Night Diving in Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

[Scuba-74]

I can say that I'm headed there is February and I just got my documents certifying that I am to be on a humanitarian project. I have a daily itinerary documenting what we are supposed to be doing, and fish counting is part of it.

Can you share which dive op you're going with? Thanks.

 

[js1221]

Can you share which dive op you're going with? Thanks.

I booked directly with Kelly at Avalon Outdoor, whom I met with at DEMA.

 

[Dan]

I honestly can't tell if this is a joke, but thanks!

No joke. My assignment was to count how many lionfish I saw at every dives I made. Please read my trip report (especially Figure 1). Here’s the link to my trip report:

Trip Report Thread 'Diving Jardines de la Reina in 4-11 June 2022'

Jul 10, 2023

Summary
This is eight-day (4-11 June 2022) liveaboard trip to Jardines de la Reina (JDR), Cuba, with Jardines Avalon III (JA3) liveaboard. The itineraries, as shown in Table 1, include 5 days of diving to a total of 20 dives. We saw a lot of Sharks, mostly Reef Sharks, a few Silky Sharks, a couple of Nurse Sharks and a flyby Whaleshark. Some other animals that I captured and jotted them down in my logbook include Arrow Crab, Atlantic Trumpetfish, Banded Shrimp, Creole Wrasse, Black Durgon, Blue Hamlet, Blue Tang, Butterflyfish, Conch, Eagle Ray, Fairy Basslet, Giant Crab, Golden Eel...

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[Dan]

How many video lights did you use?

Just 1, SeaLife, Sea Dragon 3000 lumens.

 

[Dan]

That yellowline arrow crab catching a meal at 1:12! Who knew those tiny claws could catch something so big.

That’s really cool to watch, wasn’t it?

 

[Anbaric Cog]

Just 1, SeaLife, Sea Dragon 3000 lumens.

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Nice rug. Not too bulky but gave nice images. You must be the famous DAN that I hear about in diving . Thanks again for sharing

 

[Scuba-74]

Just 1, SeaLife, Sea Dragon 3000 lumens.

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Haha, hello big brother!

 

[rmorgan]

My assignment was to count how many lionfish I saw at every dives I made.

You must have signed up late! I got to the board first and picked Goliath grouper--never zero, never more than three.

 

[Dan]

Haha, hello big brother!

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Now you need to add BackScatter MicroMate Lens for capturing small things.

 

[Dan]

You must have signed up late! I got to the board first and picked Goliath grouper--never zero, never more than three.

Haha

They are friendly GG’s