Snorkel To Mary's Point
31/12/07 14:30 Filed in: Vacation
Mon 31 Dec - So I snorkeled to
and from Mary's Point today (the northern-most
point of St. John) and learned three things:
1. Swimming to and from Mary's Point is a lot of work. I knew there was a good reason for using a kayak the other day. It took two and a half hours just to snorkel back from Mary's Point. Going out is easy... you just swim with the current and it only takes like an hour. Coming back... not so much. This was so stupid that I have to try again tomorrow. I know I can beat two and half hours on the return trip.
2. Swimming against the current takes two and half times as much effort as swimming with the current (see point one).
3. If you want to see really good underwater stuff then just forget to bring your camera like I did. The weather was perfect - the sunniest day so far. The air was warm, the water was warm and the visibility was good. That would seem like the best time to bring an underwater camera, right? But it must be some kind of Murphy's Law that if you forget the camera then you get to see all the neat stuff. I saw another Hawksbill Turtle, a huge Southern Stingray, a giant school of Bar Jack (hundreds and hundreds of them), a Trumpetfish and a Queen Angelfish. All beautiful and all, I gather, camera-shy because it worked like a charm.
I hope the weather is as good tomorrow so I can do this one more time!
1. Swimming to and from Mary's Point is a lot of work. I knew there was a good reason for using a kayak the other day. It took two and a half hours just to snorkel back from Mary's Point. Going out is easy... you just swim with the current and it only takes like an hour. Coming back... not so much. This was so stupid that I have to try again tomorrow. I know I can beat two and half hours on the return trip.
2. Swimming against the current takes two and half times as much effort as swimming with the current (see point one).
3. If you want to see really good underwater stuff then just forget to bring your camera like I did. The weather was perfect - the sunniest day so far. The air was warm, the water was warm and the visibility was good. That would seem like the best time to bring an underwater camera, right? But it must be some kind of Murphy's Law that if you forget the camera then you get to see all the neat stuff. I saw another Hawksbill Turtle, a huge Southern Stingray, a giant school of Bar Jack (hundreds and hundreds of them), a Trumpetfish and a Queen Angelfish. All beautiful and all, I gather, camera-shy because it worked like a charm.
I hope the weather is as good tomorrow so I can do this one more time!