Daydreaming of Curacao

[scubadada]

What happened in westpunt?

Flooding and weather alerts in Curaçao - English - 24ora.com

The Meteorological Service has announced that we can potentially expect very cloudy weather, intense rainfall, accompanied by thunder and lightning over the ABC islands over the next few days. For Curacao, this forecast indicates the possibility of more rain, thunder, and lightning, especially...

english.24ora.com

 

[Redtwo]

Flooding and weather alerts in Curaçao - English - 24ora.com

The Meteorological Service has announced that we can potentially expect very cloudy weather, intense rainfall, accompanied by thunder and lightning over the ABC islands over the next few days. For Curacao, this forecast indicates the possibility of more rain, thunder, and lightning, especially...

english.24ora.com

In contrast to the prediction in the article today was actually a lovely day. Hopefully the coming days will also be nice..... We went to barber today, that was fine. But the beaches more western from that were apparently closed today. At daaibooi beach everything was ok.

 

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saw a neat pipefish yesterday! but not sure which species of pipefish..... anyone?

 

[lexvil]

saw a neat pipefish yesterday! but not sure which species of pipefish..... anyone?

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That’s a blurry pipefish

 

[tkaelin]

Harlequin?

 

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saw a neat pipefish yesterday! but not sure which species of pipefish..... anyone?

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After consulting with the book and some friends, I'm pretty sure it's a whitenose pipefish!

 

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Happy to report the waters out in westpunt have pretty much cleared up from the storms last week, at least once you get to the reef

AND - cruise ship season is more or less over for the year and I've been loving the Superior lately! Check out how many tarpon were there today!

 

[CycleCat]

I'll be there in a month!

 

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It's coming up on the time of year when coral spawning happens! Has anyone seen it? (attached pics are from 2 years ago)

This phenomenon of coordinated mass spawning happens in conjuntion with the full moon during months when the water is at the ideal temperature. Some corals are more preditcable than others, and here in Curacao, CARMABI releases an annual calendar predicting when each species should spawn. I'll share the link when I see it!

Here is last years, as an idea: Carmabi’s 2023 Coral Spawning Predictions for the Southern Caribbean |

 

[CycleCat]

What are water temps there these days? We'll be there in about ten days.