> Our first dive was at the Santa Rosa Reef, near the southern end of the island. Upon entry myself and another guy were able to get a glimpse of a turtle passing underneath, but it was gone quickly and no one else got to see it. At a depth of 85' the visibility was amazing, you could see forever in any direction! We were led through a series of large crevasses and caves where we saw a variety of tropical plants, coral and sponge. There were many varieties of fish like the very colorful Angelfish that come in the most bizarre shapes and patterns.

> Our second dive was at the Planacar Reef. This area is popular for drift diving and there were many divers in the water. The Groupers are common here, following you with their slow dopey movements. We saw a lobster tucked away in the side of a rock, larger varieties of tropical fish, puffer fish, butterfly fish and even Barracuda! Dad saw the Moray Eel.

> Both of these dives were great, but I think I like the warm water part the best!!

Night Diving in the Caribbean- The Dawsons

This dive was on the Barrier Reef of the Island of Cozumel. All of my previous dives here were in daylight. This was my first night dive in tropical waters. There were to be four divers and the dive-master but my buddy Ross, from Minnesota, lost his mask on his back entry and the divemaster's spare mask did not fit him. The rest of us kept a look out for his mask on our travels. The dive lights seemed to shine on forever with colors more brilliant than on the day dives. We saw four small Stingrays, no less than half a dozen juvenile moray eels, and a few sharp tail eels (Spotted Sea Snakes). Amongst the coral were numerous tropical fish, some shying from the light and others coming out for it. Apart from all the rest, the most interesting was a Splendid Toad Fish and the Island of Cozumel is the only place in the world where it exists. The one I saw was about twenty five cm. long, looking somewhat like a Irish Lord, with tentacles protruding from its lower lip....... definitely different.

Diving in Cozumel '97 and '98 was with 'Caballito Del Caribe'. I found them to be a good charter operation. They are safety minded, have reasonably good equipment, and are generally willing to take you to what you would like to see.

The one thing about diving on this reef is looking forward to Australia and diving the largest reef in the world. On that note, I hope everyone has excellent dives no matter where you dive.

BERMUDA- Brent and Stella

Bermuda is a very beautiful place to visit. All the houses are pastel colors with roofs that are stepped to catch all the rain water possible. Rain water is the only water that they use in Bermuda for everything, and it is stored in 30,000 gallon tanks. I guess you would say that they don't want to run out!<

So on the day of the dive Stella and I went out on a 45 foot dive boat , which was excellent for diving.

I did 2 dives in Bermuda which were all on wrecks. I saw 3 large Spiney Lobsters which looked very tasty. I also saw a Heart urchin, Spotted Eagle Ray , Sgt. Majors , and lots of Parrot Fish. I missed the big Grouper,and no, there were no sharks! The Barracuda were neat to see at a distance.