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Sea Fans
This grove of Gorgonians is reached by swimming
through a wide tunnel that funnels the water they need for food,
a thoughtless diver from Hawaii started a harvesting program to
encase them in Plexiglas, but for the time being the grove is flourishing
again. Sweet lips cruise this valley and some nice lettuce coral
has survived the careless anchoring of a “Scientific”
study group. Continuing around the corner, damselfish school in
the sunlight and yellow dot squirrelfish can always be found at
the same spot. A cave with an air chamber at the surface is a good
spot to discuss events but the black and white objects sometimes
found on the rock shelves are not batteries for the flashlight,
as well become obvious when they slither off into the water. The
return trip takes us over a mound covered with “organ pipe”
coral. Here are several large anemones are home for tomato and blue
banded clown fish. At the base of the mound, sleeping sharks are
frequently spotted and returning to the boat, a rare species of
translucent flute fish can be seen hovering around the anchor line
that they take as a relative.
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