Mauritius 2003
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Mauritius 2003

Camera: Olympus C50 zoom with housing

Region: Trou-aux-Biches (northwest)

Operators Dived With:

  • Atlantis Diving Centre, Trou-aux-Biches
  • Maratim Hotel Diving Centre

Locations Dived Include:

  • Emily Reef
  • Holt Rock
  • Turtle Cave

Click on a thumbnail to see the full image.  I have named fish and corals to the best of my reference material, so apologies if I have named anything wrongly.  Images have not been enhanced

Some of my favourites, either because of subject matter or image quality, are indicated with an orange globe.

Dolphins
Dolphins arriving Dolphin closeup Dolphins below
After one dive, we saw and caught up with a small pod of dolphins.  We got back in the water and they came over to investigate for a few minutes.  In trying to keep up with them, I managed a pb free-dive of 7.6m!

Fish
Sabre Squirrelfish hiding under rock outcrop. All illumination from internal camera flash. Titan triggerfish. Depth 10m. This fellow followed around most of the dive but was not aggressive. Scorpionfish including closup. Depth approx 14m. Schhool of Sergeant Majors greeting dive group
School of blue banded snappers Mauritian Anemone (Clown) Fish Black saddled toby Barred thicklip wrasse; relatively uncommon.
Fishscape Purple leaf-fish Yellow leaf-fish Tiny (approx 1cm) yellow boxfish

Corals
Mushroom soft coral Gorgonian fan coral, approx 20m depth Gorgonian fan coral, approx 20m depth Finger coral with residdent fish
Porus coral (Porite) Table coral
Assorted corals Turret Coral Plate Coral Soft coral

Other Things
Tiny moray eel Large Tubeworm Feeding in Current End of Dive Dive Centre at the Maritim Hotel

Dive Buddies
Myself
Divemaster at Maritim Hotel

Snorkelling (all <1.5m depth)
Common reef fish, inclujding Zebra Humbug Moray Eel
 

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