Little Cayman - above and below

one of Paul Allen's yachts, "TATOOSH"

posted by Rod @ 7:54 PM 2 comments

Heading back to Toronto for a few days...

I won't be posting any photos for the next couple of weeks as I am taking a vacation back to the motherland of T.O. You can check back here after July 4th for more updates on Mathieu and the diving here off of the little rock.
I was extremely lucky on Friday to be invited to dive off of Tatoosh, one of Paul Allen's yachts. I spent two days taking Paul and his guests diving off of the Brac and Little Cayman and got to see how the rich and nearly famous live... It was an experience I will never forget. Unfortunately, I can not post any photos that I took onboard, due to a confidentiality agreement that I signed, but above you will see a picture of the 10th largest yacht in the world - all I can say is WOW! and thank Simon, Tatoosh's main dive instructor, for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime.

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black coral is everywhere inside the Nancy's Cup of Tea swimthrough

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Liz and I kept baby Mathieu happy and content while Sabine went to the office late this afternoon.

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just hanging out with Aunty Liz

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a very happy, recently married, banded butterflyfish couple parading around the reef at Nancy's Cup of Tea

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An easterly pond at sunset last night...

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Here are a couple of recent baby photos for those of you that are asking about Mathieu. 6 weeks old and 13 pounds!!


Mathieu et Sabine

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Mathieu et Marc

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yellowface pikeblenny that took up residence in a lugworm mound

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a scorpionfish with particularly stunning plumage...

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We found 4 spotted morays at Mixing Bowl this morning!

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another hermit crab that managed to climb onto a gorgonian at Mixing Bowl

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white cryptic sponges and a bryozoan colony in Nancy's Cup of Tea swim-through

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Here is a pic that Yves from Montreal took of me and one of our many friendly hawksbill turtles. He nearly bumped into my camera the other day.

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Most of our divers are not too interested in the coral - it's all about the fish and critters. Well, this is a less common type called Mussa angulosa and it is different because of its large, fleshy polyps. BTW, if the corals weren't here, there would be no reef fish!!

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A peppermint shrimp in its favorite hangout - a tube sponge (along with a brittle star). Notice the triplefin on the outside of the other sponge.

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A grey reef shark making our dive guests a bit nervous/excited the other day!

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This was the first time I had seen a whitefin sharksucker attached to a rather upset honeycomb cowfish! We have seen the pair roaming BBW the past few days on various dive sites.

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