$ cat diving/sites/nursing-station
Nursing Station.
A coral-encrusted lava flow in the southern marine reserve, named for the nurse sharks that rest under its deep overhangs. Historic anchors from the 18th and 19th centuries lie on the site. It is a beginner-to-intermediate dive about ten minutes from the harbour.
Where · St Eustatius National Marine Park, Southern Marine Reserve
Type · reef
Depth · to 19 m
Logged · 24 dives, 15 Oct 2003 – 29 Sep 2004
$ man nursing-station
01 / The dive
What's down there.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Deep, sponge-dotted overhangs
- 18th- and 19th-century anchors
- Coral-encrusted lava flow
MARINE LIFE
- Nurse sharks
- Lettuce sea slugs
- Squirrelfish
DEPTH & CONDITIONS
19 m (63 ft) maximum per Golden Rock Dive Center.
Beginner to intermediate; about ten minutes by boat.
$ grep nursing-station diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here
24 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.
2003 5
2004 19
#1197 · 21 Jan 2004
#1323 · 25 Feb 2004
#1348 · 3 Mar 2004
#1372 · 10 Mar 2004
#1422 · 24 Mar 2004
#1446 · 31 Mar 2004
#1471 · 7 Apr 2004
#1546 · 28 Apr 2004
#1573 · 5 May 2004
#1648 · 26 May 2004
#1671 · 2 Jun 2004
#1695 · 9 Jun 2004
#1746 · 23 Jun 2004
#1771 · 30 Jun 2004
#1821 · 14 Jul 2004
#1948 · 18 Aug 2004
#1970 · 25 Aug 2004
#2021 · 8 Sep 2004
#2097 · 29 Sep 2004