This small island of the French Antilles, is one of the jewels of the Caribbean. The capital Gustavia has a near sport port to the marine reservation of Saint - Barthélemy.
The protected area understands three areas with different levels of security, the most accessible is located before same of the bocana of the port, among the called island Pain of Sucre and them Gros Islets. In the same port we will be able to find a diving center to be able to to consent to the the reservation (80 $x 2 immersions).
Beach
of the Galette © by Toni Romero 1999The fauna is the typical of the caribe, snorers, mere, barracudas, lora, and an entire fan of fish of colors as the fish angel (in several species), crossbows, surgeons, butterflies etc The coral is especially exuberant, formations of elk horn (Acropora palmata), coral of fingers (Porites S.P.), of brain (Diplodia labyrinthiformis) and great quantity of big Caribbean gorgonias (Gorgonia ventalina). A tremendous population of lobsters he/she makes shiver to my stomach, it is the only one crustacean to which am not able to see as such, always imagines it to the iron. An entire pleasure, except for the absence of sharks: it is frankly irritating, during this whole trip there has not been human way of being able to photograph some.
The submarine images of this page are taken in apnea to depths of among - 2 m. and - 12 m. without flash, only with the support of a focus of 100 w. of light contínua (Cressi - sub, Lighthouse 50). it is interesting the effect that I have achieved in the main topic, areas warm surrounded of a dominant one blue. An advice, use speeds of obturation of 1/125 when you are near the surface, the movement of the hangover can become bitter a whole spool.
Typical
formation of corals of the CaribbeanA good area for the apnea is the beach from the Galette to 10 minutes of the one port of Gustavia. It is a beach formed by shells, with transparent waters and of little depth. Here I saw my favorite beings again, the squids. To - 1 m. of depth and with bottom of sand, you will be able to to swim with them sharing their variables and sudden changes of humor. Easily visible for the good observer, they change their white color simile of tranquility to the brown tone, symptom of pure nerve. Remember that the squids possess some cells called cromatóforos that they allow them to vary the color of their skin almost instantly.
To the left of this magnificent and accessible beach, we will find (to see picture) a cut one that falls until - 10 m. of depth, in her we will observe the same life that in the reservation (to some two miles of distance) but I eat you will suppose in worse not well state. The formations of the picture, are frankly curious, they run off with solitary in the middle of the sand, originating true oasis of life with colonies of fish of small dimensions like the wonderful gamma (Gramma loreto), of color violet and yellow. Or those Jack fish (Equetus lanceolatus) always hidden in small cracks with their great dorsal fin as flag.
Parade
© by Toni Romero 1999To travel the island you can rent a moto for 28 $a day. The highways are quite bad, with considerable slopes that you/they will force you to drive with wisdom, so punishes of ending up starry against a coconut tree.
During my stay they were preparing the Carnivals, for what I could to photograph a showy pasacalles with coalition rhythms between the samba and the African music.
And a picturesque note, the island is populated for famous as Silvester Stallone or Madonna, something provoking in a hábitat that he/she doesn't offer big infrastructures. He/she can that for it is it the elected place for these characters to disappear a season.
