06/06/13 Changing Season
After 6 weeks of
heat waves and almost wall to wall sunshine the seasons have started to shift
in the Seychelles and this us bought us a few weeks of more unsettled weather.
However the changes have been nothing but good for the already awesome quality
of diving. The switch in the prevailing wind direction has bought nutrient rich
waters into Seychelles and the phytoplankton is booming. This has led to large
schools of fish becoming more common place with small fish making the most of
the extra food which can really liven up a safety stop if you’re lucky enough
to get caught in the middle of a feeding school.
Easily the best
outcome of the changes in plankton and small fish concentrations has been the
increase in megafauna that we have witnessed in recent weeks. Large schools of
snappers and travalley have followed the mackerel and fusiliers in and in these
in turn have bought even bigger fish to shores around Cap Ternay. Recent weeks
have bought increased sightings of large fish such as Humphead Wrasse and Bumphead
Parrott fish but perhaps the most exciting change has been in the shark
sightings with the last fortnight bringing large grey reef and guitar sharks
closer into shore. Hopefully this trend of larger and larger fish will continue
and before too long we might even have the mantas and whale sharks that the
Seychelles is famed for!
Matt Waller
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