A short drive west took us to the crystal clear waters of Coral Beach. Even without the blue skies, it was certain that this was going to be a good place to float around with a snorkel.
The beach (as the name suggests) is completely made of broken coral pieces rather than sand. As a result, the water has barely any sediment and the viability is quality.
We didn't get any underwater photos, but within sixty seconds of getting in, we were looking down at a huge blue lobster carcus, being dragged along by a crab. Later we saw a crab, the size of a large mole hill walking along the sea floor (sideways of course), then the big excitement came, when the large, blue form of a Tope Shark cruised silently and smoothly below us. It was over a metre long and a long way below us to cause us any (much) panic. We watched it for ages, as it crept around near fish and crabs, before disappearing off into the the deeper, darker waters. (we had to look up exactly what kind of shark it was afterwards).
Even with wetsuits on, it was much colder in the water than the beach we went to a couple of days ago, so we only lasted an hour, before getting out.
Here's what the beach is made up of...
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