Best NIGHT Dive of the Year!! 9/8

Taking the boat out at dusk for our first dive we went to baby barge. It was teaming with activity at the change over at sunset. The turtles were settling in for the night but still pretty active around us. We saw several at the wreck. Also the sharks had woken up and were out free swimming around. We made our way to the shark cave where Peter, our PADI Night dive Student was doing some skills. On the way back the sunlight had all but disappeared and at this time it always makes the wreck look so eerie. You can make out the shape of it but it still looks so big in the water. Exploring this wreck at night makes it so different from our usual day time trips.

free swimming white tip

Now our second dive was at Angler’s Reef. This dive site is very interesting during the day but at night it totally changes. We always get to see a variety of things here but this night we really got to see it all. Spanish Dancers were out, an octopus that put on quite a show for us. It stayed active on top of the reef and flashed us different colors and textures for over 5 minutes. Eels everywhere and of course just tons of reef fish. We got to experience the fish all nestled away for the night so the hunting predators couldn’t find them. The anemones that showed us their colors….it was all so breath taking. We had some first time night divers on the boat and they were quite taken by what it had to offer. Peter finished up his PADI Night Spec also. It was a super dive, by far one of the best so far this year!!!