Tag: beach
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Shark Diving
My favorite dive from our entire trip was the Caribbean reef shark feed. It was the perfect Valentine’s Day gift from my husband! We dove with Stuart Cove’s, a dive operator known both for Bahamas shark diving and the underwater production of many major Hollywood films, such as Flipper, Jaws: The Revenge, Into the Blue,…
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: More Tropical Fish (and other critters)
Barracuda hunt primarily by sight, and are therefore sometimes attracted to shiny objects, as they might resemble the scales of prey fish. I’ve sometimes had barracuda follow my camera around, presumably because they were interested in the flashes of light from my strobes. This was not one such fish. It wanted nothing to do…
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Tropical Fish
Just a few of the tropical fish we saw in the Bahamas… Gray Angelfish: Trumpetfish: Pufferfish: Parrotfish: Please check out my entire Nassau underwater photo gallery here.
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Sea Turtle
If I had to characterize the diving in the Bahamas with one word, it would be… “big.” It seems like everything underwater there is big. Unlike, say, Curacao, where the vast majority of sea life is tiny and to be found within the crevices of the coral reef, the marine life of the Bahamas…
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Grouper
I like groupers for three reasons. 1. They’re pretty scary-looking. 2. They’re easy to photograph. Groupers are relatively territorial and sedentary, and a fish that stays in one place is a fish that’s more likely to star in a “keeper” photo. The infamous fleeing “fish butt” photo is no fun at all. 3.…