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Oct 13, 09 Comments Off
 Superior Producer BW Good morning from adventure central. Our day yesterday started out with yet another trip to the Superior Producer. We figured since the ocean was a bit more calm now getting in and out would be so much easier. Well for the most part this was true, it was much easier than the day before but still a bit of a challenge. I was hoping for killer visibility but instead it turned out to be the complete opposite. As we descended down the coral reef and out over the sandy flat at 85 feet normally you can see the giant ship resting ahead of you on the sand from quite a distance, well not yesterday. It wasn’t till we got fairly close that the outline of this monster beast came into view, in fact it was kind of eerie as you can see from the photo this morning. As we approached I gave the signal to Eva to descend all the way to the bottom which was about 112 feet and for her to swim thru the big hole where the propeller used to be, fun for her and cool photo for me. As I got into position on the sand waiting for her to swim thru I noticed a family of four Yellowhead Jawfish just next to me popping up and down out of their holes checking us out, I told Aimee she has to come and see these guys. Even though the ship was engulfed in a watery fog it was still a blast! We swam all over checking things out like the sponges and corals stuck to the sides and the creatures that live in them or around them, it’s just always a great time there! Our time quickly ran out and off we went headed back to the safety of the reef and shallower waters. On the assent up we found what looked like the same two big squids from yesterday and hung out with them for a bit during our mandatory “Deep Stop” to decompress from our deep dive. Eva is a great diver, very calm and getting better and better with her air it sure has been great having her as a dive buddy and guest.
The rest of our afternoon was fast paced as well, we first cleaned gear, went to drop off the tanks, went to the grocery store, then to the bakery, lunch and then I took her to our favorite glass beach to collect polished glass.
While collecting beautifully colored polished glass we decided we should go get two more tanks and do a night dive as well, my kind of girl! We jumped in this time at 5:30 on the Sea Aquarium reef and got out after dark. Our dive was one for the books, we ended up seeing so much!! We started out with watching two French Angelfish mating, three Spotted drums together, a pair of Hamlets mating, two Spotfin Butterflyfish chasing each other, a Seahorse and much, much more!! I found this Seahorse in the dark if you can believe that, and it was the first Seahorse Eva had ever seen in the wild on all the dives she has done all over the World! When I pointed to it underwater and for her to come closer she looked and then let out a great scream of delight underwater, that made my day!! Doing dusk dives is really the best time to be out there for behavior photos, I have to start doing more! Our night dive ended with watching a squid eating a shrimp but he wouldn’t let me get close, I think he thought I would take his food or something! Aimee came to pick us up at 7:15, the night ended with a homemade dinner of Mexican enchiladas, it was great!!
Eva and Aimee are at the whale already this morning, when they get back Eva and I are taking the four wheelers on a trip to the North coast for the morning should be fun! Better go, lots to do, see you tomorrow, Barry
12-10-2009
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