More of the aftermath

Some more on what last week's "oceanic event" left behind:

The top photo is the karst at Middles Beach taken last October. The bottom photo is the same rock taken Tuesday (3/25). The angles are different but - you can see in the lower photo the "middle" of the karst formation has been cleaned out. All that rock is now scattered about the beach. Some of these are BIG chunks of rock. It's just another example of the power of the ocean.

We finally went snorkeling off Shacks Beach late Wednesday (3/26) afternoon. It was very late so the light was bad and the water was still very cloudy and churned up so no pictures yet. What we saw was I guess what one would expect after such big waves: lots of sand moved around, dug out of some areas of the reef and piled up in others.

There is a lot more karst exposed along the edge of the beach, especially at low tide. At the west end of the beach, near Villa Tropical, a new area of karst has been exposed underwater. I can't wait for some clearer water to check that out. We hope to have pictures in the next day or so.

Sadly, some of the older, dead elkhorn coral was broken and tossed about. Even the coral that's no longer living is fascinating to swim around. It's still habitat for a ton of sealife.