Things That Go Bump in the Night…

We had two amazing night dives last night! It was still a little choppy on the surface as it had been for the last few days, but the wind was dying down. We set out at dusk for our first dive at Fantasy Reef! There was minimal current, so we could explore the entire reef at ease. While some reef fish were getting ready to sleep, others were out and about starting their nightly hunt. We ran into numerous large moray eels that were not hiding in the reef. The best sight of the night had to be three white-tip reef sharks hanging out in a cave with a giant moray bobbing next to them. Fantasy Reef also showed us several octopus roaming the reef, several tiger sea cucumbers moving about, and some very large nudibranchs.

Our next dive was at Angler’s Reef, where there was no current! As we cruised along the ledge, we saw a large variety of crabs and several small shrimp. A large moray cruised the ledge looking for dinner. Within all the crevices of Angler’s Reef many parrotfish, surgeonfish, and damselfish were calling it a night. They had nestled themselves in the little nook and crannies to sleep and hide from potential predators. Melissa and Silvia were completing the night dive portion of their Advanced Open Water, so we spent a few minutes sitting in the dark watching the bioluminescent plankton glow as we moved in the water. We had two great dives and several accomplishments: Larry started his Night Diver Specialty, Silvia made it half-way through her Advanced Open Water certification, and Melissa was an Advanced diver by the end of the night! Awesome job to all our divers!

Fantasy Reef: max depth 55ft

Angler’s Reef: max depth 46ft

Awesome divers: Melissa, Silvia, Thea, Brad, Ben G, Allison, Courtnie, Jeremy, Larry, Ben J, Mark, Brian, Brittney, Donald, Daniel, and John.

Amazing staff: Capt. Kendal; Instructors Chelsea and Matt