Students woke up this morning to a breakfast of pancakes and fruit. They then went to their first lecture of the day which was about invertebrate surveys. They learned about the different invertebrates and their importance in coral reef ecosystems.
After the lecture everyone geared for heir first dive of the day. During the dive everyone did invertebrate surveys of the reef. They counted all the invertebrates they saw along a 30 meter transact tape, such as brittle stars, feather worms, sponges, and cleaner shrimps. When they finished this task they then went on a fun dive where they saw a hawksbill turtle and a big eagle ray.
We all had lunch, then participated in a snorkel treasure hunt. The hunt involved finding different marine animals and taking pictures of them. Each animal was worth a specific amount of points.
Our next activity was a second dive of the day. During the dive we did more invertebrate surveys on a transect. After, while swimming around, we saw a scrawled cowfish, and two hawksbill turtles!
Everyone was ecstatic about our dinner of hamburgers and French fries, and a dessert of cake because it was someone’s birthday. The after dinner activity was a pub quiz where we answered questions about hints like Disney movies and common knowledge. During the pub quiz, some students went on a night snorkel. They saw some really cool things like lobster, squids that inked on Brian’s camera, and a cool, color changing octopus.
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| Octopus |
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| Feather worm |
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| Lily on the boat |
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| Hawksbill turtle |
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