Subscribe via RSSJan 3, 2009 :: Before leaving for the Bahamas Florida Atlantic University’s Turtle Rescue program delivered green turtles for us to release into the wild. This was all done under the direction of Dr. Jeanette Wynekin who has been saving turtles for most of her life. Presently she is studying how the temperature of the sand determines the sex of the turtle. The theory is that if the sand is hot the turtles will be females. If it is cold they will be males. Under a turtle permit with her we released these green turtles into the wild with our blessing that they will live long healthy lives and reproduce ultimately helping the species which is in such critical stages now, mostly because of our own species. I am so honored to be able to help save animals anyway I can. Even small efforts like this if enough people do things would have an enormous impact!
Jan 4, 2009 :: Early in the morning we departed across the Gulf Stream for our first trip of the new year. After clearing Customs & Immigration we immediately released the turtles while attempting to take pictures of them. I say attempting for despite their tiny size, green turtles swim like a fish! Without a lot of effort very few divers could keep up with them. May their speed and intelligence keep them away from harm. With terrible weather and a very rough slow crossing we headed to Tiger Beach. Unfortunately one of the guests flooded his camera so I spent the rest of the day trying to fix it. It was successful though.
Jan 5, 2009 :: We started out this morning by diving a site called Hammer Time. We had three tigers and one great Hammerhead which unfortunately was only seen by one of the guests. Roughly fifteen Caribbean reef sharks entertained us as well. After lunch we moved to Tiger Beach to an area called The Cornfield. At this place very large pieces of seaweed grow sometimes seven feet tall. At the Cornfield we had five different Tigers.
Jan 6, 2009 :: After moving to a section of Tiger Beach called The Purple Place we had fun with roughly seven Tigers. After lunch we moved to another section of Tiger Beach which I call Classic Tiger Beach. We always have the best luck here. The water was crystal clear and roughly seven different tigers were seen.
Jan 7, 2009 :: On our last day at Classic Tiger Beach in very rough conditions roughly fifteen different tiger sharks showed up for the dives. It was utterly unbelievable! Dives like this make me think about how important it is that we protect this area before it is wiped out. We departed home across very rough seas but the ocean went to flat calm roughly 8 miles from Florida.
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