Snorkeling for turtles!

It was finally time to explore the other islands. We left with the intention to head over to Cane Garden Bay. I had heard that it was still pretty much non functional – but as we got close we realized there was not a single other boat in the harbor – not a good sign. But there were boats at Sandy Cay, a place we had never visited before. We were on the right tack so sailed over and grabbed a day mooring and spent a leisurely afternoon swimming and hanging out.

We left and headed to Little Harbor, Peter Island. Deep as the water is it’s amazingly clear – we could see 40 feet down to where our anchor lay easily….it was a quiet night with only two other big catamarans in the anchorage. One surprised us by turning on underwater lights and then having half the crew jump into the water to swim (lights notoriously attract big fish – like sharks).

The next morning I had already told Trip I didn’t want to snorkel and instead was ready to leave when I suddenly spotted a turtle in the water. We grabbed our gear and jumped in the water. We lost sight of the turtle, but spent some time checking out the fish near the shore. Then, just as we were approaching the boat again to leave, we finally saw our first turtle in the water – really cool and nice to see, up that close and not just from on deck!