- August 2006
- The visibility
started off very bad, but changed quickly, and became quite good at
many of the dive sites. The water temperature was 26 degrees Celcius. Apart from a few calm days the wind from the
south-east was still quite strong and the sea outside the sheltered
north was quite rough. This year we did not quite have a dry season,
as it rained frequently, but overal we had sunny weather.
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- Whale Sharks
- Usually this is a
great month to see these giants, but this year we were not lucky to
see so many of them in August. We did see many Whale Sharks in July,
and in October as well as in November and December. Although they
are big they can not always be seen when we want to see them. We
know where we can expect them, and know when conditions are right,
but a guarantee to see them can not be given. But when they want to
come out a play, they come and often stay around for as long as you
can keep up with them.
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- L'ilot
- During this time of
the year we often get a current from Victoria, as they are dredging
there is a lot of sand
- that get's taken
with the current and brought all the way to sites like L'ilot where
it causes bad visibility. Fortunately we were not so bad affected by
it this year
- and major dredging
activities seem to over now. There is always lot's to see as the
scenery is beautiful with big granite rock formations,
- soft and hard coral
formations, a swim through and lot's of schooling fish.
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- Anse du Riz
- On daytrips we
usually make 2 dives with a one hour break with drinks and snacks
- on the boat. After
that we go to one of the many beautiful beaches where we prepare our
specialty
- a Creole BBQ. Anse
du Riz in the Marine Park of Bay Ternay is one of the beaches that
we visit.
- There is an inland
pool here where you can find cold fresh water floating on top of
warm sea water!
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- Aquarium
- Once again we had
very enjoyable dives here, with many batfish, several times we saw
the Indian Ocean Walkman, and some soft coral does seem to stare at
you. Although we normally go here once weekly and always try to make
sure you do not dive here more than once. It does happen that we go
out here more than once a week during the months of July and August
when we are limited in our choice of dive sites. Sites like L'ilot
and Chuckles, and Sunset Rocks are beautiful but can often not be
visited, as the current during this time of the year often comes
from Victoria. Due to ongoing dredging activities there, all the
fine sand stirred up during dredging activities is taken by
the current and brought around to these dive sites.
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- Twin Barges Wreck
- Night Dive
- Night Dives are very
different from day dives of course, but therefore also very special,
you can see fish asleep.
- Creatures that hide
during the day come out at night, such as lobsters, nudibranches,
sea snails, hermit crabs and crabs.
- But also you can see
the true colors of the corals and the fish, they are much brighter
by torchlight as they can be seen by daylight.
- The Twin Barges
Wreck is an excellent place for a night dive, there is usually
little or no current, there are colorful corals and lot's to see.
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- Dragon's Teeth
- We went only once
when the sea was fairly calm, but still there was quite a surge
around the rocks.
- We had a an
enjoyable dive with several big moray eels, Octopus, a Hawksbill
turtle and all the schooling fish around, but the visibility was
only around 15 to 20 meters.
- For our second dive
we went back to the sheltered north and made a dive at L'ilot, where
the surge around the rocks was minimal.
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