Dave R. and I again headed out to Molasses Reef when the winds subsided on Wednesday, December 7th. Ended up with excellent conditions 0-2 knot winds and little current. Visibility was pretty good too. We decided to explore the southwestern area of the reef. With 29 mooring buoys, its a large reef and I haven't dived this section much. 1st dive was at a buoy marked 2, but I think it was missing a number - should have been around 21 or 22. We encountered lots of fish, more than usual and came across 2 nurse sharks. Dave managed to briefly touch one before it fled. Also some nice Angelfish and Filefish.
On the 2nd dive we moved to Buoy #20 a little further to the SW. We first swam SW and didn't find a lot of structure, then we came to some good tall coral heads and walls and came across a resting Green turtle.
We then explored more to the west and north where the reef was better. Again lots of fish! When we came up, the sea was dead calm and the current non existent. Its hard to quit when conditions are like that!
At the very edge of the reef we did find a broken mooring rope. Hopefully someone's boat didn't drift off while they were diving. Often the result of poor mooring habits, I always try and check the condition of the lines before I head away from the boat. I hope this never happens to me.
Click the link below to see a 3 minute video of the dive.