Thursday, we opted for a short 14-nautical mile cruise northwest to Double Breasted Cay, reputed to have a sandbar to tickle the fancy of our inner swimsuit models.
We anchored outside the sandy area (pink arrow), and – perfectly timed for low tide (thank you, Captain) – launched the dinghies and headed to Sand Cay (orange arrow).
There were a couple of other boats anchored on the south side of Sand Cay, Plan Sea and Mystic. We met John & Cindy (Mystic) in November at Lady’s Island Marina in Beaufort, SC. It was good to see them cruising with their friends, and hopefully our paths will cross again.
After swinging by to greet Plan Sea and Mystic, who were on current lee side of the little Sand Cay, we cruised over to the current side and started our exploration of the sandbar and island.
We wandered through the sandbar and ended up going around the whole cay, finding so many sea creatures. Never seen anything like it – all this in just a few inches of water. It was like snorkeling, without gear or swimming!
Video Time!
How about a short spine sea urchin? Just walking by!
And Todd’s seen plenty of feather duster tubeworms whilst diving, but here we touch them in 3-4 inches of water!
We momentarily interrupted this absolutely beautiful whelk having a bite to eat.
And even in these extremely shallow waters we found anemones and live corals….
Todd tried out his new underwater camera,
Back at the dinghies, this little guy tried so hard not to move.
And a stingray cruised through to bid us farewell. Okay, okay, it was cruising along for food.
We didn’t know what to do after that extravaganza, but we knew we wanted more! So, we cruised into a shallow section that cut through the whole “island.” Maybe that’s where the name came from. a set of islands that kind of wrap on to one another. Anyway, we started to see glimpses of our boats and just had to snap a few.
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