Dive 27 : Paradise Reef, Cozumel, Mexico
Dive No. 27 of 236Date Apr 27, 1999
Bottom Time
To Date14:36
This Dive0:44
Cumulative Time15:20
Location Paradise Reef, Cozumel, Mexico
Time IN 19:31Time OUT 20:18
SI
7:42		 PG
 PG
J
39'
DEPTH		 0:03
15ft STOP
0:44
Air Temp 85F
Water Temp 80F
Visibility 100'
Buddy Lily
Dive Chart
Notes
Night dive!!

Moderate current. Saw several Toadfish, some out of their holes. Saw a big Octopus. I don't know how the divemaster found it. I was right in front of it when I first saw it holding on to a large rock. I didn't realize it was an Octopus when I noticed the rock had tentacles with suckers!

Saw many Lobsters and Crabs. Saw large Peacock Flounder and many Stingrays. Also saw many Parrotfish sleeping. They were a weird green color. I thought they were some other kind of fish at first.

Used 22lbs of weight and had the Reefmaster with strobe.

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Lily doing her descent for her first night dive.
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And there's me doing my descent.
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Here Pepe our divemaster catches a small Stingray.
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I think this is a different Stingray as it is bigger.
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This would have been a great Splendid Toadfish picture if it was in focus.
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This one is in focus, but you can barely see the Toadfish.
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A well camouflaged Peacock Flounder.
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A sleeping Stoplight Parrotfish. Notice the weird green color.
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There's that long tentacle-like Tiger Tail again.
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A huge Lobster out of its hole.
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A large Crab checking out the surroundings.
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More Lobsters.
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Do you see the Octopus in this picture? It took me a while to find it.
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The Octopus was trying to slither away and hide.
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I saw this stuff that looked like a giant spider web so I took a picture. I thought it was a kind of coral I didn't see before, but after researching I found that it's really a Giant Basket Star.
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Pepe and some of the other divers getting ready to get out of the water.
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Allan just got out of the water.
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Josie too just got out of the water.
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Jimmy looking pretty disoriented.
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And a final shot of Pepe, our favorite divemaster for night dives.
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