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Happy New Year from the Sun Dancer II Guests and Crew!!!!
Water temp: 80º F
Air Temp: 82º F
Visibility: 50 - 130+ feet
Saturday
Yet another wonderful week of Belizean diving is about to begin here on the Sun Dancer II. This week we welcomed a group of twelve from abroad and others from the USA. Maria & Glee, Run, Dave, Linda, Tenley, Mike & Nadia along with a family of four from Canada - Daddy Dave & Deb, Derek & Daniel. Sebastian & Cathy from London and four all the way from Austria - Manfred & Claudia, Michael G & Michael Z who spent their Christmas week and New Years week with us.
After a safety briefing our guests acquainted themselves with the yacht and each other and later a special dish was serve from our galley staff, while we departed from Fort George to explore the beautiful atolls of the Lighthouse Reef. The bliss of a beautiful morning found us at our night mooring where we had a quiet and peaceful nights rest.
Sunday morning after a thorough dive & deck briefing it was dive time and so the underwater venture started. At Long Caye Ridge the soft and hard coral and countless swim-throughs welcomed us; there was much to explore. We saw colonies of yellow-headed jawfish, lobster, spotted eels, arrow crabs, and all the Creole wrasses decided to join in as we swam on the wall. For the afternoon we moved over to Long Caye Wall and there was a little of something for everyone. We found juvenile queen triggerfish, a few lionfish, juvenile spotted drum, a spotted eel, we also saw the biggest spotted eagle ray for the week. It was a fantastic day of diving!
Monday morning we moved over to Half Moon Caye Wall where we spotted a few southern sting rays, a school of spotted goat fish, a bearded fire worm and we also saw a few large spiny lobsters and guess what!?! We saw a hawksbill turtle on the wall who was very friendly, barracudas, garden eels, queen conch and again two spotted eagle rays gliding passed on the wall. For the afternoon dives we moved over to Elkhorn Forest where the topography is a bit different. Its a sloping wall that starts at sixty feet. The flat coral reef moves all the way up to ten feet and provides much to see. Here is a place where your eyes can delight in the beauty of some of the most gorgeous soft and hard coral that Lighthouse Reef has to offer.
Tuesday morning, as the weather continued from the west, we made our way over to Lighthouse Reef. Here we saw thousands of blue chromis and Creole wrasses on the wall and a few tiger groupers. It was a beautiful dive. For the afternoon we ventured over to Inspiration dive site and later on to Half Moon Caye for our night dive. Spotted eel, lobster, tarpon, some big lionfish, a few groupers in their cleaning stations and a school of squid were seen.
Wednesday morning arrived with a little wind from the northwest so we ventured over to Turneffe Island. The diving over here was great. We dove at the East End and on Thursday the South End of the Island. Again spotted eagle rays were seen, scorpion fish, a few free-swimming green moray eels, some very friendly groupers - who posed for the cameras as beautiful memories were taken. A five-foot reef shark also decided to swing by, and of course we got to finally see the elusive spotted toadfish that can only be seen here in Belize on Turneffe Island.
Friday morning found us at Sandy Slope the west side of the island. Here the visibility was as great as can be. Swimming over the garden eels was much fun for the divers. Blue tangs, trumpet fish, tiny spiny-headed blennies and many Christmas tree worms made the dive a gigantic aquarium. After two morning dives, it was time to head back to where it all started, and so another great adventure ends here in Belize on the Sun Dancer II.
A special thank you to all you who joined us for this week. We love you and hope to see you again; if not here, perhaps on some other Dancer Fleet yacht where we will do some more dancing and discovering again. And to all you bubble makers out there, we invite you to join us, until then SAFE DIVING.
From your crew, Capt Eddy, Chef Jerry, John, Carlos, Elia, Karim, Simon & Sanches
Water temp: 80º F
Air Temp: 82º F
Visibility: 50 - 130+ feet
Saturday
Yet another wonderful week of Belizean diving is about to begin here on the Sun Dancer II. This week we welcomed a group of twelve from abroad and others from the USA. Maria & Glee, Run, Dave, Linda, Tenley, Mike & Nadia along with a family of four from Canada - Daddy Dave & Deb, Derek & Daniel. Sebastian & Cathy from London and four all the way from Austria - Manfred & Claudia, Michael G & Michael Z who spent their Christmas week and New Years week with us.
After a safety briefing our guests acquainted themselves with the yacht and each other and later a special dish was serve from our galley staff, while we departed from Fort George to explore the beautiful atolls of the Lighthouse Reef. The bliss of a beautiful morning found us at our night mooring where we had a quiet and peaceful nights rest.
Sunday morning after a thorough dive & deck briefing it was dive time and so the underwater venture started. At Long Caye Ridge the soft and hard coral and countless swim-throughs welcomed us; there was much to explore. We saw colonies of yellow-headed jawfish, lobster, spotted eels, arrow crabs, and all the Creole wrasses decided to join in as we swam on the wall. For the afternoon we moved over to Long Caye Wall and there was a little of something for everyone. We found juvenile queen triggerfish, a few lionfish, juvenile spotted drum, a spotted eel, we also saw the biggest spotted eagle ray for the week. It was a fantastic day of diving!
Monday morning we moved over to Half Moon Caye Wall where we spotted a few southern sting rays, a school of spotted goat fish, a bearded fire worm and we also saw a few large spiny lobsters and guess what!?! We saw a hawksbill turtle on the wall who was very friendly, barracudas, garden eels, queen conch and again two spotted eagle rays gliding passed on the wall. For the afternoon dives we moved over to Elkhorn Forest where the topography is a bit different. Its a sloping wall that starts at sixty feet. The flat coral reef moves all the way up to ten feet and provides much to see. Here is a place where your eyes can delight in the beauty of some of the most gorgeous soft and hard coral that Lighthouse Reef has to offer.
Tuesday morning, as the weather continued from the west, we made our way over to Lighthouse Reef. Here we saw thousands of blue chromis and Creole wrasses on the wall and a few tiger groupers. It was a beautiful dive. For the afternoon we ventured over to Inspiration dive site and later on to Half Moon Caye for our night dive. Spotted eel, lobster, tarpon, some big lionfish, a few groupers in their cleaning stations and a school of squid were seen.
Wednesday morning arrived with a little wind from the northwest so we ventured over to Turneffe Island. The diving over here was great. We dove at the East End and on Thursday the South End of the Island. Again spotted eagle rays were seen, scorpion fish, a few free-swimming green moray eels, some very friendly groupers - who posed for the cameras as beautiful memories were taken. A five-foot reef shark also decided to swing by, and of course we got to finally see the elusive spotted toadfish that can only be seen here in Belize on Turneffe Island.
Friday morning found us at Sandy Slope the west side of the island. Here the visibility was as great as can be. Swimming over the garden eels was much fun for the divers. Blue tangs, trumpet fish, tiny spiny-headed blennies and many Christmas tree worms made the dive a gigantic aquarium. After two morning dives, it was time to head back to where it all started, and so another great adventure ends here in Belize on the Sun Dancer II.
A special thank you to all you who joined us for this week. We love you and hope to see you again; if not here, perhaps on some other Dancer Fleet yacht where we will do some more dancing and discovering again. And to all you bubble makers out there, we invite you to join us, until then SAFE DIVING.
From your crew, Capt Eddy, Chef Jerry, John, Carlos, Elia, Karim, Simon & Sanches
