We woke up moored at a site called Dolphin Cave. It consisted of a narrow channel that led to some interconnected underwater tunnels. The first dive was done as a "guided tour", meaning we all followed in a line behind the divemaster. The very first part of the tunnel was pitch black, and curved down and to the right, then curved left. We didn't know that we should have brought flash lights, which made things a bit 'interesting'. (Note to self: always keep a mini-flashlight tucked in your BC!). The tunnel opened up into a big underwater cavern with a top that was open, then we went through another tunnel, back to where we started. Randy was a bit wound up after exiting, we didn't really know what we were getting into beforehand, and being backed up behind a bunch of divers in a dark underwater tunnel isn't much fun! Back on the board we decided that we would do the next dive by ourselves with the big flashlights. We jumped back in, navigated back to the entrance, and made our way through. It was a lot less scary the second time when we had the place to ourselves. There were millions of little silver fish ("silver sides") everywhere. They moved like a liquid, flowing away as you moved your hand towards them. They made the side of the tunnel and cave shimmer.

After lunch we hopped on the skiff with four other passengers and went in to Anthony's Key Resort for a dolphin dive. We transferred our gear to one of their boats, then walked down the dock where we got to dangle our feet in the water while one of the dolphins swam up so we could touch it. Then we got back on the boat and headed just out past the harbor. We descended to about 50 feet and waited for a bit, then the dolphins showed up. They swam around us, surfacing for air every so often. It was really cool to have them swim by so closely that you could touch them. Back on the boat the trainer had them do some flips and tail stands by the boat as we snapped pictures. It was definitely a great dive!

Back on the Aggressor we had just enough time for the second afternoon dive, at a site called "The Aquila". It's a wreck in about 100 feet of water. The wreck itself didn't have a great deal of life (Rick did see a really big Moray Eel), the ship was very big, and mostly intact, which made it pretty cool. After spending some time at the wreck, we ascended to the reef and spent about half an hour swimming amongst the coral as we made our way back to the boat.

After dinner many of the passengers headed into shore for a photo contest that was being held during the week. We stayed on board to do the night dive. Two other passengers, Cindy and Terry, were also diving. We all went in the water about the same time. They were headed up to the bow of the boat to drop down to the wreck, and we were headed to the reef. We somehow managed to mess up our bearings, and couldn't find the reef (it ran parallel to the boat, with a wall that dropped off to over 100 feet). We're pretty sure there was some current also, but in any case we decided to abort the dive, so we just swam back to the boat. Just as we got out, the other two divers came out of the water, they had gotten disoriented as well! We all had a good laugh and decided to blame it on the full moon!