Friday, May 4, 2012

Day 8 - St Kitts and our Shipwreck Dive

We went diving with Captain Crabby and his crew, Dive masters, Tony, Alex, and Tucker.  We, consisted of - Lyle, Me, Nic, Steff, Ryan, Ashley, Tanner, Sean, Sue, and Sydnie.
Our first dive was a shipwreck dive.  The freighter was 144' long.  It was sunk in 1985, then in 1989 the Hurricane broke it into two pieces.  There was so much coral!  We saw an octopus, starfish, a lobster, trumpet fish..... lots and lots of fish, conch shells, brain coral, sea fan.....  It was a fun dive.  Only 45 feet deep and we stayed for about 45 minutes.  Could have doubled that time!  So much to see!
Our second dive was a reef dive.  Again, lots of coral, we saw an arrow crab, barrel sponge, etc.
After our dive, our taxi driver took us to Shipwreck beach to relax before heading back to the ship.  Nic didn't relax; he snorkeled and saw lots of sea urchins and hermit crabs.  It was a black sand beach - not my favorite.  But it was a nice, warm, fun day!
 Lyle more than anxious for his dive!!!
 Steff, Nic, Tanner
 Syd, Lyle, Melanie, Ashley
 Melanie, Ashley, Sean, Ryan
 Sue, Steff, Nic
 Suiting up!
 Ashley


 Sean at the ship's rail
 An octopus, a feather duster, a fish
 This starfish was huge!
 Melanie

 Nic and Steff
 Sue
 An arrow crab


 Break between dives
 Captain Crabby
 Tanner with a sea cucumber
 Lyle with a sea cucumber
 Gorgeous view over St. Kitts
Sydnie, Sue, Ashley, Melanie, Tanner, Sean, Ryan, Steff, Nic
 Pay $5 and we can all take a picture with a little monkey!?!?




 Shipwreck beach


 Lyle hungry after his underwater workout!



 Lyle, Sydnie, Ryan, Ashley, Tanner, Nic, Steff, Sean, Sue
 Lyle and Sean
Sean and Melanie back to the Carnival Victory after a fabulous day on St. Kitts


Kim, the karaoke king, handed the microphone to Sean as he entered the room and requested that Sean sing "Save the Last Dance For Me".  He received no notice.  But he did receive some unexpected back-up dancers as he was finishing his song... another big surprise to him.
Sadly, I can't get the video to upload; I will keep trying!

No comments: