We went to the Thunderball Cave (yes, where they filmed part of the eponymous James Bond movie) with Chris and Marisa (S/V Charisma) to snorkel. These pictures are all from my underwater camera, so some of the above-water and shallower ones I have had to color-correct since my cam was set at the 25' depth color setting. The intense blue stuff is NOT color corrected, it really looks that way!
Grant had no problem swimming in the W entrance against a mounting E-W current (other snorkelers started to clear out, especially the families, as the current kicked in after slack low tide):
Swimmers were backlit as they entered or exited the cave, and light came from either under the water, or through the few "sinkhole" holes in the top of the dome.
Although most of it is about 13-14' deep, Derek could actually stand in one section where the sand had scoured through the east entrance and piled up in the southwestern corner:
There were a lot of Sergeant Majors, just as 17 years before, probably expecting to be fed, but there were other lovely reef fish around as well, like this rather orange-looking queen angel:
Derek also dove down to flash this spotted trunkfish. I had no idea the white spots were sort of like reflecting spots! Safety first?
We also spotted this juvenile Bigeye hiding under a ledge outside the cave... he was only about 8" long and they can get to twice that when adult:
