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Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/17/2015 02:38 PM
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I've never seen a sea turtle in the wild and would like to cross that off my bucket list this December. Are there snorkel sites where we'd have a better chance at seeing sea turtles or maybe rays? I know my girlfriend would be thrilled as well and in fact, it would probably be the highlight of the trip for her. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
Sailing * Sunning * Snorkeling * Swashbuckling BVI 2003/2006/2008/2015/2016 (My head isn't that big, I'm just closer to the camera ... really ;-)
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/17/2015 02:45 PM
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If you snorkel at Diamond Cay and Cooper, you are almost guaranteed to see a turtle. Likely you could see a sting ray as well.
I'd say we've probably seen turtles and sting rays every trip. Eagle rays a fair amount, but not nearly as frequent as the others.
Matt
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/17/2015 03:43 PM
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Subaqua said: Turtles - 10 to 20 feet of water or more.. Grassy areas Rays - 10 to 20 feet of water or more.. Sandy areas Wait, that's not entirely true.. I think most of the videos I took the last few weeks of turtles they were hovering around the corals, but in like 30' of water or more.
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/17/2015 03:50 PM
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At which location(s) were you taking video?
Sailing * Sunning * Snorkeling * Swashbuckling BVI 2003/2006/2008/2015/2016 (My head isn't that big, I'm just closer to the camera ... really ;-)
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/17/2015 03:53 PM
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Very cool! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
Sailing * Sunning * Snorkeling * Swashbuckling BVI 2003/2006/2008/2015/2016 (My head isn't that big, I'm just closer to the camera ... really ;-)
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/17/2015 07:05 PM
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We have often seen rays (at dusk/night), circling around the dinghy dock near Quito's in CGB. Also many times in the dead coral lagoon at Marina Cay...snorkelling from the restaurant towards the reef, seen rays swimming along the bottom of the deepest part of the channel.
Best turtle sighting - a huge Hawksbill, when snorkelling off Peter Island. Sorry, cannot remember the name of the bay.
Woof woof!
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/19/2015 02:41 PM
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CottageGirl said: Manpot- good to know! We'll watch for them. Sitting outside at Sebastian's right now with a glass of Pinot Grigio waiting for our room to be ready. This view is beautuful!! Killing.me.slowly. Just kidding, I hope you are thoroughly enjoying yourself. I saw my first spotted ray on our trip down over Halloween near Diamond Cay. I got a tad bit excited about it!
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/23/2015 11:07 AM
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I've seen turtles all over the BVI's, but at Diamond Cay they're usually so abundant that you have to be careful with the dinghy! The only place I always see a ray is Trunk Bay on St. John...there's one that is always swimming around the beach...it's fun to sit on the beach and wait for people to notice it. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/23/2015 11:46 AM
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Sounds like we need to simply get our faces in the water more! Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions. Will let you know if I can cross off the 'sea turtle viewing' from my bucket list upon my return.
Sailing * Sunning * Snorkeling * Swashbuckling BVI 2003/2006/2008/2015/2016 (My head isn't that big, I'm just closer to the camera ... really ;-)
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/23/2015 06:25 PM
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Pretty much everywhere, as stated. I've always run into one or two snorkeling the north side of Kelly's Cove (Water Point) at the entrance to the Bight on Norman. Snorkel over the grass, close to the point. (This is also a scuba diving site.)
Noel Hall "It is humbling indeed, to discover my own opinion is only correct less than 50% of the time." www.noelhall.com
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Re: Turtles, Rays, & Such
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11/26/2015 11:50 PM
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last trip down [ a number of years ago ] I spent 10 minutes with a very friendly turtle at the indians <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Woof.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Woof.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Woof.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Woof.gif" alt="" />
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