Friday, March 18, 2011

Fowl Cay National Park

Fowl Cay National Park is a Bahamian underwater sea park located on the ocean side of Fowl Cay just north of Man-O-War Cay.  The park is a protected area – no fishing or taking of live creatures is permitted.  We finally got a calm day and anchored “Salty Dog” on the west side of Fowl Cay and dinghied out to the ocean reefs.  The water temperature is still in the low 70’s, so we donned our shorty wets suits and a snorkeling we went.   It was our best snorkel experience this season. Saw several barracudas and many tropical fish on the reefs - thankfully no sharks.  Most of the 'dive boats take people out to this reef (on a calm day) and we can certainly see why.  We would have liked to stay longer but the tide was coming in fast and it was getting a little rolly for us.  We'd hoped to be able to get back out there today but not going to happen.  We can see the reef from where we're anchored and the waves are breaking over the reef.  What pictures turned out from yesterday are below.  Photographers we are not!  





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