Under water Andros

Date: March 10, 2018

We spent quite a bit of time anchored behind Long Rock off the coast of Andros. Bjarne took some under water photos while there.

Here is a cave entrance he found on the reef:

There is a vertical shaft going from 3 meters to around 20 meters:

A lionfish in the entrance shaft:

A blackbar soldierfish keeping an eye on things:

At the bottom of the shaft, the cave continues in two directions as vertical cracks. Bjarne put some line in the cave and here is the T where it goes off in two directions:

A crab with only one claw on the wall:

The walls of the caves in the Bahamas often have lots of sponges growing on them:

Many lobsters hide in the cracks in the caves:

The beautiful cowrie snails inhabit the caves as well:

Here is a cave shrimp that is almost transparent:

Here is the end of the cave in one direction:

Of course, caves usually don't really just end, they just get narrower and narrower. So if someone with more determination came by, he could probably extend the line.

Here you can get a feeling for the vertical nature of the tunnels:

You can see the line in those pictures too.

This is the entrance shaft looking up on the way out:

The maximum depth in the cave is around 30 meters, so a little deco is needed after the dive. A nice thing about the caves around here is that you can make your deco on a beautiful coral reef with lots of life to look at:

A queen triggerfish: