We had heard so much about diving in Saba and we didn't want to miss our opportunity! Apparently the best stuff is at depth, but half of us were not certified beyond Open Water (~18meters, or 60feet). Overall, we all agreed it wasn't as amazing as people had told us, but the reefs were certainly more colorful than St Maarten. We also saw a lot more fish than on our typical dives. We started our first dive with a large spotted Eagle Ray that swam right in front of us. Those are always beautiful to see, typically we just see regular sting rays. Owen spotted a Nurse Shark sleeping under a rock, so he's seen a shark now too! We also saw several eels and turtles. We were scheduled to do 3 dives, but I was having trouble with allergies and congestion and my ear wouldn't clear on the second dive. So I stayed back from the 3rd dive with CamTu, who was pretty sea-sick. Overall I'm glad we dove at Saba, we definitely saw some cool things, even if it wasn't as amazing as people had built it up to be. Worth the trip, especially when you live on the neighboring island! Check out
More Diving Pictures on our Picasa album. Enjoy!
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| Spotted Eagle Ray |
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| Black Durgon Fish, saw lots of these |
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| Trunk Fish |
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| Spotted Moray Eel |
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| Can you spot the Flounder fish? |
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| Nurse Shark |
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| Cool side view of the shark, kind of scary to get that close |
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| The shark turned just enough to see its head |
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| Saw lots of these on the reefs |
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| Sea Cucumber |
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| Cool line of sea fans |
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| Can anyone help ID this fish? Best guess is the Whitespotted Filefish (thanks James) |
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| Crab |
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| Lion Fish, they're invasive, but very cool looking |
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| Shallower Dive, better colors and clarity |
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| Hawksbill Sea Turtle |
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| Owen took this great close up of the turtle |
We had heard so much about diving in Saba and we didn't want to miss our opportunity! Apparently the best stuff is at depth, but half of us were not certified beyond Open Water (~18meters, or 60feet). Overall, we all agreed it wasn't as amazing as people had told us, but the reefs were certainly more colorful than St Maarten. We also saw a lot more fish than on our typical dives. We started our first dive with a large spotted Eagle Ray that swam right in front of us. Those are always beautiful to see, typically we just see regular sting rays. Owen spotted a Nurse Shark sleeping under a rock, so he's seen a shark now too! We also saw several eels and turtles. We were scheduled to do 3 dives, but I was having trouble with allergies and congestion and my ear wouldn't clear on the second dive. So I stayed back from the 3rd dive with CamTu, who was pretty sea-sick. Overall I'm glad we dove at Saba, we definitely saw some cool things, even if it wasn't as amazing as people had built it up to be. Worth the trip, especially when you live on the neighboring island! Check out More Diving Pictures on our Picasa album. Enjoy!
Here's my guess...
ReplyDeleteCantherhines macrocerus [American whitespotted filefish]
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Cantherhines-macrocerus.html
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from St. Maarten? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in St. Maarten in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
Emilio,
DeleteJamie recently sent a postcard your way. She made sure the post office used a St. Maarten stamp instead of a U.S. stamp (which they commonly use here). I hope you get it soon. Good luck with your collection.
Cheers,
Owen