St Kitts is known for wreck diving. Visibility wasn't that great during my dives, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. With eerie effect, ships appeared almost ghost-like as they would gradually emerge through the murk in front of us.

My first dive was the wreck of the MV Corinthian, a tug that was damaged in a storm a few decades ago and left to sink here on purpose. Now it rests on the ocean floor about 60 feet down. A very relaxing dive as we slowly circled the wreck. Here, the ship emerges like an apparition from the deep.

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One of the many sergeant major egg clutches (visible here as a dull purple/gray oval), dutifully guarded by a doting parent.

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Spotted moray eels always make for fun photography.

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This little angelfish was only about 3 inches long but remarkably poised as I brought the camera in close for some macro shots.

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Took me a little while staring at this eye to figure out what it was: a large octopus had successfully stuffed itself into the tiniest of coral openings. Only a single watchful eye and its breathing tube are visible through the crack.

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The signature wreck dive in St Kitts, the massive hulk of the MV River Taw. This 144-foot freighter sank in 1985 and was ripped in half by Hurricane Hugo four years after that. It now sits on the bottom just as the Titanic does, in two separate bow & stern halves. Fortunately both are close enough together to be taken in as a single memorable dive. The hull was so large that it was difficult to get more than a little bit of it at a time in each photograph, but I tried my best. Here's a shot of the bow...

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...and a shot of the deck railing.

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Macro photography was just as fun on the wreck. First, a spider crab crawls across my hand.
Next, a banded coral shrimp peeks out from its hiding place to see what we're up to.

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A giant crab tries to blend in with the surroundings.

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As we slowly rise to the ocean surface, we encounter a bunch of moon jellyfish. Nearly transparent, they are very hard to photograph. I came up with the idea of using someone's black wetsuit as background to get some contrast and it worked fairly well; even the very thin tentacles can be seen in this shot.