Monday, July 09, 2007

Diving in HK




The weather on Sunday was very nice, sunny, a light breeze. Hong Kong diving is a different type of diving to what you get in a lot of the popular dive spots in Asia. At first sight there is less to see, and visibility is often not very good. You tend to have to focus on smaller things and swim quite slowly and carefully. You would find there are lots of soft coral, clown fish and anemones, crabs, and urchins.

The clownfish is one of the most common fish that splashing around Sai Kung waters. The first impression that this lively little fellow gives is that it is playing with you. In fact they are protective of their home, the anemone and their young ones or eggs.

Obviously pollution, over fishing, land fills and downright indifference (out of sight out of mind!) on the part of the Government and general population have all played their part in devastating underwater marine life over the years.

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