{"id":161,"date":"2009-11-04T15:37:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T19:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2012-04-14T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T14:49:04","slug":"cay-sal-banks-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Cay Sal Banks, Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/LarryDavis-CaySalBanks.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Davis\" width=\"189\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is August, 2009. One World Ocean is\u00a0headed for Cay Sal Banks,<br \/>\nBahamas for a third time. My goal this trip is to<br \/>\nfilm the sharks. In 2006 the last time I visited the<br \/>\nCay Sal Banks one of the dive sites known as Big<br \/>\nHole was filled with sharks.<br \/>\nBig Hole is the name of the Big Blue Hole that sits<br \/>\non the West Side of the banks. It is at this blue hole<br \/>\nsharks are predominant. In 06&#8242; the sharks were<br \/>\npredominant. This year they were not.\u00a0\u00a0A shark was<br \/>\nspotted at Lady&#8217;s Secret.<br \/>\nLady&#8217;s Secret is located on the eastern side of the<br \/>\nbanks. This shark was tagged, which may be seen<br \/>\non the video.<\/p>\n<p>Since the trip did not contain the abundance of<br \/>\nsharks I was hoping to find, I decided to begin<br \/>\nfilming the guests and the sites we\u00a0dove.<br \/>\nHere is the video.<\/p>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;56bb349bfc0740ab8a12b685fff55853&#8243; size=&#8221;sm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Larry Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is August, 2009. One World Ocean is\u00a0headed for Cay Sal Banks,<br \/>\nBahamas for a third time. My goal this trip is to<br \/>\nfilm the sharks. In 2006 the last time I visited the<br \/>\nCay Sal Banks one of the dive sites known as Big<br \/>\nHole was filled with sharks.<br \/>\nBig Hole is the name of the Big Blue Hole that sits<br \/>\non the West Side of the banks. It is at this blue hole<br \/>\nsharks are predominant. In 06&#8242; the sharks were<br \/>\npredominant. This year they were not.\u00a0\u00a0A shark was<br \/>\nspotted at Lady&#8217;s Secret.<br \/>\nLady&#8217;s Secret is located on the eastern side of the<br \/>\nbanks. 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