Scuba Diving at Habitat Curacao - September 2006

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  Arrow crab on a sponge.
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  Swimming crab.
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  Green moray
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  Closer view
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  Yellow goatfish were abundant

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  Another Yellowline Arrow Crab.
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  The divemasters also captained the boats. One stayed aboard during all dives.
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  Lots of these little blue shrimp (called Pederson Cleaner Shrimp, I think) among the anenomes.
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  Sand diver
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  Many kinds of grunts

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  One of the two dive boats anchored just off the beach
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  The pool and dive boats
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  View of dock
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  Not much of a beach

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  Heading out for the morning dives. Never had more than 8 divers, usually 5-6.
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  Typical shoreline - cliffs interspaced with some sandy beaches.
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  Stoplight parrotfish
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  Channel Clinging Crab, also known as Coral Crab.
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  Numerous trumpetfish trying to hide out in the coral.
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  Porcupinefish

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  Cavernous star coral showing their eggs about to hatch.
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  One of many large spiny lobster seen during the week.
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  Some type of urchin?
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  Copper Lobster slipping out of view.
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  Ruby Brittle Star.
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  When they start to stand up on their legs, that's the clue thay're about to start spawning.

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  Releasing it's eggs - the green dots.
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  Like Cozumel, many walls but without the current.
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  Numerous small creatures such as these Banded Coral Shrimp.

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  Spotted drum (juvenile).
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  Peacock flounder.
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  School of squid appeared near the boat at the end of a dive.
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  The squid would come in to feed on the coral spawn.
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  One seahorse spotted at the Porto Marie dive site (best dive of the week).
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  Seahorse was actually horizontal in the water. I've turned him around here.
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  Sea cucumber.
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  Spotted moray poking his head out of the coral.

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  Another banded shrimp.
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  Large school of boga.
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  Close up of boga.
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  Scorpionfish - don't want to touch them!

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  Frogfish - difficult to spot!
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  Let's blow up the picture a bit.
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  Robbie & Dave suiting up for a night dive.
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  Star coral spawning - were hoping for more, but that's all we saw.
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  Another arrow crab.

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  Mountainous star coral - Mushroom Forest site.
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  The ones with the blue bands are the females.
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  Another spotted moray.

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  Cleaner shrimp.
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  Scorpionfish
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  Flamingo Tongue mollusk.
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  Sharptail eel.
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  Trumpetfish, more blueish than usual.
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  One more well camouflaged scorpionfish.
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  Iguana hanging around the hotel rooms.
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