Night Dive

Night Diving is AWESOME, there are tons of different animals that are active only at night and are worth taking the plunge in the dark to see. Equiped with an LED flashlight and instructions on how to properly perform the diving signals, dad and I took off for Paradise Reef at sundown. When we decended into about 30' it was still light enough to see the bottom, and as the dive progressed it slowly got darker. It wa not scary at all, it was exciting to see what comes out at night! The lobsters were much more active and tended to come out of thier hiding spots more. There were lots of volleyball sized crabs crawling around the coral and rocks.

The sting rays were also very active and are easy to find because their eyes glow when I shine the light on them.

Also, the seahorses like to come out at night and they were so cute!

By far the best animal sightings were the squid and octopus. I like the squids because sometimes they will release thier ink, and the way they swim together looks like they are underwater dancing.

The octopus are so cool, because they change colors as you watch them move around. The best is when they fully expand out and get huge.

Night diving is a fantastic experience. The reef truly comes to life at night, and I would totally go night diving agian in the future.