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Belize Aggressor III Captain's Report Feb 25 - Mar 3, 2012
Weather: Moderate w/ clear skies
Winds: Moderate 10-20KT
Water Temperature: 79 F degrees
Wetsuit: 3-5mm recommended
Crew: Capt. Jay, Engineer Fermin, Instructor William, Instructor Chris, Chef Yanis, Steward Francisco
Saturday we welcomed 15 guests from South Africa, Poland, Canada and the USA. After check in and scuba gear setup, I gave the safety briefing. A delicious dinner was served up by Chef Yanis and Steward Francisco.
Sunday we started the week of diving on Turneffe Islands Atoll at Sandy Slope. A juvenile drum, hawksbill turtle, giant green moray and several sargassum triggerfish were seen. For the evening we motored over to Lighthouse Reef Atoll.
Monday proved to be a great day for diving. Julie’s Jungle and Long Caye Wall had spotted eagle rays, lionfish, scorpion fish, several tarpon, Nassau groupers, and hundreds of pelagic tunicates filled the water column beneath the BAIII.
Tuesday morning we motored over to Half Moon Caye Wall. Awesome visibility (100+) and we got to see all the sponges spawning at once. If you have never seen this happen it really is a sight to see, the barrel sponges look like smoke stacks with clouds billowing out. After the second dive Keela got an unbaked “Aggressor Style” cake on the back deck for finishing her open water check out dives. In the evening we celebrated Bob’s 55th birthday!
Wednesday we headed North to the Blue Hole for a deep dive with 20,000 year old stalactites. After the dive we motored over to Half Moon Caye and took a walk around the island until lunch time. In the afternoon we dropped in on Tarpon Caves. Southern Stingrays, blue parrot fish, hogfish, massive swim thrus, a few silver sides, and elegant eagle rays were just a few of the marine life seen during the dives. Ruth even got to play with a French angelfish for 20 minutes right under the boat.
Thursday was another beautiful day of diving. We started at Painted Wall and finished off the day at Cathedral. Great dives with spotted eagle rays “spotted” on every dive. A few hawksbill turtles, lionfish, tarpon, ginormous green moray eel, hundreds of Bermuda chubs and very well camouflaged decorator crabs. We had a thanksgiving feast for dinner then jumped in for the night dive.
Friday the Southeast wind picked up, but that didn’t stop us from having a dawn dive at 5:30AM on Long Caye Ridge. Then we splashed in for another dive on Dos Cocos. Awesome dives a beautiful eagle ray soaring by the divers and just off the wall in the blue was a 5-foot sailfish! Chris and I caught a few lionfish in preparation for the cocktail party - sushi!!! On the way back to port Andy caught a nice size Spanish mackerel - awesome!
Once arriving port a few guests went to the Belize Zoo and Cave Tubing while the others relaxed until our cocktail party and photo slide show. After the party it was a short walk to the Smokey Mermaid for dinner.
Another week came and went. We had a great week of diving and the weather was perfect. We hope to see you all again in Belize or on another Aggressor yacht very soon.
As always, keep smiling and keep diving!
Eat, Sleep & Dive
Captain Jay Roberts
Weather: Moderate w/ clear skies
Winds: Moderate 10-20KT
Water Temperature: 79 F degrees
Wetsuit: 3-5mm recommended
Crew: Capt. Jay, Engineer Fermin, Instructor William, Instructor Chris, Chef Yanis, Steward Francisco
Saturday we welcomed 15 guests from South Africa, Poland, Canada and the USA. After check in and scuba gear setup, I gave the safety briefing. A delicious dinner was served up by Chef Yanis and Steward Francisco.
Sunday we started the week of diving on Turneffe Islands Atoll at Sandy Slope. A juvenile drum, hawksbill turtle, giant green moray and several sargassum triggerfish were seen. For the evening we motored over to Lighthouse Reef Atoll.
Monday proved to be a great day for diving. Julie’s Jungle and Long Caye Wall had spotted eagle rays, lionfish, scorpion fish, several tarpon, Nassau groupers, and hundreds of pelagic tunicates filled the water column beneath the BAIII.
Tuesday morning we motored over to Half Moon Caye Wall. Awesome visibility (100+) and we got to see all the sponges spawning at once. If you have never seen this happen it really is a sight to see, the barrel sponges look like smoke stacks with clouds billowing out. After the second dive Keela got an unbaked “Aggressor Style” cake on the back deck for finishing her open water check out dives. In the evening we celebrated Bob’s 55th birthday!
Wednesday we headed North to the Blue Hole for a deep dive with 20,000 year old stalactites. After the dive we motored over to Half Moon Caye and took a walk around the island until lunch time. In the afternoon we dropped in on Tarpon Caves. Southern Stingrays, blue parrot fish, hogfish, massive swim thrus, a few silver sides, and elegant eagle rays were just a few of the marine life seen during the dives. Ruth even got to play with a French angelfish for 20 minutes right under the boat.
Thursday was another beautiful day of diving. We started at Painted Wall and finished off the day at Cathedral. Great dives with spotted eagle rays “spotted” on every dive. A few hawksbill turtles, lionfish, tarpon, ginormous green moray eel, hundreds of Bermuda chubs and very well camouflaged decorator crabs. We had a thanksgiving feast for dinner then jumped in for the night dive.
Friday the Southeast wind picked up, but that didn’t stop us from having a dawn dive at 5:30AM on Long Caye Ridge. Then we splashed in for another dive on Dos Cocos. Awesome dives a beautiful eagle ray soaring by the divers and just off the wall in the blue was a 5-foot sailfish! Chris and I caught a few lionfish in preparation for the cocktail party - sushi!!! On the way back to port Andy caught a nice size Spanish mackerel - awesome!
Once arriving port a few guests went to the Belize Zoo and Cave Tubing while the others relaxed until our cocktail party and photo slide show. After the party it was a short walk to the Smokey Mermaid for dinner.
Another week came and went. We had a great week of diving and the weather was perfect. We hope to see you all again in Belize or on another Aggressor yacht very soon.
As always, keep smiling and keep diving!
Eat, Sleep & Dive
Captain Jay Roberts