UAE East Coast Temperatures

[Searcaigh]

Good to meet you last Friday Abdullah.

Night dive on Inch 1 would have been awesome.

Unfortunately my plans for Sunday were scuppered due to an issue with my left ear, it felt blocked and itchy plus I could not equalise it Still not feeling 100% today.

Anyway best not to push it I have had enough issues with my ears, hopefully all will be well for this coming weekend although I might have to work on Friday

 

[MasterChief D]

Water is finally warming up. 29C at the surface and 24C at 31 m. on Inchcape 1 yesterday; 30C at the surface, 27C at 12 m. and 26 at 18 m. at Martini Rock. Time to stow away the 5 mm suit for some time.

Btw, there was a dive-boat caravan on IC2 yesterday - four boats moored off each other on the buoy. Plenty of vertically finning divers on the wreck, kicking up sand, destroying coral and scaring fish 😡 that took refuge below deck...

 

[Simon-]

Nice dives in Musandam this weekend, very similar temperatures

 

[Searcaigh]

Nice Ceratosoma Simon

 

[Simon-]

Taken at Ras Dillah.

Thanks Gordan, saves me the job of trying to look it up

 

[Searcaigh]

Not sure what species but looks like Ceratosoma trilobatum, however never seen one in these colours and markings before, stunning.

 

[Benzonar]

It's Plocamopherus margaretae - Carole used to find these a fair bit when it was still undescribed. The cool thing about the Plocamopherus (and we have been finding a number of different species here lately) is that they all luminesce from little bulb like appendages across the upper body line.

 

[MasterChief D]

Spoke too soon about stowing away the 5mm...
22C on Inchcape 1 today (however admiring three frogfish kept us too busy to notice the cold). Sharm Rock was equally cold: 24C at 7m! Stayed at 5m, above the thermocline, at a nice & toasty 29C, with a school of batfish keeping us company.
I'll park the 3mm for a while...

 

[Komi]

...Sharm Rock was equally cold: 24C at 7m! ...

A big change from 31C at 10 pm last night!

 

[Searcaigh]

What depth Komi?

And welcome to ScubaBoard