ONE GIANT LEAP . . . 21 JANUARY 2015 All photos on this page courtesy of Rob Smith, instructor and AGGRESSOR II's Engineer
This is the way everyone gets wet - a giant stride.
Passing "the Anchor" at 70' at Whiteface, West Caicos. The name of this dive site has nothing to do with the underwater topography, but comes from the steep white cliffs along the shoreline. Along the top of the wall is particularly profuse reef with some impressive stands of pillar coral. The fish population includes barracuda, parrot fish, French angelfish and Nassau grouper. Just north of the mooring is a crack in the wall with a large anchor embedded at 70'. The wall is well undercut to a depth of about 100'.
Under the boat . . .
Neal is always Mr. Social, even underwater (and yes, that's a barracuda)
Well, THAT was fun! Now, where's the hot chocolate we were promised?
Later that night: Back from a nice outdoor dinner at the Beach Bistro. Had Conch Chowder as appetizer, Almond Grouper as main course and Key Lime Pie for dessert. Off to bed now - up early tomorrow. If I get a chance I'll check the internet before we leave the marina. If not, talk to you possibly Saturday at the marina in the Dominican Republic (word from the crew is there is internet at that marina "for certain values of internet" - not very good or reliable. JACKIE McGUINNESS: Fantastic pictures; I feel as if I was on the dive as well. Nice to see the main man in front of the camera for a change. MAUREEN SCOTT: Thank you so much to both of you for the wonderful photos and for sharing them! Looks like Neal is having a spectacular time (and so are we as we follow his adventures!) MARY BING: Neal's pictures and your posting [them] open a whole new world for us land locked! Thanks for always sharing! NED HARPER: Thank you for sending Neal's dives to me; I find them fascinating. Congratulations to Neal on over 700 dives; lots of stories and pictures. HAYDEE MEDINA: Amazing pictures of Mr. Neal.

ONWARD TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
AND (WE HOPE) WHALES HERE