Friday, August 7, 2009

Mermaid

Off the Sunset House hotel and restaurant on South Church Street is a dive spot popular for a wrecked WWII landing craft and a statue of a mermaid called Amphitrite as well as a wide variety of sea life. This afternoon was very calm so while Katie worked on her final paper for her Masters class on a deck overlooking the water I went for a swim the 200 or so yards out to see the Mermaid. On my way I passed a school of Caribbean squid in to lay their eggs and a turtle looking for lunch. Even though the mermaid is a 9 foot tall bronze statue, the shots arent that great as she is about 55 feet below the surface.