A young Hawksbill Sea Turtle came in for a close look, 100' down at a site called Sentinel Rock, Grand Cayman today. This guy seemed absolutely oblivious to the bubbling aliens in his way and swam right over me.

Orange Canyon, Grand Cayman

The dive week continues with a great macro dive on Orange Canyon and on the Wreck of the Doc Polson in Grand Cayman. A Fairy Basslet yawned at the right time for me at Orange Canyon and a Coney (small grouper species) posed stoically on the pilot house of the Doc Polson, while a big green moray took a walk about and a rarely seen school of Blue Parrotfish browsed through.

Milk Conch, Jawfish and Coral bleaching

I'm doing a bit of diving this week. Here are a few selects from today's dive at Royal Palms ledge off Seven Mile Beach. I think there is good hope for the bleached corals as the water has noticeably cooled and I still see live tissue on most of the corals I saw today. I suspect the extensive bleaching that occurred this summer may well have been the worst to date in Cayman since I arrived in 1983. This white anemone is normally solid yellowish green, but has bleached too. Several other cnidarians have bleached as well as the hard corals.

The Milk Conch and Yellow Headed Jawfish were more common sightings, yet always wonderful creatures.

Enjoy!