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years and I was coming up to retirement. If I was ever to be the boss of my own show, this was the time. So I said, let’ s go- one last show!” Nearly a decade on, he has watched Roatán transform into a thriving dive destination, while somehow retaining the laid-back charm that first drew him here.
Our conversation is cut short when Alan reminds me the night dive is in an hour! I realise I still need to change my lens over to macro, so I scurry downstairs and begin re-assembling my camera on the large, designated table. Most dive boats around the world schedule night
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Caribbean Reef octopus by night |
dives at dusk; you enter the water in the fading glow of daylight and surface to a hot dinner waiting on board. Not on the Roatán Aggressor. Here, a night dive is precisely that. Having already eaten, it’ s time to pull your wetsuit back on, power up your torch beneath a sky full of stars and step into the black water.
Diving at this late hour means all the nocturnal animals are already fully up, awake and hunting around the reef. If you’ re lucky you’ ll be diving with German Granuel, the octopus whisperer; over the course of a 45-minute dive, he found 10 Caribbean reef octopus. While diving the site Taviana’ s Wall, our group chanced upon a special individual, flashing tones of iridescent purple, white and teal.
Disaster! A bright flash of a torch hits the octopus’ eye and we watch as the frightened critter disappears into a crevice like liquid pouring into a crack. Even with
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Colony of tunicates |
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