snorkeling pennekamp coral reef state park

we decided to go for the wednesday morning dive.  it was a beautiful day and the visibility would be good.  the captain said we would be going to banana reef home to two bull sharks... kristen looks either scared or determined. 

we boarded the boat and the water was spectacular, you could see every bottom contour.  we rode the bow and watched the flying fish.

i was the first in the water and kristen the second.  she must got over her hesitation once she found out the bull sharks would most likely attack the 4 gay gentlemen from belgium that had never snorkeled before.  kristen was excited, throwing up the "water goat!"

 banana reef was alive with the sea life.

 

i was happy i finally got to use the underwater camera for it's underwater photography features.

 i don't know the names, but the blue ones were my favorite.

i realized quickly underwater photography is not that easy.

this fish actually posed for the camera.

i was real still and pretended i was coral.

we got to see lots of species of baracuda including these giant baracuda.  sorry the picture is so far away, these guys are hella intimidating.  although we did not see the two bull sharks, we did get the pleasure of seeing a 5ft. black tip reef shark.  i got a creepy feeling when i  realized i was swimming around with predators like giant baracuda and sharks.

at the end of the dive one of the other divers dropped his mask and snorkel.  i tried to salvage his rental gear for him.  but it turns out i in fact can not free dive down 35ft like i thought.  it was a lovely day five miles out in the atlantic.