DAY TWO: FINALLY, IN THE WATER! SUNDAY, 15 JANUARY 2012
"The Hawk" Bus driver & Calypso singer Our dive boat Our dive service Plan your dive; dive your plan
They missed some good dives. We started out with a checkout dive in the harbor and did five wrecks in 50+ minutes. These wrecks varied in age & size.
Engine room
CARLISLE BAY MARINE PARK With its six shipwrecks in close proximity (we dove five - shallow water; deepest we went was 50'), this is an excellent site for divers of all levels of experience, from beginner to expert. The great diversity of brilliantly- coloured marine life including frog fish, sea horses, rays, barracudas, octopus, reef squid, mackerel, moray eel & more provide more to admire than we have eyes to look upon. Looking up & out of engine room
Valve in engine room The park is roughly marked out underwater by old cannons, anchors & pylons to lead the way from one wreck to the next. We are very lucky to call this site home and as our house-reef we are in the park every afternoon at 2 pm. Snorkelers are encouraged to join in. This site is accessible as a shore dive; however, for convenience & safety, is done daily by boat. This site is the location of our monthly Project AWARE Coral Watch Dive Operator coral bleaching assessment. Stairs going up above from engine room Berwyn: Carlisle Bay - 20' - A 70' long World War I French tug boat sunk in 1919 by her own crew. The Berwyn sits between seven and 10 feet below the surface depending on the tide. As a result of the calm water in the bay and the age of this wreck, the Berwyn is covered in marine life including healthy hard & soft coral growth and their associated reef creatures. Same place; there's a diver looking in at me. Bajan Queen: Carlisle Bay - 35' - She was Barbados' first tugboat named the Pelican when the Bridgetown Harbour was being constructed in the 1960's. A decade later, as more modern tugboats were purchased, the Pelican was converted to a party boat called Bajan Queen. The Bajan Queen holds many memories for thousands of Barbadians & visitors alike. After years of operation as the party spot, the Bajan Queen was donated to the Coastal Zone Management Unit. From there with the assistance of our very own Andre Miller, the Bajan Queen was cleaned up and sunk on 19 May 2002 in Carlisle Bay Marine Park. She now sits only a few feet below the surface and is accumulating some excellent fish life and good coral diversity. Other divers penetrating wreck Cornwallis: Carlisle Bay - 15' - A Canadian freighter sunk by a torpedo from a German U-Boat during World War II. This wreck was relocated from a very high boat traffic region of the bay to this Marine Reserve on 22 October 2003. ET phone home
	Barge: Carlisle Bay - 12' - A Naval Landing Barge found in Carlisle Bay. This wreck is now home to numerous reef fish including the puffer's bigger cousin, the porcupine fish. I don't know who these are for. Mermaids maybe?

DAY TWO: FISHES!