We hauled anchor and left Manjack Cay
early. The water was crystal clear and calm. Definitely time to take
advantage of that by heading onto the ocean side of the key. There
was more snorkeling to be had!!
The path to where we wanted to go was
quite shallow and it was low tide. Not the best choice perhaps but we
made it through the shortcut without hitting bottom.
This is the beach on the north side of
Manjack from the ocean side. Crazy nice.
So the idea this morning was to drive
around looking for coral heads. Not hard to spot, really. Just look
for the dark spot in the water! The white stuff is sand – the dark
is NOT sand!
It wasn't too hard to tell the
difference :-) So we would pick a coral head. Anchor the boat. I
would stay with the boat (anchor NOT tied off in case I needed to
move) and Steve would snorkel the coral head.
We did this for probably 4 different
reefs. Until the shark showed up. Just circling it's territory, I'm
sure but Steve thought maybe that was enough anyway! The morning was
wearing on and there was some traveling to do yet.
We ended up traveling to
Allans-Pensacola Cay.
This used to be two separate cays but one of
the hurricanes in the past thought it needed to be a single cay –
and it has ever since. Hence the hyphenated name.
Found a nice spot and spent the night
anchored with two sailboats and a power catamaran.
Of course Steve had to check out the
entire area snorkeling around. Saw some large schools of large fish
as the opening to the north leads right to the Atlantic. Another good
day at sea ….
The best? We finally were in a position
to see the sun setting over the water and saw the green flash!
Appropriate since the first time we ever saw it or heard of it was
many years ago when we came to the Bahamas on a diving trip.....
Time to head home.
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