The
eponymous Sonny of Sonny's dive shop has taken us out for three days
of diving on sites to the north and east of the anchorage. The
distances are too far to go by dinghy and would be impossible to find
for someone unfamiliar with the area. Local knowledge is a must
have.
On
the first dive, Contour, we dropped off the boat and swum down to the
reef at 8m and then out to the wall which was being cruised by three
grey reef sharks. These guys are as friendly as puppies, coming in
close to check out their visitors. After the dive I asked Sonny if
they had ever been fed and he said, yes at one time they were. Hence
their familiarity with divers.
Second
dive of the day was a WW2 wreck of a German fuel barge called El
Planchon. It lies upside down and has no internal access. More
interesting than the hull was the surrounding reef where we found
nurse sharks sleeping under the rocks.
Day
two we dived different sections of the wall, again accompanied by our
pet sharks and on day three we dived Colony site and another dive on
wreck El Planchon.
Three
days was sufficient to get a good feel for the diving, anymore and it
would be almost the same dive with a different name. The water is
clear and warm, currents are very slight to non existent; pleasant
and easy Caribbean diving. Sonny and his crew looked after us well
and safely, collecting us and our kit from Jackster at 9am each
morning and dropping us back on board at lunchtime.
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