DIVE 2 SEPTEMBER 2011
Wreck Experience: Advanced Max Depth: 30 meters [approximately 90 feet] Avg Visibility: 20 meters [approximately 60 feet] Currents: Very Light Access: Boat Marine Life: Coral heads and local species of fish, sometimes rays Description: The Halliburton wreck was sunk on May 4, 1998 off the Southern (south eastern) Coast of Utila Island in the Honduras. It's just off the point/peninsula and the wreck is 30 meters long and 10 meters high. This was a cargo ship belonging to the Halliburton company and the coral heads surrounding it make it a great dive site for the advanced diver. DooRag the Diver spotted on the webcam, watching the boat loading . . . 1:30 p.m., Utila time . . . The Halliburton was the first dive of today. The bow of the Halliburton The wheelhouse of the Halliburton [For more pictures of the Halliburton, taken during the January 2011 Utila trip with TEAM MANTA, visit HERE] We had a MISS on the Whaleshark Excursion. There was one, but we couldn't snorkel with it. The boat captain didn't recognize it right away; at first he thought it was a large Manta Ray. (Hey, may get to swim with those too!) It was about 15' under water. He accidentally drove the boat over it while turning around. No damage done to it, but he did scare it away. SO there's at least one Whaleshark here. Maybe more soon.
Sea urchin on the Halliburton
Learned a lot about tagging Whalesharks from John; also about them, their behaviors, and human interaction with them, as part of the Whaleshark Excursion (got nothing like this on Wednesday; an advantage of having John as dive master.) Arrow crab on the Halliburton Yellowtail on the Halliburton Tiger Grouper on the Halliburton

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