We did some snorkeling while in the Palm Beach area. First, I just snorkeled around the boat giving the bottom a good scrub. Pearl Lee was starting to develop a hula skirt! I also learned that with a wet suit on (more for protection than cold) I’ll need a weight belt to get below the surface.
We had some soft stuff and a few barnacles. We probably shouldn’t wait so long next time. All in all, a good learning experience.
Kristi decided to go with a friend to the base of the Blue Heron bridge. We had heard some good things about it, so they drove up by car. She struggled at first, breathing with your face in the water is an unnatural act, but Eventually mastered it.
They found a sunken row boat, some shopping carts and other things. All presumably put there for fish habitat, but they didn’t see a lot of fish. Still they had fun, and made plans for the following day at Peanut Island.
We took the dinghy a mile and a half up Lake Worth Lagoon to Peanut Island. We found a very nice dinghy dock on the leeward (downwind) side of the island, nice and calm. Then we found out what a long walk it was with snorkel gear and picnic supplies.
At Peanut Island the water was clear and it was like swimming through an aquarium! We found colorful fish everywhere, as well as the odd barracuda, and others. Here’s a short video we made:
We’re new at snorkeling and underwater photography, so bear with us. We’ll get better at both. In the meantime, here are a couple more pictures we took. As always on our site, you can click the picture to see it better.
