with Turtles and fish. It also contains a number of blue holes – basically holes in the sea floor that are connected to the ocean – they are usually surrounded by fish and, if the conditions are right, “pulse” with the swell from the sea.
Our intent was to explore a couple of the blue holes, but as it turned out, we arrived at dead low and most of the them are in a very shallow part of the bight – you need roughly half-tide to get back to them in a dinghy. We did snorkel a lovely rocky coral area at the mouth of a cove that was teeming with fish that were feeding on the incoming flood tide. We also tried to fish a bit – no luck.
We left Little Harbor mid-afternoon, a little before high tide, and anchored the boat a few miles North at Sandy Cay, which is part of the underwater park system. We plan to do some snorkeling there tomorrow.
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The picture doesn’t do it justice, but here is some budding antler coral and some of the fish that were feeding
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Sunset at Sandy Cay
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Day's End
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Our anchor chain, taken from the bow looking down into 10 feet of water at dusk – for a guy that grew up swimming at Coney Island, I am always amazed at the clarity of the Bahamian waters
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