The Reef

Here are some of my favorite creatures we were able to see.

This is a parrotfish. They were all over the place and beautiful.


This is a Great Barracuda. Swam with many of these guys. They are amazing when they are four to five feet away!


This is firecoral and it will do to you what the name implies...make you burn like fire. It looks like coral but I learned its more closely related to a jellyfish.


Saw a couple of these guys. It's a Nurse Shark. Once in my Kayak I was floating in some really shallow water when the back of my boat raised up and dropped down with massive force. Chad who was behind me in his kayak saw a huge Nurse shark shoot out from underneath my boat for deeper water. I must of coasted over him while he was taking a nap. It was awesome.


This is a hogfish. Supposed to be really good eating.


This is a Lemon Shark. When we were night snorkeling one night we had one of these guys following us around. He got really agitated when we shined our lights at him.


Saw many tiny permit fish in the shallows. I hear they are incredible fly fishing.

More Pictures

Here I am getting the dried out coconut shells ready for a fire. These make great hot coals. The problem is there are not near enough of them. That and it rained off and on the whole time we were there so all the wood was soaked.


Goofed and put the picture side ways. Oh well turn your head. This was right before the first dive. Again I must say, the reefs were amazing.



Each day we had off and on periods of really nasty weather. It would be bright and beautiful, then a wave of massive clouds would roll in from the North East and about blow you over with wind and rain. This was the start of one of those rain fronts coming our way. A couple of the nights camping we were exposed to winds and driving rain like I have never seen, and we are talking eight hours straight. I truly thought one night the tent and I were heading for the ocean. Camping on windy, exposed cliffs which I have done before ain't got nothing on this little island. TAKE GREAT care should you ever do this trip to secure your tent.

Silke Cayes

Here are some more photos. The first two are of the island that we lived on the whole time. The small building you see is actually a bathroom the marine conservation group built on the island which is nice. Although it did not work. As I said before its a small island. It was perfect. It truly is out in the middle of the ocean. This little island is surrounded by some of the most amazing reefs.

The last picture is me drinking a coconut. Each day we went to work getting the coconuts out of the trees and cutting through their husks all for a tasty drink and snack.