Today was a long one, with Chris of Octopus diving and his friends Keith with his daughter Kendra we sailed to Île Fourchue off St. Barths for some diving and lunchtime BBQ followed by more diving and a night sail back to Grand Case. The conditions at sea were more boisterous than forecast but we still made good time and speed after passing Île Tintamarre and the return sail had us going 7-8 knots with 2 reefs in both sails, hitting higher speeds at times. The dives were great, but on the second one I managed to nudge the “auto focus” button to off and that is one of the few switches which cannot be reached inside the case. Oh well, at least some pictures from the first dive turned out.

A Trumpetfish hovering next to the rocks in the hope that I'll just leave it alone and disappear. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Juvenile Bluehead wrasses over corals. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	A great Barracuda hovering nearby, hopefully not sizing me up for a meal. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Anemone [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
These three great Barracuda just hovered in position while we swam by and they completely ignored us. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	A well-camoflaged and buried southern Stingray off Ile Fourchue [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	This one came quite close before deciding to swim off. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Parrotfish [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
Large Great Barracuda [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Blue sponge [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Wrasse among the sponge [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	An uncommon bridled burrfish (Chilomycterus Antennatus) [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
A school of yellow jack swim by during our dive at Ile Fourchue, St. Barths. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	A Lane snapper hiding from my behind a sponge. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Kendra during the Ile Fourchue dive [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Chris was being shadowed by a small school of blue Tang during out Ile Fourchue dive. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
These Blue Tang seem unconcerned about the spotted Moray looking out of its hole. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Brain Coral [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	A very large spiny lobster hiding in a cave under Ile Fourchue. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Honeycomb Cowfish [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
Turtle hanging out on the bottom [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Turtle hugging the bottom under Ile Fourchue. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Rock Hind and small fish [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Great Barracuda from above [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
Passing the time during our 3 minute safety stop after our dive at Ile Fourchue. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Large Barrel Sponge [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Keith and Chris on the second dive (where my camera wouldn't focus) at Ile Fourchue. [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]	Ray swimming past the corals [17°57'21.72"N 62°54'42.29"W ]
Keith and his daughter Kendra on Zanshin after our dives at Ile Fourchue. [17°57'21.65"N 62°54'23.13"W (facing NW)]	Chris with a post-dive happy-hour Carib in hand and chilling after our 2 dives earlier that day. [17°57'21.65"N 62°54'23.13"W (facing NE)]	I'm coiling a line at sunset after the day's diving off the rock in the left background of the picture. [17°57'21.65"N 62°54'23.13"W (facing W)]	Cirrus clouds glowing from inside at sunset off Ile Fourchue in St. Barths. [17°57'21.65"N 62°54'23.13"W (facing W)]