Coral spawn

[kmcneer]

I will be in Maui starting the 8th of May. Any one have info on the daytime coral spawning

 

[RobynJ]

I've seen it several times out at Molokini in May. Very cool! Will be there May 25-June 3 and hoping it will still be happening.

 

[ScubaSeanMaui]

Check this out: Diving Hawaii and Midway - Google Book Search

Phases of the Moon

Sean

 

[Charlie99]

Nice links Sean. The author of that book, Pauline Fiene, runs Mike Severns Diving and on their website have a page about special charters April-July that target these daytime spawnings:Special Charters offered by Mike Severns Diving

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

The last time I was at Ulua the pebble collector urchins were spawning and I have been at the St. Anthony when something was spawning so much the bottom 20 feet looked blurry, both really cool events, but no mantas showed up

 

[Charlie99]

I have been at the St. Anthony when something was spawning so much the bottom 20 feet looked blurry, <emphasis added.>

I was out at the backwall Molokini with Mike Severns and towards the end of the dive I noticed the visibility suddenly getting worse. Watching really closely, I saw the reef give off a little smokelike puff. Then another, and another. Pauline was up in the water column and off the wall a ways monitoring some divers that were doing a safety stop and getting picked up. When she returned I pointed out the spawning. She throws a shaka and continues. I kept watching very, very closely trying to figure out what species of coral was spawning. But first the puffs were next to one type of coral, then another, then another. It didn't make any sense at all!

Back on the boat Pauline explained that it wasn't coral, but instead the tiny clams found everywhere on the reef that were spawning.

 

[kmcneer]

I was told by Mike Severns Diving that we would miss it by one week. Bummer....