Corals and Creatures in N. Key Largo

I had a wonderful day of diving with Silent World key Largo on the 1st of September. The water was wonderfully clear, the temperature nice and warm, and the current was nonexistent. There was also Captain Bob who was as entertaining as ever. If you ever dive with Silent World Key Largo be sure to request show tunes from Captain Bob.

Lately I have taken up an interest in the local coral formations. It is so fragile and we have so precious little thanks to divers with poor buoyancy control, anchors, and mother nature. Below are a few pictures including common and scientific names. Please note that there might be some errors I am new to this and it is a work in learning.

Great Star Coral with Polyps extended
Montastraea cavernosa

Pillar Coral
Dendrogyra cylindrus

Knobby Cactus Coral
Mycetophyllia aliciae

Staghorn Coral
Acropora cervicornis

Elkhorn Coral
Acropora palmata

Comments

Yoli said…

They are lovely. I live in Key Largo and it never ceases to amaze me our natural beauty.

8:05 AM

Dive the Vandenberg!

Brownie and I had a day off together and decided to head down to Key West. We left Key Largo around 6:00 am for the long ride south. We watched the sunrise to our east, ocean side, as we counted down the mile markers. Along the way we were always a few miles behind the rain which produced some great rainbows through the drive. We even saw a highly endangered Key Deer cross the road. I've drive to Key West many time over the years but had never been lucky enough to spot one. As expected we arrived at Captain's Choice in Key West about an hour early. It was nice not to be rushed. Checked in, chilled, until the boat was ready for passengers. It felt very odd not to be lugging tanks on the boat. You almost want to jump in and help, but I must admit it feels pretty good not doing all that work. After all, we were there to enjoy a great morning of diving. Soon enough we headed out and about 35 minutes later arrived at the mooring site for the Vandenberg . It looked like a...

Pihea Vista Trail

We finally had a day off together and my first day off in almost two weeks (13 straight days of work). It was great to go out there and enjoy the beautiful scenery Kauai has to offer. The other bonus was being able to take Niles out on a long walk with me. He wasn't to thrilled by the time we got to the Pihea Vista. It was a straight upward climb in the mud and he was already tired from the relatively easy part of the trail. I forget that the pup is getting old. He's a getting gray. I guess that what happens to a ten year old black dog. He really hated the part were I jogged back to the start ing point. I need to take easy on the old dog. I don't feel much like writing so I am just going to post some pictures of the beautiful vistas from the trail.

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