65 Degrees

 Left - Large cave on west coast of Eleuthera Island south of Governors Harbour.

    












 Right - Note how the ocean has undercut these formations.  This is typical of the Eleuthera  Island coastline and surrounding islands.









      When your hailing port is Rock Hall, MD you must go to Rock Sound, Bahamas.  We left Governors Harbor at 9 a.m. after a leisurely start to the day. Today the ocean was nearly as calm as yesterday in the start of the cruise down Eleuthera Island.  Then in late morning the sun came out and the winds calmed down and so did the sea.  The western coast of  Eleuthera Island has some very interesting formations, outcroppings and vegetation as seen in the above photos.
     On arrival to Rock Sound Rick, Deb, Sharon and myself went into town.  Our first trip was to the customs/immigration office again.  We found the customs office but were told the immigrations office was at the airport, too far to walk.  Next order of business was to find  Ocean Hole.  The Ocean Hole is a "crater" filled with brackish water and its water fluctuates (tide) with the ocean that surrounds the island.   It has been suggested that Jacques Cousteau had tried to find the underground link between Ocean Hole and the ocean surrounding the island but he never was able to make the discovery.   The town has turned  Ocean Hole into a very nice park.  Ocean Hole is open to swimming,  but the only thing swimming today was the fish.  I don't know what temperature the water in Ocean Hole is, but from the weather reports I know the ocean temperature is 65 degrees.

Left - This is a photo of Ocean Hole at Rock Sound Settlement.

Right - You would think this photo was taken at an aquarium.  Actually, these are fish swimming in the Ocean Hole at Rock Sound Settlement.