The wind was still strong today, so we were a little worried about what the viewing would be like. We went back to our favorite hang out, Boca Catalina. We saw a couple large iguanas sunning themselves and managed to get one to pose for a picture. We had a pretty easy entry to the water; the waves were a bit high, but no bother!

The visibility was really good, not cloudy at all. We saw lots of fun stuff. One of the coolest fish today was the coronet fish. He’s a big long fish, with a kind of whippy tail. Sort of looks like a trumpetfish, but the tail is different. He can change from light green to brilliant blue.

There were just tons of eels today. Not sure why, but seemed there was one under every rock! For the last several years, there has been this rather large porcupine fish under this ledge at Malmok Beach. We had not seen him this year – until today! It was good to see him back in his hiding spot. We were worried that the lionfish had forced him out of his home.

We even got to get a pretty decent shot of a soapfish. This fish is extremely shy, and always slips under a rock the second he sees a snorkeler. If you try and take his picture, he scoots away… we’ve got tons of shots of the back of him! But today we managed to get him in the open and snap a decent one.
We went over to the Palm Beach mall and strolled around to see what’s new. One of our favorite restaurants, the Casa Tua Mediterranee, is located here, but it has closed! That’s too bad – it was a great place to eat. Pam found a friend here at the mall… they had a little dance together.

Sunset was nice. We parked on Eagle Beach and watched it go down. Just as the sun was disappearing a sailboat drifted by… a pretty cool ending to a pretty darn nice day! I’ve included a picture of our pool and hot tub, and stuck an arrow on it, locating our apartment. We’ve stayed in this one before – it’s a great location – ground floor, with a little patio, steps to the pool and hot tub!