A pod of 6 dolphins greeted Laura, Brent and guests first thing this morning. The water was mill pond flat, perfect for a day’s diving at French Cay. After their encounter they did their first dive at the stunning site of “double d” with sharks and eagle rays to boot. The second drift dive was off the charts! 2 huge Eagle Rays interacting with each other, followed a few later mintues by a 5ft Nurse Shark. On the way back they found another dolphin. another stellar day with Big Blue in the TCI!
dolphins video – click here
My amazing day on the north shore consisted of just about everything. A mother dolphin and her cute little calf, (which I had seen twice this week already) just outside our office in the Leeward Channel followed by some really great snorkeling at Leeward Reef. I guided a lovely family around and we spotted all kinds of fish and also an octopus and a school of about 20 reef squid. This afternoons charter brought on a reef shark and a hawksbill turtle at Ft George reef. Cant wait to show up for tommorow!!
Diving at North West Point at eagle garden, 22 mins in and around 45ft deep Dave and guests had a great hammerhead shark slowly cruise up the reef towards, a beautiful sight and such a long encounter……
Decisions, decisions…where to ride. Do we hit the waves or send it large in the flats? Talk about spoiled for choice.
Why not both…..?
It had to come. The wind has finally arrived. It started last w/e with a solid 20 knots and died. But that was only a sign of things to come. This evening Wes and Philip skipped out for a 2 hour evening session fully maxed on 11′s and 12′s. Big time hang time was had if only to prepare for tomorrow’s 25-30 knot and 6-9 foot day. It promises to be EPIC! The small kites are at the ready. Bring it on.
March starts with a bang! Our dive instructor, Mario and his group get off to flier. Its hard to describe or beat seeing a 10-12 foot great Hammerhead first thing in the morning in 15 foot of gin clear water.
Mark and Philip took their good friend Andy on a birthday boat ride today to show him some whales. Well February has not disappointed and nor have the whales. Within minutes of leaving the dock we found our whale. True to form, we had to work hard to keep our eyes on him in the swell. We lost him for 30 minutes and picked him up on the way to Parrot Cay. Both Andy and Mark managed to get a full frontal underwater view as he passed by. Not once but 4 times! How many people do you know get to see a for the first time whale on their birthday and then board a flight 90 minutes later? Only at Big Blue……..
We can’t wait for March. See you down here.
Lucky Laura………right place at the right time AGAIN! Whales and dolphins up close and personal at Pine Cay! Truly magic. Does it get any better?
Mark and Philip were joined by an old friend and long time Big Blue client, Andy and sneaked out on the Natural Mystic to find some new SUP and Kayak territory close to home. The fact is we hit bull’s eye! New and extended range trips coming soon. We are super stoked to find this new stash. Keep an eye out for our new trips.
What a season! February is not even finished and nearly the whole Big Blue team has had multiple whale sightings and encounters! Our Stand Up guide, Ray was able to get his first in water encounter as well. Needless to say he is jumping for joy. Get down here and give us a call!
