Juvenile Lionfish

This juvenile Lionfish was found today at Dixies Reef by Peter who works at Coconut tree. Its beautiful, but so is the Spotted Drumfish, which would be part of the grown Lionfish diet for sure.

Lionfish

The first Lionfish has been spotted in Mandys Eelgarden, West bay, Roatan. This is not good news. At this point we do not know what actions has been taken. But for 2 months ago the Marinepark newsletter send out an beeing alert notice if you spot Lionfish.
The Lionfish is an intruder of these waters and has very few predators. its a beautiful creature, but does not belong here and can, in the long run, be fatal for the diversity of our fishpopulation. if anyone has more spesific comments, please feel do share with us.

Groupfoto June 2009

In this photo:David, Marcos -boatcaptain,Nicole, Nick, Alison
Uwe -Tyll's Dive, Kirk-instructor, Muffin, Bryan,Jen, Gillian, Dorte-Tyll's Dive, Rino-divemaster
but where is Kala? she was supposed to have been on this photo?

Team Wisconsin back in town

Team Wisconsin was back in town from 31th May to 7th June. Nick began this yearly tradition. Alison took over the years Nick had to skip out on. The group seems always to add new members. Nicole did her open water class with Kala. The otheres finished of the advanced course with Kirk. In the meanwhile Rino took the rest diving. We all had a great time together and the week went too fast. In the same week David, Jen and Gillian were here for diving and the relaxing "apres" dive hour.
Hope to see you all next year same time same place.
Photos will be uploaded soon.

Fun Dives June 1 to June 6

Date	Dive Site	Depth	Time	Description	D.M.
1-Jun	Temptation Reef	18m	47	Sponge Garden	Rino
	Blue Channel	12.5m	55	Swim throughs	Rino
	Sea Quest	11m	54	Sandy patch	Rino
2-Jun	El Aguila	33m	43	Wreck	Rino
	SeaQuest	12m	45	Sandy patch	Kirk
3-Jun	Dixies Place	21m	41	Wall	Rino
	Turtle Quest	14m	58	Gregorian Garden	Rino
	LightHouse Reef	12m	43	Night	Kala
4-Jun	Gibson Bight	25m	57	Wall	Rino
	Deep SeaQuest	18m	56	Sandy Patch	Rino
	Butchers Bank	19m	53	Sandy Patch	Rino
5-Jun	Spooky Channel	30m	53	Canyon	Kirk
	Bears Den	16.5m	57	Cavern	Kirk
6-Jun	Fish Den	18m	56	Wall	Rino

Fun Dives May 25 to May 31

Date	Dive Site	Depth	Time	Description	D.M.
25-May	Dixie's Place	12m	47	Wall	Kirk
26-May	Lighthouse Reef	12m	45	Coral Garden	Kirk
	Bikini Bottom	12m	37	Coral Garden	Kala
	Moonlight reef	12m	40	Coral Garden	Kala
27-May	Octupus Acre	18m	47	Gregorian Garden	Kirk
	Blue Channel	15.8m	41	Swim Throughs	Kala
	Sea Quest	18m	47	Sandy patch	Kala
28-May	Dive Masters Choice	20m	47	Wall	Kala
	Turtle Crossing	12m	40	Sponge Garden	Kala
29-May	El Aguila	33m	41	Wreck	Kirk
	Blue Channel	13m	59	Swim Throughs	Kirk
	Moonlight Reef	18m	55	Coral Garden	Kala
30-May	Butchers Bank	18m	58	Sponge Garden	Kirk
	The Bite	16.5m	53	Coral Garden	Kirk
31-May	Punchers Paradise	13.5m	57	Gregorian Garden	Kirk
	Octopus Acre	18m	50	Gregorian Garden	Kirk

Fun Dives May 18 to May 24

Date	Dive Site	Depth	Time	Description	D.M.
18-May	Texas	18m	58	Drift	Kelsey
	The Bite	8m	61	Coral Garden	Kelsey
19-May	Butchers Bank	30m	40	Gregorian Garden	Kelsey
	Deep SeaQuest	14m	44	Sandy Patch	Kelsey
20-May	El Aguila	32m	40	Wreck	Kent
21-May	El Aguila	32m	31	Wreck	Kelsey
23-May	Mandy's Eel Garden	18m	47	Eel Garden	Robin
	The Bite	18m	50	Coral Garden	Kirk
24-May	Moonlight Reef	18m	50	Coral Garden	Kala

Who will be arriving soon?

In a few weeks Fabio and Steve from Canada will be visiting again. Bringing a bunch of friends down for diving and fun in the sun. There should be a few bags of beef jerkey arriving as well.

Blackspotted nudibranch

Rino was back in the water last and doing what he is best at. Finding little creatures. Last week we had a nice group of divers. One of them, David took this picture of the Blackspotted nudibranch, which Rino found. There will be more pics and stories coming up after Jen and Davids and Team Wisconsins visit in town.

Fun dives May 11 to May 17

Date	Dive Site	Depth	Time	Description	D.M.
11-May	Gibson Bight	20.2m	55	Wall	Kent
	Lighthouse Reef	18m	35	Coral Garden	Kirk
12-May	Dixie's Place	10m	48	Coral Garden	KirK
	Turtle Crossing	12m	40	Coral Garden	Kent
13-May	Hole in the Wall	37.1m	55	Caverns	Kirk
	Lighthouse Reef	12M	47	Coral Garden	Kent
	Moonlight Reef	19.8m	55	Coral Garden	KirK
14-May	Herbies Fantasy	25.7m	58	Sandy Patch	KirK
	Bikini Bottom	18m	47	Coral Garden	Kent
	Sea Quest	18m	51	Sandy Patch	Kent
15-May	Mandy's Eel Garden	28m	50	Eel Garden	Kent
	Deep SeaQuest	18m	48	Sand Patch	Kelsey
16-May	Moonlight	17m	40	Coral Garden	Kirk
17-May	Lighthouse Reef	15m	40	Coral Garden	Kirk
	Turtle Crossing	12m	47	Coral Garden	Kirk