Today was another amazing day. First we started out with a bit of snorkeling. I saw some species that I have not seen yet on our trip but, was unable to get any pictures of them. I saw a spotted drum, a pair of French angelfish, a blackbar soldierfish, a princess parrotfish, and a stoplight [...]
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This morning we went to Calibishie, which is on the northeastern side of the island, to snorkel the Atlantic Ocean. This was the first time we had snorkeled the Atlantic. It was definitely different from the Caribbean Sea. It was a fairly nice day with not too much wind and the waves were still strong. When you first stepped [...]
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Today we spent our first day over on the East side of the island. This is the Atlantic coast, and is the windward side of the island so it was much windier and had large waves. It also has some very interesting reef structures, such as fringing reefs. We first went [...]
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We went snorkeling in Douglas Bay today. This was the first snorkeling occurrence of our trip. Douglas Bay is on the north side of the island close to Portsmouth. Today’s excursion took us just over one kilometer. For several people this was their first experience with snorkeling and proved to be very exciting and sometimes [...]
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Dominica has several different coral reef type habitats surrounding the island. Each type of habitat has its own specific species that call it home. The true coral reef habits surrounding the island include “Fringing Reefs” in shallow water, “Fringing Reefs” in deep water, and Oligospecific Coral Assemblages which have only a few dominating coral species. [...]
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