Bermuda Day 7 - July 12th

By Charlie and Lucy

Our first snorkel of the day started in Tobacco Bay, a popular bay for tourists, with a sandy bottom and large, tall rocks encircling the bay. We swam along the edge of the inside until we reached an opening in the rocks. There were many cracks and crevices along the rocks, giving us space to weave between. In these small pockets between the rocks, we found many interesting fish such as a peacock flounder, a green moray eel, and several spotted trunkfish. We swam along these rocks until we reached the edge of Fort Saint Catherine, finding a cannon on the edge and many small fish living around and inside of it. We ended the dive by backtracking some into a small, nearby beach beside the Fort.

Our last snorkels in Bermuda went with another boat trip! On our way out to North Rock, it rained pretty hard and everyone not tucked into nooks in the boat got soaked! As soon as people got into the water, they saw two spotted eagle rays. Throughout the snorkel, we saw a white spotted filefish, a giant porcupine fish, a cowfish, a creole wrass, and a lot of healthy coral! We took a break after the snorkel for “splish-splash time”, where we got to jump off the boat and do some free swimming in the water. We drove to the other side of the rock marker and did our second snorkel there. One group saw an octopus, and we saw a lot of similar fish to the first snorkel, as it was so close. It was a great end to our Bermuda snorkels! After a great boat ride back and dinner, we uploaded our fish data and watched the David Attenborough: Ocean documentary to end the day.