Friday, July 4, 2008

Scuba Diving in St. Lucia

We went scuba diving several times in St. Lucia. The first day we arrived, we were lucky enough to get on the 10:20am scuba trip. We went to a cove called the Bay of Pigs about 25 minutes off shore. Evidently when the French first arrived in this cove, pigs were scattered around the beach.

Our dive was a reef dive lasting about 45 minutes. The coral was more colorful than Jamaica, but not nearly as colorful as Curacao. There was quite a bit of sea life. We saw many colorful fish, spotted eels, fan coral, and more. It was a very nice dive - plenty to see and enjoy. Over the next few days, we participated in the two tank morning dives. We dove around the Bay or Pigs cove 3 more times. On Monday, we dove a wreck. It was a ship that was sunk 22 or so years ago. It was covered in coral and other plants and inhabited by a variety of fish. Our second dive was along the coast - a wall dive. The dive was very relaxing - drifting along the coast with the current. On this dive, we saw a large octopus hiding in a nook along the wall. It was a light golden brown in color and blended in with the rocks and coral along the wall. I am including some pictures from our diving trips. I hope that you enjoy them.

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