Seahorse Mission
7th July 2005 Late afternoon
After our lucky encounter with the pod of dolphins in the morning we were now planning a ‘seahorse mission’ for the afternoon dive. We had heard from other divers in West End that one had been spotted recently on Lighthouse Reef and were given pretty good directions to where it was meant to be hiding. Still, we kept our fingers crossed for good luck as seahorses don’t really stick around in the same spot for too long. After a short swim along the wall we see the three sponges marking the location and straight away everyone is scanning the coral for the seahorse. ‘It’s right by the bright blue sponges’ I remembered Maxine saying, so I concentrate on that area… nothing. I start to look a bit further a field… still nothing. ‘Well, it must have moved then’ says Andrea’s shrug… we’ll never find it now, it could be anywhere. So we start to group together to continue the dive. Maybe another time.
Suddenly Andrea points down to a patch of Finger Coral she’s been hovering over and gives the ok signal. She’s found it! We all rush over to have a good look… and Steve and I take as many pictures as we can manage without boring everyone else to death. Brilliant! What a great end to a great day’s diving as we all chat excitedly on the short boat trip back to Luna Beach.
After our lucky encounter with the pod of dolphins in the morning we were now planning a ‘seahorse mission’ for the afternoon dive. We had heard from other divers in West End that one had been spotted recently on Lighthouse Reef and were given pretty good directions to where it was meant to be hiding. Still, we kept our fingers crossed for good luck as seahorses don’t really stick around in the same spot for too long. After a short swim along the wall we see the three sponges marking the location and straight away everyone is scanning the coral for the seahorse. ‘It’s right by the bright blue sponges’ I remembered Maxine saying, so I concentrate on that area… nothing. I start to look a bit further a field… still nothing. ‘Well, it must have moved then’ says Andrea’s shrug… we’ll never find it now, it could be anywhere. So we start to group together to continue the dive. Maybe another time.
Suddenly Andrea points down to a patch of Finger Coral she’s been hovering over and gives the ok signal. She’s found it! We all rush over to have a good look… and Steve and I take as many pictures as we can manage without boring everyone else to death. Brilliant! What a great end to a great day’s diving as we all chat excitedly on the short boat trip back to Luna Beach.
