No photos with this one I’m so sorry to say but I just have to share the experiance anyway. We spent the morning at Thunderball Cave. It’s of the fame of the James Bond movie with the same name and was well worth the time and energy to see.

Thunderball cave, when approached, is less impressive than expected, at least less impressive than I’d expected. It is essentially just a big rock in the water. Here there are hundreds of those so not such a big deal. When you get close enough you’ll see that there are a couple of non-descript mooring buoys near the rock and once you get close enough to tie up to one of those you should be able to make out the entrance to the cave. Still it’s just a low dark hole just a foot or so above the surface of the water. Not enough to create adequate anticipation of what is to come.

Thunderball cave’s entrance is low and nondescript but what lies inside is amazing. Nearly the entire rock is hollow with a large opening in the top of the rock, which generously allows sunlight to pour into the cave. Likewise the entire lower portion of the rock, the part in the water is hollowed out as well.

Therefore once you duck and enter the small opening in the rock you are immediately treated to an underwater bonanza of fish and other sea life. Conditions are such that you are instantly swimming inside the most incredible fish tank you’ve ever seen. Fish of all kinds, colors and shapes and sizes abound.

The fish here are used to being fed and they are not the slightest bit afraid. The fish come right up to you and wait to see if you have anything. We brought a bag of frozen corn and a can of cheese whiz. It’s amazing how much fun you can have with just this amount of food. We had a fantastic time feeding the fish and swimming through the cave. Within and hour the current in the cave got too strong to swim through the cave and we had to leave but I’m convinced I could do that every morning and not get bored.