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cOral SPawning
fRoM DAY To NIGhT
PhOtOgraPher: legendS & liOnS
Site nO: 48
Site name: chubb hOle, grand cayman
PhOtOgraPher: elly wray
PhOtOgraPher: rOxane bOOnStra
fLoRo DIsCovERY NIGhT DIvING
Cayman Islands leads the technology revolution in
night diving, offering visitors the chance to not only
see the bioluminescence of the marine life at night,
but also the fluorescence of marine life and corals
that can be seen only with special black or blue
lights. It’s a discovery dive, as you will experience
colours and marine life never seen before!
Experience a new dimension in diving so new and Symmetrical brain cOral
exclusive that it’s magical when the fish light up Site nO: 134 NIGhT DIvING
Site name: lOSt treaSure reeF, grand cayman
and the corals show you their true colours through PhOtOgraPher: indigO diverS
fluorescence.
NoCTuRNAL MARINE LIfE
Exploring the reefs in the day time is a marvel, but at
night all those critters that are hard to find during the
day are out and about. See octopus, crabs, lobsters,
brittle stars, free swimming eels, feeding coral with
their polyps open and waiting. It’s an experience
not to be missed.
sAfETY AT NIGhT inSider dive tiP:
Good buoyancy control and awareness of your
proximity to the reef system are paramount in night “Interested in underwater
diving. It’s an incredible visual experience, but your photography and videography?
lights only cast a glow about 10 ft. or so. Be careful Be creative. Experience various
when turning around or rolling over and keep your angles by shooting upward. Get close to
fins up to ensure that you are far enough away from the animals, but carefully and smoothly.
the reefs that you do not damage or touch them With the keen eye of a local dive
– help protect our coral reefs. photographer tagging along, you are
sure not to miss the often overlooked
details. Capture spectacular beauty!”
– Sergio Coni, Don Foster’s Dive
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