Sand chute is named because there is a patch of sand next to the wall where a tongue of sand seems to drop all of it over the wall. As for the Willaurie wreck, it is located more West, close to Goulding Cay. This 100′ Bahamian mail boat was sunk in 1989 and is now lying in a reef area.
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The sea was pretty rough today so after a first dive at Wreck on the Wall ( torn up wooden sailing ship next to the drop off) where we were covered with sand coming from the bank, we moved to the Cessna wreck which is sheltered and lies in clear and very shallow water (6m). I was a bit surprised by the location of the wreck compared to where it was supposed to be but after asking the staff at Stuart Cove’s I learned that the wreck was moved recently because they plan to sink a DC3 at the previous location for a movie called ‘Into the blue’ with Paul Walker (Fast and Furious). They were planning to sink two DC3s, one this week and the other one next week. The film was being shot between Clifton Wall and Goulding Cay. As for the Cessna wreck, it was used in the movie Jaws IV.
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We are staying with the boat inside Clifton Bay, which has reasonable depth and somewhat sheltered from the swell and wind from the next days. It is conveniently located close to many dive sites and to Stuart Cove’s which make it easy to fill the tanks quickly. A lot of dive sites have mooring which is also quite convenient to locate them. I was given a map by the staff at Stuart Cove’s but it is so approximate that there is no way you can identify the dive sites with it. You have to dive them all and look at what it is !
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Remember Bimini Undersea ? Well on the ‘subscription’ form, they were asking for our email address just next to the contact information in case of accident. Since then I’m being spammed by these guys: 4 emails in 4 days ! 
That’s dedication ! First email was a thank you email which is fine. The next 2 ones were a Post Holiday update about what’s (not) happening in Bimini. The fourth one is asking me to fill a customer satisfaction survey ! Wow ! Thank you so much for such attention, I wish I had that much when we were diving, I think it is a bit strange to not take care a single second about customers and flood them with email asking for feedback and how they care about you ! 
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Because of a strong wind we could not go diving the Shipyard and Mahoney wreck. Sea was a little bit rough but nothing major, but as it is a bit americanized they prefer to not take any risk with people. To quote an article in the January issue of US magazine Dive Training that I picked up in Miami. You should understand a cautionary note about the American civil legal process: anyone can sue anyone at anytime for anything.
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