The ocean and the weather have been beyond our best desires. We have been experiencing a wonderful series of calm weeks, warm sunshine and barely any winds. Still being winter time, there is a chance of a cold front pushing through the U.S. and some days the temperatures might go below 60 degrees. Some of us are extremely spoiled and believe those to be freezing temperatures. Visibility at this time of year is breathtaking. The lack of summer heat, plankton, and reproducing creatures, leaves a crystal clear environment resembling more of an aquarium than the open ocean. With conditions so favorable, the crew has been taking advantage of shark dives, dolphin dives and night dives. There is nothing more colorful than a night dive. With lights taken directly to the reef by divers, the true colors come out resulting in a scene like a painter’s pallet. Red, purple, yellow, green, magenta, and orange all mix together in a way that not even the most amazing painter could achieve with such grace and harmony. This is the time to complete your first night dive or if you are a seasoned diver with few night dives under your belt, to ask for a special night dive on Theo’s or Sea Star, where giant sleeping parrot fish, decorator crabs, and clinger crabs all come out at night and march undisturbed over the colorful background.
FORECAST BY: Cristina Zenato, Dive Department Supervisor
The International Underwater Explorer’s Society, Ltd. (UNEXSO)
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Phone: (242) 373-1244 or (800) 992-DIVE
www.UNEXSO.com
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