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Scuba Diving: Drift Diving the Reefs Off Grande Anse Beach – Grenada

Curtis Jazwiecki — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:35:21 +0000

We backroll into another drifting reef dive along with our new friends from Sailing Catamaran Mana and ScubaTech.

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This time we are on the reefs off of Grande Anse Beach. This area is right in front of the major resort area on the south west side of the island. It is fairly protected from waves, but there is considerable current. This is two dives meshed into one. Both are in the depth range of 35-50 feet.

We had a camera problem on the first dive, so we came up with some poor and almost unusable footage. The second dive turned out great, so we mostly used this footage, but spliced in a few from dive one. What happened?

Well, the go-pro waterproof cover was taken off on the boat for a bit to grab some audio and we think a little water got in and caused condensation on the lens, making the video foggy. There is lots of amazing coral, sponges, ocean, and marine life in these videos.

We see spiny Caribbean lobster, flutter fish, butterfly fish, file fish, creole wrasse, cow fish, and lizard fish.

Friends: SV Mana: www.sailingmana.com ScubaTech: www.scubatech-grenada.com

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Scuba Diving: Rainbow Reef and Northwind Tug Wreck in St. Croix USVI – Sailing Sweet Ruca

Curtis Jazwiecki — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 20:21:38 +0000

We dive Rainbow Reef and the Northwind Tug on the west end of St. Croix, USVI. We dropped into the crystal clear blue waters off the stern of our 46′ Sailboat “Sweet Ruca” to explore the waters around St. Croix. This video is two dives put together into one movie. The first part is Rainbow Reef. It is located in approximately 40 feet of water just a few hundred yards off the coast. Home to some very amazing coral, we see parrot fish, trumpet fish, sea turtles, and more. In the second half of the video we explore the Northwind Tugboat wreck. It is part of a group of shallow wrecks called the Shallow Wrecks at Butler Bay. We hop directly off the back of the sailboat and have to navigate in the current 300 yards or more and find the wreck in open water. It was worth the hunt. Located in about 55 feet of water, at 75 feet long, the Northwind was stripped and sunk in 1986 as an artificial reef. We see some very bright coral, hawksbill turtles, lionfish, blue tangs, and more. #scubadiving #diving #scuba #underwater #underwaterphotography #stcroix #usvi #stx #padi #ocean #dive #wreck #shipwreck #scubadiver #uwphotography #sea #scubadive #underwaterworld #photography #diver #travel #nature #marinelife #buceo #paditv #girlsthatscuba #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #uwphoto #scubalife #adventure #sealife #fish #sailingsweetruca #sailing

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Scuba Diving: Shark Reef Drift Dive in Grenada – Sailing Sweet Ruca

Curtis Jazwiecki — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 20:18:20 +0000

Shark Reef is off the south side of Grenada. The fast-moving Atlantic ocean current rips through here, but also provides the food for this amazing reef ecosystem. This is some of the best coral and reef life we have seen so far in the Caribbean! We dropped in with ScubaTech Grenada, starting off in Prickly Bay. They are fantastic local guides. The Sailing Sweet Ruca crew were joined by the crew from SV Dragonfly. We had great visibility on a bright sunny day. We saw lots of underwater life including reef fish, rays, sharks, spiny lobsters, and crabs. What a day. Join us for a little scuba diving fun as we drift away through the day in Grendada! #scuba #diving #driftdive #grenada #scubagirls #girlsthatdive #drift #underwater #travel #scubadive #padi #sharks #lobsters #rays #coral #reef #ocean #sail #dive

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Scuba Diving: Tyrrel Bay Wreck In St. George Grenada – Sailing Sweet Ruca

Curtis Jazwiecki — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:49:17 +0000

The Sailing Sweet Ruca crew, Kate and Curtis, meet up with SV Dragonfly’s Addison and Ryan to dive the wreck of the Tyrrel Bay. The wreck is located about one mile off of Grand Anse Beach on the Southwest side of Grenada, near St. George’s and Port Louis. Evelyn and Curtis from Scuba-Tech Grenada provided the transport and guidance to drop us right on top of the wreck. The Tyrrel Bay was a coast guard patrol boat delivered to Grenada from the USA in 1984. Designated PB-01, she is 106ft. After the Guardian Class patrol boat went out of service the local divers put together a plan to clean her and make her dive ready. She was sunk on September 25, 2018 where she sits in approximately 60 ft of water. Kate is decked out in her new gear Sherwood Scuba gear she recently purchased from Michael and Jess @SetSailandDive. She is loving the matching outfit! #girlsthatdive #divinglife #diving #wreckdive #grenada #sail #sea #ocean #sweetruca #scubadiving #diving #scuba #underwater #underwaterphotography #padi #ocean #dive #scubadiver #uwphotography #sea #scubadive #underwaterworld #photography #diver #travel #nature #marinelife #buceo #paditv #underwaterphoto #underwaterlife #uwphoto #scubalife #tauchen #adventure #sealife #fish

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