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11-16-06 Night Dive

Tonight Dan was still tired so I buddied up with Carmen and Dave for a night dive and it was a really long one at 61 minutes.
The Tarpon found us quickly tonight, I am using my camera strobe as my primary dive light and I think there is something about the color of light it gives off that attract them. Tonight I had three around me at one time and one stayed with me right up to the dock. I have been told by some of the other divers that they can tell me by my light because it looks different than all the other lights under water, I don't think it is the brightness so much as its color or temprature.

Orange sponges

Tube Sponges

A French Angel

Here a Blue Tang with night stripes, I didn't know they did this at night so this one really stumped me till I found a reference to the stripes on line

These divers have an Octopus surrounded and while it didn't see it ink I felt they were stressing it, plus they ere all hanging on to the reef, The current was really kicking at this point I was drifting very fast to the South so had little chance to stop and take a closer look.

 

In this shot you can see the Octopus in a straight line below the front of the yellow dive light. it has a bluish tint to it
 
 

A spotted Moray and a Tiger Grouper hiding in some coral, I didn't even see the Grouper at the time only in the pics afterward.
 

This Tarpon just had a late night snack.

And here he is escorting us right up to the dock.

And here he swims right over a Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber

And an Anemone in the white sand is really hard to photograph