Roatan Damage - Anka's Place

[cfelliot]

I took a video of the damage at Anka's Place. The wall looks like someone broke off a pie crust. The entire wall is just gone. There are signs of life returning, but at this point the majority is this funky red algee! I think the new crack in the PA is a +, but one more good rocking and she'll break in two. You can see right through the hull if you get up close.

The rest of the south shore is in fine shape. It was the best trip I've had there!

http://www.chuckelliot.com/movies/aplace.wmv

 

[scubafanatic]

...interesting...thanks for sharing!

 

[Doc]

There are signs of life returning, but at this point the majority is this funky red algee!

The rest of the south shore is in fine shape. It was the best trip I've had there!

Both of those points should be emphasized.

Anka's Place was hit hard. It should be doubly noted that this was the exception.

Apparently, along with that Red Algae, there are also a bunch of opportunistic Crustaceans who are easily spotted scuttling over the newly exposed white surfaces.

The Anka's Place dive site is now being used as a live laboratory for study of reef regeneration by Doc Radawski, Liz Wayne, and Patty Grier, who are on-staff from CoCoView.

 

[robint]

thanks for doing these videos! It is so interesting to see the damage rather than just have it described. It is sad that this dive site seems to have had such massive destruction, but it is definitely an underwater lab for understanding the reef system. It is also kinda cool to see back in time, down through the layers of reef from hundreds of years ago.
We won't be there for 6 more months but I am looking forward to seeing how quickly the reefs start growing back as well as the creatures that inhabit the area.

robin

 

[dmoore19]

Thanks for the Video.