:: Desecheo Island Info ::
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The Pelican |
Beautiful day for a boat ride |
Desecheo Island rising up out of the Mona passage |
Elvin the divemaster! |
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Rugged terrain |
Natural Inlet |
1st dive - Las Cuevas - The Caves!! |
There was some great underwater terrain |
Flying Gurnard!!! Rare!! This is #1 of 2 we saw |
Flying Gurnard |
My friend the Smooth Trunkfish |
One of many valleys (going to surface) in Las Cuevas |
2nd Flying Gurnard!! |
Flying Gurnard with "wings" spread |
Another smooth Trunkfish! I can't help it, this island had the most I've ever seen |
Flying Gurnard |
Flying Gurnard close up |
Large French Angelfish |
Close up of Smooth Trunkfish, check out the funny mouth!! |
Peacock flounder (that Churcher spotted) |
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Island from the water, Great Dive |
Candyland Dive site. Next to "Seafan city". |
Porcupine fish!!!! Very Rare!! This and the Flying Gurnard made the trip for me!! |
Porcupine Fish (actually the 1st of 2 we saw) |
Sea Snail |
Nassau Grouper |
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Spotted Trunkfish (I saw fewer of these than the smooth trunkfish, or honeycomb cowfish) |
Interesting coral formations |
Porcupine fish #2!!! I was like a paparazzo, 30 photos right in its face!! |
Porcupine fish face shot!! |
Blurry Porcupine fish close up |
Crab hiding inside a sponge |
Close up of the crab |
Beautiful spotted trunkfish |
Face to face with a smmoth trunkfish (I stalk them, saw so many on this dive) |
Desecheo Island - great dives |
1 of about 6 dolphins in a family that came to play (we all had our cameras away) |
The beach at Rincon on the west side of Puerto Rico mainland |
Rincon beach |
Rincon - known for its surfing & sunsets!!! |
Rincon sunset |
Rincon sunset |
Rincon sunset |
Rincon sunset (I took like 40 pictures of it) |
And its gone!! |