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Little Cayman 2010

In May 2010, I was fortunate enough to connect with Ashley Perry and his intrepid dive group for a trip to Little Cayman. I had never been to Little Cayman which is a delightful 1 x 10 mile island population 150. When you disembark from the Cayman Air puddlejumper and stand on the porch of the 10 x 20 foot hut that serves as the air terminal / post office / fire department building, the adventure begins.
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There were hawksbill turtles on every dive. The hawksbill is distinguished from the green turtle by the four plates between the eyes (the green turtle has two).
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There were hawksbill turtles on every dive. The hawksbill is distinguished from the green turtle by the four plates between the eyes (the green turtle has two).

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  • The unassuming front elevation of the Little Cayman Beach Resort.
  • Reef Divers at the Little Cayman Beach Resort
  • This the dock where we would load the dive boats each morning.
  • This is an early morning shot from the boat dock toward the sunrise. The week we were in Little Cayman it was overcast and intermittently rainy everyday but the last. But the diving was spectacular.
  • This is a shot from the dive boat as we approached the dock after our morning two tank dive.
  • Looking back on the resort from the dock the last morning we were there. Notice the blue sky.
  • Sunrise from the boat dock on an overcast morning.
  • Another overcast sunrise.
  • Our dive boat Fantasea with the group and divemasters Alex and Sharon.
  • Janet Mantell
  • Janet Mantell
  • Janet Mantell assumes her karate chop pose.
  • The Nassau Groupers we encountered in Bloody Bay were very friendly and wanted the divers to stroke them gently.
  • Nobody seems to photograph squirrelfish. They are everywhere and pose fearlessly. This is a Longjaw Squirrelfish.
  • Lettuce Sea Slug
  • Lettuce Sea Slug
  • Lettuce Sea Slug
  • I will photograph objects for later identification and I thought this was going to be some type of coral. It is, in fact, a Bryozoan. Bryozoans are tiny colonial animals called zooids. They have polyp-like tentacles encircling the mouth and a complete digestive system including an anus. This is a White Fan Bryozoan.
  • There were hawksbill turtles on every dive. The hawksbill is distinguished from the green turtle by the four plates between the eyes (the green turtle has two).
  • Flamingo Tongue
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