Anse Chastanet Scuba St Lucia, Saint Lucia

Smmcdonald

05/07/19 at 13:22

Our original plans were for Jen and I to go on an afternoon dive alone (with a guide, of course, which is the rule of St. Lucia), but others caught wind or perhaps decided the same for themselves. So we ended up in a small group on the last dive of the trip. Jen and I would stay a bit behind the rest of the group, however, which was fine with our guide, Dave, giving us a bit of downtime. Entering from shore, we swam the usual circuit, but this time just a bit further away from the wall across a thick bed of turtle grass. Near a moring line, I happened across a juvenile French angelfish in stark contrast against a bed of green, a pair of banded butterflyfish, and a pale yellow bearded fireworm almost appearing as a dead blade of grass. A few minutes into the dive, we began the descent over the sandy bed. On our way, I cam across another peacock flounder pressed againt the top of another mooring anchor. We reached the reef at around 60', and then turned and swam alongside, bottoming out around 77'. My ears had been giving me trouble, so at this point, I swam the rest of the dive making a slow ascent, never dipping down more than 5 or so feet, along the familiar circuitous route: out, up and over, and back to the starting point. On the reef, I noted a large honeycomb cowfish,