Located on the NE corner of Tobago, Speyside is an old fishing village that now hosts a number of world class, advanced dive sites.  Speyside is famous for Manta Rays, Black Tip Reef Sharks, Green Sea Turtles, and a variety of other aquatic species.  Most of the dive sites near Speyside are "drift dives", currents vary and can be strong, not recommended for a novice diver.  The conditions were not ideal . . . It was raining - tropical storm type rain and had been the two days prior to my arrival. 

I prayed for sun for the Fourth of July and was blessed with a beautiful Sunrise, followed by a nice day of diving.  As I said conditions were not ideal, most of the large species I was hoping to see were absent, but it was a great day.  The weather returned to rain in the evening . . . it is the "Wet Season" in Trinidad & Tobago June - Dec.

The islands in the distance are "Little Tobago", Goat Island and a few other unnamed islands.  The house located on Goat Island was once owned by Ian Flemming and he wrote much of the original James Bond books from that location.  It's rumored that some early Bond footage was shot on Goat Island and in the surrounding waters.

I made two dives on the Fourth of July, 2009.  The first dive was on the back side of "Little Tobago" - 70' drift dive - "Coral Gardens" and home to the largest known Brain Coral in the world.  The second dive - "Goat Island Dream" begins adjacent to the Flemming property, another drift/strong current dive 50' along the far side of Goat Island, then you shoot through a crack in the coral and come out the other side before the current takes you out to sea.  All of us made it safely, what a cool dive, So much to do in so little time, requires another day.