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Bottom Time to Date:
130h
55m Dive Info:
Dive Start:
8:30PM Bottom Time: 55 minutes Maximum Depth: 27 feet Safety Stop: 3 minutes Beginning Air: 3000 psi Ending Air: 1200 psi Weather Conditions: Night 82°F Surface Conditions: Calm Surface Water Temperature: 83°F Bottom Water Temperature: 83°F Visibility: 60+ feet |
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Oct. 12,
2003 | THE MAHONEY
EXUMAS - BAHAMAS | NIGHT DIVE
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| Linda and Janel
| Aquacat Cruises
http://www.aquacatcruises.com/ | |||||||
Night diving over the Mahoney is certainly fun, and our senses are heightened as usual in the blackness. There is a big school of bar jacks hovering under the two boat hulls. Shortly into the dive, we see two always gorgeous spotted reef lobsters. There are also lots of trunkfish around, and Linda spends some trying to pet them. While I’m busy scoping out a big porcupine fish, Linda and Janel spy a good-sized bluish-hued octopus, who quickly moves under cover. We also manage to light up a reef squid in our dive lights midwater, another welcome sight. We enjoy the usual night dive activities, too, like feeding the coral polyps and playing with the bioluminescence. There seem to be sleeping parrotfish and feeding soldierfish everywhere here! Nearing the end of the dive, we discover a greyish-yellowish cucumber, one with a starry shaped mouth. We later determine this to be a tiger tail sea cucumber. Got to love that night diving! One of Janel’s favorite ways to dive. The AquaCat returns to the marina at Paradise Island for the evening, and it is most pleasurable to watch the scenery pass by at night from the top deck with a cold beer in hand. | |||||||||
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Dive Info: |
Fins:
Mares Avanti Quattro |
Computer:
U S Divers Matrix |
Tank:
80 ft3 Al |
BCD:
SeaQuest Spectrum 4 |
Dive Type:
BOAT NIGHT |
Body of Water:
Caribbean Sea | |||
Mask:
U S Divers |
Protection:
2mm shorty |
Regulator:
SeaQuest Spectrum XR2 plus Oceanic Slimline octopus |
Weight:
10 lb |
Water Type:
Salt |
Video Equipment:
None |