We have had great snorkeling these last few days, in Cambridge Cay, in Thunderball Cave, and we have seen a great many sharks, nurse sharks mostly but also a few reef sharks.
We arrived yesterday in Sampson Cay to hide from the windstorm. The anchorage in front of the marina is small so Sweet Tides went into the marina while we anchored outside.
When we went into the marina to visit Sweet Tides and make reservations for today, some fisherman were cleaning their fish at the dock and throwing the pieces to the sharks and rays that had collected below. There were easily 15 sharks and 5 or 6 rays. Once they had eaten their full they just slept under the docks or went over to visit the boats.
The fishermen also brought lobster and Chung not only negotiated a good price for three big lobsters, but also grilled them for us. We have been talking about eating the lobster we were going to catch since we left last November. We have not caught any, yet, but yesterday we had wonderful grilled lobster. Thank you Dominique and Chung!!
This morning we moved into the marina. As I was getting off the boat to go register at the office, I passed the credit cards to Juan but with such bad luck that they all fell in the shark infested water! I do not need to say how happy Juan was to have to dive for them. And dive he did since we had no option, quickly so that the sharks had no time to realize what was going on. Of course I have been hearing about this all day.
Spartina also moved into the marina and we all went to the beach and then went snorkeling in Thunderball Cave where we had a great time. It has already started to blow so tomorrow we will do laundry, and clean the boat, and maybe go hiking somewhere.
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