Black durgons?...

[parachute]

I didn’t see a single black durgon during a recently completed 2-week visit. [Insert Black Durgon Inn joke here].
I did see a few of its cousins, ocean trigger fish. But zero black durgons.

They were plentiful in past trips, though I recall seeing less of them during the last few years.

Have any of you seen any recently in Bonaire waters?

 

[tursiops]

Yes, seen on almost every dive. Oct 12-26.

 

[woodcarver]

If Aug/Sept counts as recently, yes. Most dives....

 

[scubadada]

We saw them literally all the time during out visit Sept 29-Oct 10, as usual

 

[Raphus]

Sept. Saw them on every dive.

 

[woodcarver]

I didn’t see a single black durgon during a recently completed 2-week visit. [Insert Black Durgon Inn joke here].

Should have asked before-you did visit the reef around the island, not just the island itself, right?

 

[herman]

Wonder if you happened to hit on some breeding time and they were off somewhere, maybe in deeper water or the windward side of the island, breeding. I was in Coz last week and saw a bunch of them.

 

[woodcarver]

Wonder if you happened to hit on some breeding time and they were off somewhere, maybe in deeper water or the windward side of the island, breeding. I was in Coz last week and saw a bunch of them.

There you go, that was the problem. They swam up to Cozumel...

 

[DiveFans]

We’re here now and have seen numerous Black Durgons, at Klein Bonaire and at Shore Dive sites.

 

[BFRedrocks]

We’re here now and have seen numerous Black Durgons, at Klein Bonaire and at Shore Dive sites.

I'll be there in a few weeks...how are the temps looking?