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  • Nº101 # Date: 2012-07-26 - 19:00
  • # Max Depth: 6.1m Duration: 44mins
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(Jill 51): Sunset Reef. Took most of the day off and went shopping and a bit of sight-seeing, but then we headed down to the dock at 6:30pm for the Ultra-violet Night Dive. They gave us UV lights to see the bio-luminescent critters on the reef. Jill re-injured her calf on the giant-stride entry, so that might curtail her diving on Friday, but she toughed out the dive. The coolest looking critters were the anemones. You would shine your light on them, and that would attract critters that the anemone would then gather while it closed up and it would eat them. Pretty neat. Also saw tiny glowing hermit crab perched on the tip of a piece of coral, just sitting there glowing in our UV light. There was a large anchor from "The Wreck of The Ten Sails" back in pirate days, and that was nice too. Overall, the dive was nice for about 15 minutes and then we were done seeing things and could have been done. Definitely a must-do dive once, but I can see why Virginia and Daryl did not do it again. Another couple saw some lobsters and an octopus though, so it could have been better. This did not improve my opinion of night diving, so I don't think I'll become an avid night diver any time soon. Still was enjoyable and neat to experience UV night diving. The lights were pretty cool, they said they were all handmade LED UV lights made by some guy in his garage, and they cost $300 each. They were pretty sturdy.

7/26/12 19:00
Depth: 20
Time: 44
Weight: 10 lbs (good)
Wetsuit: Swim shirt
Visibility: ~50'
Water Temp: 86
Air Temp: 90
Conditions: Calm
Weather: Dark and clear

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5.4 kg
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