Bruce and Ben (divemasters), Dave, Laura, and Linda (buddies)

Kosrae Village Resort
http://www.kosraevillage.com/

Fabulous diving in Kosrae Videograph by Linda Torkington in Kosrae 2001

Dive Journal: Diving in isolated paradise again. This site is around and up the western edge of the island, and its takes quite a while for the slow dive boat to motor out.

Due to some runoff, the visibility is a little cloudy at the mooring buoy, and so we reposition ourselves between buoy 25 and 26 before entering the water. We then start drifting with the current and we travel a long distance, nearly all the way to buoy 24.

I need to review the video to recount what types of fishes we saw, but I do recall both a white tip and grey reef shark near the entry point. We are still stunned by the fantastic array of corals in perfect condition. We also catch sight of a nice bigeye emperor.

SUMMARY OF SOME FISHES OBSERVED ON THIS DIVE:

This list was created by looking over the video footage and identifying each species. Mostly, just the new or notable species are listed.

• Dusky anemonefish
• Yellowtail coris
• Bigeye emperor
• Titan triggerfish
• Flagtail grouper
• Blackside hawkfish
• Pennant bannerfish
• Peacock grouper
• Dusky angelfish
• Spotband butterflyfish
• Black and white snapper adult
• Red breasted wrasse
• Bennett’s butterflyfish
• Bird wrasse
• Hexagon grouper (or honeycomb?)

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