Category Archives: SCUBA & Snorkeling

Adventures under the water.

Trying to get to Thunderbolt Grotto, Staniel Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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The moon was not full anymore, but still shone vividly at dawn on Thursday, March 5

We’d arranged to meet two of the families at Thunderball Grotto at 0900, which was slack high tide. We were leery about getting in and out of the cave at high tide, but they assured us that it would not be a problem and said they thought it was better to go when there was no current. 

We left Kosmos at 8:40, figuring it would take us 20-minutes to get there. But even though it was supposed to be nearly slack tide, the current was strong and our little 3 hp electric motor struggled. For a portion of the time, we were only going a little over one knot. It took 40-minutes to get there. Eric was frustrated. He’s been contemplating switching to a fast gas motor for the last few months, and he announced that this was the last straw – he was buying a new motor. When we got to the cave, we could barely see the entrance. We don’t think we would have been able to find it at all had we not been there before.

As our friends had assured us, getting in was not difficult. Here was a selfie with a view of the entrance from the inside.

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Snorkeling and Diving The Piano at Rudder Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Just before the sunrise on Friday, January 23

A popular tourist attraction in the area was a statue of a mermaid about to play a piano that David Cooperfield had sunk for an activity for his resort guests. After Christi and Keith finished school, Eric and Keith snorkeled the statue with Bogumilia.  

We’d read that the statue was hard to see while snorkeling because it was kind of deep, and they recommended going at low tide, when it was only about 10-feet down, for the best views. While they could see it, it was tough. Low tide meant a strong current, and it took a lot of strength to stay in place over the statue in order to get a good look at it. From what they could see, it appeared the statue was a 1:1 scale of a person and a grand piano.

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Keith’s Perspective on Blackpoint, White Point and Rudder Cay/Le point de vue de Keith sur Blackpoint, White Point et Rudder Cay

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January 17 – 24 –On Saturday, Dad made French toast for breakfast. We met a boat called Bogumila for lunch at Emerald Sunset. I was feeling better, but not back to 100%. On Sunday, Mom woke up sick. Dad and I went to shore for lunch. We ate at a buffet, and I think their ranch dressing was bad. 

On Monday, we moved to a place called White Point. Tiki Tour, Zimovia and Mellow Puff were there. I went to the beach with the boys while the girls hung out on Tiki Tour. On Tuesday, it was rainy and high winds. I went over to Tiki Tour and played card games. On Wednesday, the weather forecast said it was supposed to be nice, but it lied. I went over to Tiki Tour in the afternoon. Everyone was moving to Rudder Cay, but we couldn’t get there because you had to go through a really shallow spot that we could only cross at high tide. Tiki and us ended up at an anchorage near Rudder, but on the other side of the pass. In the evening, I went over to Tiki Tour. 

Snorkeling the statue in Rudder Cay

Samedi, papa a fait du pain perdu pour le petit dejeuner. On a mangé le déjeuner au Emerald Sunset avec un bateau qui s’appelle Bogumila. J’allais mieux, mais pas à 100%. Dimanche, maman était malade. Papa et moi sommes allés à terre pour le déjeuner. Nous avons mangé a un buffet, mais leur sauce ranch était périmée. 

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Keith’s Perspective on Nassau and Warderick Wells, The Bahamas/Le point de vue de Keith sur Nassau et Warderick Wells, aux Bahamas

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January 3 – 9, 2026 – This week has been fun. On Saturday, Zimovia and Tiki Tour left the anchorage. Mom, Dad and I cleaned the bottom of the boat. On Sunday, we went to Nassau. The passage took all day. We arrived at a marina, docked, then went to dinner at the marina restaurant. 

Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, Zimovia et Tiki Tour sont partis de l’ancrage. Maman, papa et moi avons nettoyé le fond du bateau. Dimanche, nous sommes allés à Nassau. Le passage a pris toute la journée. Nous sommes arrivés à la marina, nous nous sommes amarrés, puis nous avons mangé le dîner au restaurant de la marina. 

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Snorkeling at Warderick Wells, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Thursday, January 8, continued… Keith got ready to go snorkeling. Eric and Keith went to the ranger station to check in. Christi stayed behind to make lunch and dinner. Tiki Tour had also moved from Shroud to Warderick this morning and had moored in The Horseshoe. The Tiki crew and their guests — a family with two kids close in age to Keith — met Eric and Keith at the beach by the ranger station. The kids played on the beach. After a couple of hours, Eric returned to Kosmos to eat lunch and to pick Christi up. Keith said he wasn’t hungry and asked to stay with the other kids.

At about 1600, Eric and Christi returned. They found the group snorkeling in the pass.

The snorkelers saw a group of twelve spotted eagle rays and they followed the rays for quite a while. They said the rays were amazing. From the dinghy, all Christi and Eric could see were black blobs that looked like moving rocks.

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