Peter island was one of our last stops for the trip, but when we come back (eventually we will!) it will be one of the first! We anchored the boat in Little Harbor and it was exactly the island paradise we wanted the entire time. I could have happily hung out here for weeks snorkeling and enjoying the view out of the bay and the epic sunsets.  It was one of the only islands where they recommend using a stern tie on the boat due to lack of room of a full swing while anchoring. We have done this quite a bit in Canada, so it wasn’t a big deal, but it’s not a technique that most boat charterers use, so this little bay ended up only having a few other boats in it.

A stern tie requires someone to swim out of the back of the boat or take the dinghy and tie a long rope off the back of the boat to the shore.  Usually either to a tree or a rock to keep the boat from swinging around.  Since I still had my swim suit on, I volunteered to swim out and get it done.  As I swim to shore with my rope and it starts getting shallow I realize that the bottom is literally covered in hundreds of super sharp black sea urchins.  Danger! I managed to awkwardly crawl up a rock while still wearing snorkel fins and tie the boat to a rock without getting impaled. Always watch where you step! 😮

The water was calm and clear and we swam for hours off the back of the boat!  There were tons of tiny fish living in the rocks in the protected waters, but they were hard to get pictures of!  This area also had a ton of “spiral worms” living on the coral heads. These are neat looking. I took a lot of pictures of them when we were diving in Roatan and I took a lot of pictures of them now! (they also don’t swim away…)