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- June & July 2005
- The weather in
general was warm and sunny, but the fresh breeze of the South-East
Monsoon set in right at the start of June. The Ocean temperature
dropped with one degree from 29 to 28 degrees C. in the beginning of June,
and by the middle of June we had a seawater temperature of 26
degrees C. Also the
visibility dropped dramatically, hence not so many pictures this
time. And by the end of July we had a water temperature of just 25
degrees C. Cool water and bad visibility but still we had some
pretty cool sightings.
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- Bay Ternay
- The visibility was
up and down, sometimes good in the shallows, sometimes at the deeper
end.
- We had beautiful
dives here, always with some Hawksbill Turtles, lot's of reef fish,
and many times with one or more baby White Tip Reef Sharks, Leaf
Fishes, and big Puffer Fishes.
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Aquarium
- Although the
visibility was not too good on most dives. There was lot's to be
seen. A small group of Batfish were hovering off one of the big
coral bommies. The white Leaf Fish was there in it's usual spot most
of the times we visited. The curious Hawksbill Turtle was there also
on several occasions. And of course a lot of coral fishes, Devil
Scorpion Fishes, and also a Feathertail Stingray was there on one of
our dives.
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- Joker
- We had the
worst visibility ever but still saw some very nice things.
Firstly we almost literally bumped into two Hawksbill
turtles who were having an affair, we clearly had startled
them with our sudden appearance out of the blue, well not
exactly. Maybe you can say coming out of nothing as the
visibility was just 2 to 3 meters at that point. Later
during that same dive we had much better visibility, 8 to 10
meters, and saw a huge Blackspotted Stingray and a very big
Porcupine Stingray.
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BBQ on Cap Ternay Beach
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During our day trip with
dives in the Marine Park of Bay Ternay and at the Light House we
made our BBQ on the beach of Cap Ternay. After grilling a
refreshing splash into the sea was good entertainment as well as
refreshing. We made a walk towards the light house along the coast
line where many things can be seen, fossil corals, banana's,
tamarind, and fruit bats. Plus the view across Bay Ternay is
magnificent.
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- Dredger
Wreck
- Visibility
was very low. During one of the dives a big Blackspotted Stingray
came "sailing" over the wreck just in front of our masks. A
Guitar Shark, with a remora on each dorsal fin was laying
just next to the wreck during another dive. But always the
schooling yellow snappers were there and many porcupine
fishes, moray eels, and some lionfish.
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