Well, snorkeling was a little disappointing.  The water was a beautiful blue color and almost 81 degrees F.  I had no problem jumping in and it felt so nice to have the water wrapped around me while I stretched my muscles to snorkel.  We had waited until later in the day to snorkel so that the wind and waves would slow down, which happened, and we were able to manage swimming without getting pushed into the cement pylons.  We decided to take our dinghy and tie it to a ladder in the middle of the pier.  (We also could have dinghied into shore, scrambled over some rocks, and swum out, as other do who are not on a boat.)  That way the dinghy was close to where we thought the best snorkeling would start.  As we were getting ready to go over the side of the dinghy, I saw some bubbles come up from underneath.  I was correct in guessing that scuba divers were beneath us. 

We were in approximately 20 feet of water.  Because of the recent wind and wave conditions, the water wasn’t as clear as we had hoped.  We could see the bottom, but it was a little cloudy.  The fish appeared as black and grey shadows.

The pylons were quite interesting, as different shaped and colored coral had started forming on it.  I saw healthy elk horn and brain coral growing, along with other types of coral. 

After watching the video footage I shot while snorkeling, I saw that a Barracuda was beneath me.  Barracudas always find me, much to my dismay.  So, this was a shorter snorkel, but it did feel good to stretch my muscles with a swim.