Belize Aggressor IV mooring breaks

[uncfnp]

@uncfnp only slightly related question...did you see any coral bleaching during your time diving?

Soloist is right. The bleaching was heartbreaking. Other coral was bright pink or yellow, almost neon. Looking it up it seems to be an indication of stress and the coral’s efforts to survive.

 

[salth2owannabe]

Even the reef shark is turning white!

The shark in the last photo with the matching white spots on each side of its head is called "Bruno". I'm not sure how it got its name (or the white marks), but we've been seeing it for a number of years, usually off the Long Caye wall to the west. Unlike the Halfmoon Caye sharks that are very casual and laid-back, Bruno always appeared to be a little more cautious and edgy.

 

[rmorgan]

Soloist is right. The bleaching was heartbreaking. Other coral was bright pink or yellow, almost neon. Looking it up it seems to be an indication of stress and the coral’s efforts to survive.

I posted this article in a Cayman thread the other day—not to be redundant, but it’s worth folks knowing about. Dying coral reefs turn vibrant neon colors in apparent last-ditch effort to survive

 

[uncfnp]

The shark in the last photo with the matching white spots on each side of its head is called "Bruno". I'm not sure how it got its name (or the white marks), but we've been seeing it for a number of years, usually off the Long Caye wall to the west. Unlike the Halfmoon Caye sharks that are very casual and laid-back, Bruno always appeared to be a little more cautious and edgy.

Guides on our trip called him Patches.

 

[salth2owannabe]

Guides on our trip called him Patches.

Like many things, it looks like it goes by a number of names. I'm not sure what year we first started seeing it, but it's been a while. Like some of the dorsal tagged females off Half Moon, it's pretty recognizable with those marks.

 

[Scared Silly]

Crew worked hard to get our belongs to us. Only a few things missing for most of us except for the diver in the flooded cabin. Her computer and phone were soaked and camera/SD card missing.

Better than the last time one of their boats ran aground. Everyone left the ship and it was pilfered by locals. And naturally Aggressor did zip.

 

[Luca Brasi]

Aggressor seams to going down hill fast. Didn’t one of their boats sink on Red Sea a few years ago. ? Also I believe the Soccoro aggressor had some safety concerns

 

[scubadada]

Aggressor seams to going down hill fast. Didn’t one of their boats sink on Red Sea a few years ago. ? Also I believe the Soccoro aggressor had some safety concerns

How is a broken mooring line Aggressor boat's fault?

 

[Mike_4635]

I was on the Turks and Caicos Aggressor last June. The mooring rope broke at G Spot. The crew did a great job moving to another dive location. Things happen.

 

[ReefHound]

How is a broken mooring line Aggressor boat's fault?

Not likely but maybe if they didn't have enough scope on the line for the sea conditions. But it's more about the response to it.