The second day of diving was at Rock Garden and Rock Garden Interlude. My log book reads "steepest drop off yet, giant crab hidden in the coral, 2 barracuda and a porcupine fish" Rock Garden was my deepest dive to date at 106 feet, and it was 55 minutes long. Rock Garden had the steepest
drop off out of the 2 previous dives. This photo was taken from our turn around point. The coral descends into the oblivion. This photo is the defining shot of Turks and Caicos diving (right) (F 6.3, 1/125, ISO 200). Easily accessible with the top of the wall at 50 feet a diver can descend easily to 100 while easily seeing the surface the visibility is that great! There are plenty of beautiful overhangs on this dive site as well. My brother Jeff is pictured here (below) with a large sponge. To put this sponge into perspective my brother is about 2-3 feet behind it and he is about 5-7. The bright red sponge was a wonder to see. Hanging onto the side of the between the clear water in one direction and the unforgiving blue on the other. (F2.2, 1/200, ISO 200)
Continuing the dive we spotted a crab in another one of the coral over hangs. This crab started clamping at me trying to protect his home that he thought I was trying to take from him. Although this crab is little compared to us it wasn't the least bit scared of me (F3.5, 1/100, ISO 100). This crab was probably the largest crab I have ever seen. The clawed arms were at least 7 inches in length and the body looked a good 5-6 inches in diameter.
After turning the dive there wasn't much marine action until returning closer to the ascent point. Here I saw a small barracuda that was the least bit terrified of me and allowed me to approach slowly.
Although this dive wasn't as eventful as previous, this site offered breath taking wall views and the comfortability to dive deep. The overhangs as well as the contours of the wall gave a diver a very easy dive at such depths protecting themselves from currents. Again I used Dive Provo for this dive and they were professional and friendly.
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