Tropical Storm Hanna

So we are watching Tropical Storm Hanna closely here at Columbus Isle as she twists through the Atlantic. The storm looks as though it won't gain enough strength to become a hurricane. It does how ever still look like it will impact our weather. There has been a noticeable increase in the wind and wave action here, but nothing that has kept us out of the water yet. We are having a meeting in about a half hour to discuss what may or may not happen depending on where the storm goes. So as of now we are still operating as normal.
Check out Wunderground.com's WunderMap of the storm and if you are curious as to where I am just type in "San Salvador, Bahamas" into the select a location address box.

The New Divers Just Keep Coming!

On Tuesday I finished certifying Christian as an Open Water Diver. His girlfriend is an Advanced Open Water Diver and encouraged him to get certified. So, he did the eLearning course and finished up with me here at Columbus Isle. Congrats Christian!

Another New Diver!!

So today I finished the certification for another PADI Open Water Scuba Diver!! Congrats to Jonathan!! We did the class in 2 1/2 days and he was awesome. We saw a black tip reef shark on his second dive and about a dozen sting rays.
Congrats again!

Fish I.D.

So last night I was asked to do the english portion of the scuba team's weekly presentation of our local fish. Gen usually does it by herself, but she saw my interest in fish ID and asked about 15 minutes before she was to do the presentation. I accepted and the presentation went well. About the usual length of time and people seemed to enjoy the added comments that I provided. Gen is about a foot shorter than I and so she stood on the stage(with heels on) and I stood next to her on the main floor(in flats) and we were the same height. We didn't get a picture, but I'm sure we'll do it again and have a picture or two taken. Check back.

Tropical Storm Fay

Well, we started to feel some effects of Tropical Storm Fay within the last few days. We have had a fair amount of rain in the past week as well as some winds and rougher seas. There are some waves crashing on the reef that I hadn't seen in my 2 1/2 months here which was the first real sign of what's to come. We had to change dive sites yesterday morning for the first dive because of the approx 6 foot waves that the capt. didn't want to tie the boat up in. The site was around the southern tip of the island and isn't protected, so we just came back around the end where there was significantly less wave action. From all the reports Fay is staying well to our west and won't have much impact. I see that the Florida Keys are preparing for Fay's arrival and in a way I'm glad I'm not working in the Keys this summer.