16 June -Father's Day Sea Base

Sunday, Wow Father's Day and this will be a very long day.  Today two day dives followed after dinner by a night dive.  We just returned from our day dive and all are a bit tired.  Last night the team finished a PADI specialty course, Coral Reef Conservation.  Three have put in for the card already.  Turn in last night was early in anticipation of today, all were asleep by 9 pm.  Dives started this morning around 1050, with the first a ledge reef dive at Captain Grumpy, nice with lower visibility (20 feet).  At Captain Grumpy EMJ took an underwater team photo.  Moved BSA Adventurer to another reef call Aquarium.  Just by the sound of that we were told to expect lots of various coral reef fish.  We buddies up and off to the sea, they were correct, but the first thing found was a green turtle.  Came upon numerous damsels, porcupine, and angels, but we also were able to see a large puffer eating coral, a speckled moray eel and a very large scorpion fish.  It was a great dive, one of the best.  Adventurer headed to Coco Cay where we anchored for lunch and to give anyone that wished the opportunity to snorkel qualify, Grayson and Lucas did.  Others either got it last year or wished not to qual.  Eventually we headed into base to await the night dive.  While off loading the boat a manatee swam into the dock area, very cool.  But of course no cameras because the were put away.  I will download some photos tonight or tomorrow morning depending on the exhaustion state.  Happy Father's Day to all reading this blog.