Lighthouse

The third dive of the day was at “Lighthouse”. The reason for the name is that the reef rises up from a max depth of 90 ft to within 5 feet of the surface. You start the dive by going to the bottom and then circle your way up. The bottom was full of Lionfish! Donna had to pull me out of the way of one of the baby lionfish while I was taking a picture of its daddy. The spines on the fish have a venom that will not kill you but will give you a pretty painful sting.

As we circled up we found a good size turtle that was very happy to pose for a few pictures. The current was ripping pretty good and quite a few divers were around trying to get a picture of him.