Bermuda Day 6 - June 10th
- Jul 10
- 2 min read
Today was left up to chance due to the unpredictable weather, causing our original plans to be cancelled and making us resort to our backup plan. At 8:15 we finally got confirmation that we were going diving that morning. About half an hour later we boarded the bus and headed to Walsingham Bay. We were originally supposed to explore the mangroves, but because it was low tide they were mostly out of the water. Since we were already there, we decided to go ahead with the dive instead.
We stayed in the water for about an hour because there was so much to see hidden throughout the rocky shoreline. We saw a lot of juvenile fish and several species we hadn't seen before, including many Zebra Nudibranchs, Bandtail Puffers, and young squid. The calm, shallow water made it easy to look into the cracks and crevices of the rocks where many of the smaller animals were hiding.
Once we returned to BIOS, we had about an hour before lunch. Everyone took showers, ate, and got ready for our next activity. To many people's relief, it wasn't another dive. Instead, we headed to Fort St. Catherine, a historic fort that has protected Bermuda's eastern shoreline since the early 1600s, although much of the structure that stands today was rebuilt during the 1800s. Inside the fort, we explored exhibits on Bermuda's military history, looked at old cannons, tunnels, storage rooms, and displays showing what life would have been like for the soldiers stationed there. After looking through the educational exhibits, we spent the rest of our time exploring the many staircases, passageways, and different levels of the fort while enjoying the views overlooking the ocean.
After leaving the fort, we walked into the town of St. George with one goal: completing a scavenger hunt. We stayed in our dive groups as we explored the town, searching for different landmarks and answering questions along the way. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited English towns in the Americas, St. George is filled with historic buildings, narrow streets, churches, and public squares that reflect Bermuda's early colonial history. Once we finished the scavenger hunt, we spent the remaining time exploring the town before the bus arrived. We stopped at the gift shop, visited a soap and body care store, and everyone's favorite stop of the afternoon: getting frozen yogurt.
When we returned to BIOS, we still had about 40 minutes before dinner, giving everyone time to settle back in and relax. After dinner, we entered our survey data and worked on our journals until around 8:00, when a group left for a voluntary night snorkel. Unfortunately, the high wind speeds made it unsafe to snorkel, so the group explored tidepools for fifteen minutes before hiking back to BIOS.
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