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Compass tries out … blackwater diving

Diving beneath the waves in the middle of the night on a blackwater dive with Don Foster's reveals a world of weird and wonderful creatures.
A tiny juvenile jack among a mat of sargassum off George Town. - Photo: Sergio Coni

Life among the weeds: Sargassum offers home for marine creatures

The sargassum that continues to impact local beaches this summer brings not just decaying seaweed and unpleasant odours to our shores, it also carries with it a vast variety of marine creatures.

Blackwater diving: In the deep, in the dark, in the spotlight

A couple of miles offshore of Grand Cayman, in the middle of the night, a group of divers sink beneath the dark waves in the open sea and capture images of translucent, larval creatures that normally live in the depths far below.

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