On to the gorgeous world of Glover’s Reef!

  After arriving at Off The Wall on Long Key* and getting settled, I had a quick tour of the island and my charming home for the week.  OTW was an amazing experience – as one of three (!) guests for the week, I certainly received plenty of personal attention, and the native Belizean cook, Eileen, was kind enough to cater to my exceedingly picky palate.  There was some type of home-baked bread at every meal, and I couldn’t get enough.  We averaged two dives per day, with one night dive added in.  The island itself was beautiful, tranquil, and oh so relaxing.  The diving was just…WOW.  I will let the pictures speak for themselves!

A complete list of all the amazing creatures I saw during this first week:
On land – hermit crabs & iguanas galore!!!

Underwater –

Sharksucker remoras (more to come on these!)
Nassau grouper

Black Grouper

Tiger grouper
Goliath grouper AKA Jewfish  (scroll to the bottom of the page for best pic)

Southern stingray
Yellow stingray

Flying fish
Barracudas!
Lionfish (danger, danger – both poisonous AND an invasive species!)
Green moray eels
Spotted moray eel
Spotted drum
Grey angelfish
French angelfish
Queen angelfish
Rock beauty
Sharpnose pufferfish
Hawksbill turtles

Loggerhead turtles

Triggerfish
Queen triggerfish

Black durgon
Trumpetfish
Yellowtail snapper
Dog snapper
Mahogany snapper
Blackfin snapper
Mutton snapper
Schoolmaster
Indigo hamlet
Blue hamlet
Yellowtail damselfish
Bicolor damselfish
Longspine squirrelfish
Neon goby
Hogfish
Honeycomb cowfish
Yellowhead jawfish
Spotted scorpionfish (scroll down to see the front fins - typically the best/only way to spot them)
Foureye butterflyfish
Stoplight parrotfish
Redband parrotfish
Midnight parrotfish
Blue parrotfish
Fairy basslet
Creole wrasse
Yellowhead wrasse
Bluehead wrasse

Blue tang
Porkfish
French grunt
Smallmouth grunt
Bluestriped grunt
Scrawled filefish
Caribbean reef octopus
Toadfish
Slipper lobster
Caribbean spiny lobster
Lizardfish

* My review on TripAdvisor:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g291964-d911165-r104827682-Off_The_Wall_Dive_Center_Resort-Glovers_Reef_Atoll_Belize_Cayes.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT