Big Majors Spot, Staniel Cay, and Thunderball Cave

We had such a great time at Black Point that it was difficult to leave. But, the summer was flying away, and we still had a lot of ground to cover before getting Allen home in time for school.

Allen windsurfed for the rest of the morning, and around 1pm we left the cove. We went out around Harvey Cay and headed in towards Staniel Cay, and then turned to anchor off Big Majors Spot, a place that I had been before. We anchored amidst a bunch of huge yachts, and I wondered how many of those folks had ever had the opportunity to experience the great things that we did in our out of the way places.

We went in close to Big Majors Spot to look at the pigs that swim out to the boat for snacks. We watched some others feeding them, but, they left us as quickly as they realized we hadn't brought food to share.

From there we went around the end of the island, to Thunderball Cave. This small island has an interesting domed shaped grotto with a cavern whose rim is underwater at high tide. It isn't dark on the inside, due to the sun coming through a hole in the roof. This site was used in the filming of James Bond 007's Thunderball, and the thousands of tropicals have grown accustomed to tourists feeding them. The sergeant majors approach in droves. It is fun snorkeling under the rim and coming up in the cavern, and then going from section to section. There were a lot of folks that came while we were there, but the current and high tide inhibited some of the folks who weren't used to snorkeling.

When we left the cave, we idled around the side of Staniel Cay, which has grown up a lot since I was there last, and circumnavigated Big Majors Spot before returning to the boat.

Allen windsurfed around again that evening.