Bahamas 2023

A week aboard the Aqua Cat in the Bahamas, diving several times a day.  Great food, great people, and a great time!

Shark Feeding
Shark Feeding
Swimming Pigs
Close-up of an Iguana
Iguana Kiss
Lion Fish
Reef Shark
Southern Sting Ray
Lobster
Trumpetfish
Fairy Basslet
Bioflourescence
Bioflourescent Coral
Coral
Coral
Elkhorn Coral
Cleaning Station
Coral Reef
Angelfish School
Coral Reef
Turtle
Crab in Rocks
Blue Chromis
Jawfish
Stingray Eye
Nassau School
Park
Government Building
Wood Carvings
Says it all
Sidney Poitier Bridge
Paradise Island
Superyacht

Shark Feeding (Feb 7, 2023)

A shark waiting to get something to eat at Split Coral Heads

Shark Feeding (Feb 7, 2023)

They are eating off a frozen chum popsicle at Split Coral Heads

Swimming Pigs (Feb 7, 2023)

At pig beach, they come out when boats arrive, knowing they will get some treats.  They do swim in the water.

Close-up of an Iguana (Jan 29, 2023)

Close-up of an Iguana (Jan 29, 2023)

They are on Shroud Cay, and come out when boats approach.  They know they will get some treats.

Iguana Kiss (Jan 29, 2023)

Iguana Kiss (Jan 29, 2023)

Iguana eating a grape off a stick from Ken Kiefer's mouth

Lion Fish (Jan 29, 2023)

Lion Fish (Jan 29, 2023)

A lionfish at Cobia Cage.  Lionfish cannot be taken by scuba in Bahamas.

Reef Shark (Jan 30, 2023)

Reef Shark (Jan 30, 2023)

Caribbean reef shark during the shark feeding.

Southern Sting Ray (Jan 30, 2023)

Southern Sting Ray (Jan 30, 2023)

Stingray hiding in the sand at Cannonball Reef. They like to bury themselves like this.

Lobster (Jan 30, 2023)

Lobster (Jan 30, 2023)

A pair of lobsters at Cannonball Reef

Trumpetfish (Jan 30, 2023)

Trumpetfish (Jan 30, 2023)

A trumpetfish cruising around

Fairy Basslet (Jan 30, 2023)

Fairy Basslet (Jan 30, 2023)

A small fish at Jake's Hole

Bioflourescence (Jan 30, 2023)

Bioflourescence (Jan 30, 2023)

A special light and filter pick up the bioflourescence, a little like blacklight.

Bioflourescent Coral (Jan 30, 2023)

Bioflourescent Coral (Jan 30, 2023)

At Jake's Hole

Coral (Jan 31, 2023)

Coral (Jan 31, 2023)

One of the many healthy coral reefs

Coral (Jan 31, 2023)

Coral (Jan 31, 2023)

During a drift dive through Conch Cut

Elkhorn Coral (Jan 31, 2023)

Elkhorn Coral (Jan 31, 2023)

Elkhorn Coral at Parrot Reef

Cleaning Station (Jan 31, 2023)

Cleaning Station (Jan 31, 2023)

The tiger grouper on the bottom has a small cleaner fish on its face.  That small fish eats dead skin and parasites off the bigger fish.  the Nassau Grouper photobombed the tiger grouper.

Coral Reef (Feb 1, 2023)

Coral Reef (Feb 1, 2023)

Another of the beautiful coral reefs on a drift dive at Wax Cut Drift

Angelfish School (Feb 1, 2023)

Angelfish School (Feb 1, 2023)

Very rare to see a school of angelfish, none of the other divers had ever seen something like this.

Coral Reef (Feb 1, 2023)

Coral Reef (Feb 1, 2023)

Coral reef at Hammerhead Gulch (there are no hammerhead sharks there)

Turtle (Feb 2, 2023)

Turtle (Feb 2, 2023)

A turtle hanging out in the swim through at Dog Rocks Wall

Crab in Rocks (Feb 2, 2023)

Crab in Rocks (Feb 2, 2023)

Just a little past the turtle was this crab jammed into the crevice.

Blue Chromis (Feb 2, 2023)

Blue Chromis (Feb 2, 2023)

These are very small, mostly just a couple of inches long.

Jawfish (Feb 3, 2023)

Jawfish (Feb 3, 2023)

They normally are very shy and hang out in a hole in the sand, this one was very brave to be out several inches form its hole.  It takes patience to photograph these.

Stingray Eye (Feb 3, 2023)

Stingray Eye (Feb 3, 2023)

A very close up of the eye on a southern stingray at Barracuda Shoals

Nassau School (Feb 3, 2023)

Nassau School (Feb 3, 2023)

School just off the waterfront in Nassau

Park (Feb 3, 2023)

Park (Feb 3, 2023)

Government Building (Feb 3, 2023)

Government Building (Feb 3, 2023)

Wood Carvings (Feb 3, 2023)

Wood Carvings (Feb 3, 2023)

In the Straw Market by the waterfront.

Says it all (Feb 3, 2023)

Says it all (Feb 3, 2023)

Sidney Poitier Bridge (Feb 3, 2023)

Sidney Poitier Bridge (Feb 3, 2023)

Connects Nassau with Paradise Island

Paradise Island (Feb 3, 2023)

Paradise Island (Feb 3, 2023)

A view from the Sidney Poitier bridge across to Paradise Island with the Atlantis hotel and casino in the background.

Superyacht (Feb 3, 2023)

Superyacht (Feb 3, 2023)

One of the many large yachts in Hurricane Hole marina on Paradise Island, right by the Aqua Cat.