This post evidently did not get published on Friday.....our server was down for a bit on Friday and Saturday so that might be why, but here it is again in any event.
29 February 2008
Last couple of days have been long and busy. Out mid-morning on Thursday and Friday...surveyd until around 1530 hrs on Thursday with water clarity improving and winds light. Rob and David in the microlight on Thursday and Lynne substituted for David on Friday. We had a shorter day on Friday to allow us to pack up and drive back south to Diani and also owing to change in weather early Friday afternoon...water clarity was even better on Friday and visibility ca 20-25 m revealing tremendous diversity and number of fish and jellies and also moderated densities of fish eggs and larve and coral spawn. Lots of green turtles spotted both days, several giant mantas on Thursday and one giant manta on Friday.....but no whale sharks spotted on either day. So total whale sharks tagged for the past 11 days still stands at 14 (4 at Watamu and 10 at Diani), an excellent number for the effort and conditions.We arrived back to Diani Beach Friday evening after rather long haul through Mombasa and began unpacking and reorganizing for the final push today and tomorrow. A tremendous thanks to Hemingway's Resort (especially Garry Cullen and Dicky Evans) and Aqua Venture (especially Steve and Helen Curtis) for their wonderful and warm hospitality and support while we were in Watamu!We'll be out on the water by around 1030hrs this morning with Peter Zinetti (with David from KWS spotting) surveying in the fixed wing and Rob Dodson (with Simon from EAWST spotting) in the ultralight.bs
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