scorpionfish
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Hi, Gang!
One of the joys of shore diving on holiday is selecting one's own time for the dive. Most "commercial" dive boats work between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM, with an occasional night dive tossed in.
However, many fish become active from the hours just before sunrise until a few hours after; or they become active just before sunset until a few hours after. In fact, if you want to see fish that eat other fish("piscivores"), this is the best time to go--called "crepuscular" by biologists. Thus, we have chosen to do lots of shore dives around those hours, although the sunset slot is our most popular time for techical reasons: we usually do not get up until sunrise or slighty after!
At any rate, here is a photo I took recently off Kona about 20 minutes before sunset. Everywhere you looked you saw similar scenes, but this was may favorite. Note, however, that the water clarity suffered from some tidal action and plankton.
Scorpionfish
One of the joys of shore diving on holiday is selecting one's own time for the dive. Most "commercial" dive boats work between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM, with an occasional night dive tossed in.
However, many fish become active from the hours just before sunrise until a few hours after; or they become active just before sunset until a few hours after. In fact, if you want to see fish that eat other fish("piscivores"), this is the best time to go--called "crepuscular" by biologists. Thus, we have chosen to do lots of shore dives around those hours, although the sunset slot is our most popular time for techical reasons: we usually do not get up until sunrise or slighty after!
At any rate, here is a photo I took recently off Kona about 20 minutes before sunset. Everywhere you looked you saw similar scenes, but this was may favorite. Note, however, that the water clarity suffered from some tidal action and plankton.
Scorpionfish