Posted by: Ariana | April 28, 2008

TRIP REPORT: St. Kitts - Statia - Saba - St. Maarten, April 19 - 26

Caribbean Explorer II spent the first few days of the week diving around St. Kitts. They visited the dive sites Corinthian, River Taw, Paradise Reef and Anchors Aweigh. On Tuesday the boat crossed to Statia to dive at Barracuda Reef, The Ledges and Double Wreck. The rest of the week was spent at Saba, visiting 3rd Encounter, Tedran Wall, Ladder Lab, Tent Wall and Torrens Point. Interesting marine life seen over the week included nurse sharks, dog snappers, lobsters, eels, tarpon, angel fish, flying gurnards, stingrays, jackknife fish, turtles, yellow-headed jawfish, hermit crabs, flounder, yellow-tail snappers, French grunts, stripped grunts, flamingo tongues, Creole wrasse, cleaning shrimp, a pink frogfish and eagle rays.

Average water temperature is 78F.

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