Another day of diving... nothing too crazy to report. We went to Flat Cay today, a couple miles of the coast of St. Thomas. We did 1 dive this morning and then a deeper one to about 70 feet this afternoon. I was looking for the corals I need to collect samples from. There isn't as much green algae here as there is in the Florida Keys, but there certainly is a lot of brown algae!
After our deep dive this afternoon we decided to try to swim around the small island we were diving off of, but the waves were pretty big (4-6 ft) and the current was ripping, so we only made it half way around. It was fun to body-surf the waves back to the boat! I also saw some beautiful Elkhorn coral, the coral that is now on the threatened species list. I was happy to see it alive and well. There are pictures of Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) in my pics from the NOAA cruise.
Hope you're enjoying the week! How are those vertebrates doing? I saw a big stingray today, what kind of fish is he?? Does are his bones made of?
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