Max depth of 40 Feet for a whopping 78 minutes!!
We jumped in with high hopes because if we had any chance to see sea horses, this was the place. But, the lions seem to be eating the horses and everyone is upset about it. Just to prove the depth of their anger, all the dive masters are now hunting the lions. And so with each dive, there are more lions on the end of the gig.
At first I didn't catch on. Lions? What lions in the sea and then slowly it dawned on me....the lion fish who were invading every corner of the earth with no known predators and a voracious appetite. It was those lions that we being accused of eating the poor sea horses. I don't know if it's true, but I do know that we didn't see any horses on this dive.
What we did see was spectacular in any case. Paradise is not only home to the horses, but also to juveniles. These are small fish and critters, just getting started in life. We saw juvenile angels and all sorts of young fish that we couldn't identify because their coloration changes as they grow up. Cheri saw her first mantis shrimp in the Atlantic. He was small and running around with big eyes!
French Angel Intermediate Fish
Pistol Shrimp
There were scorpion fish in many places sitting on the bottom waiting for an unsuspecting victim! John got a cracking shot of one!
The baby king crabs were comfortably lodged in a yellow tipped anemone. There were two in one anemone and boy we're they shy!
Enjoy!
Cheri & John
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