Coral spawning

Dear all,

we have exciting news from our beloved island, which is an absolutely MUST SEE!

Only a couple of nights each year: taking place at very specific evenings in September and October, great numbers of coral colonies synchronize the broadcast of packets of eggs and sperm, which mingle in the open ocean to produce their young.
Described by divers as something like an underwater snowstorm, these millions upon millions of packets of reproductive cells can form great pink and white clouds underwater, and are seen as pink slicks on the water the next day.
It is thought that this synchronized spawning increases the chances of eggs being fertilized, and overwhelms the many organisms that prey on coral eggs and larvae. There are so many in the water that there is no way that all can be eaten and an absolutely MUST SEEN on Bonaire!!

Would you like to see the coral spawning...Bert, our dive master, love to go with you and dive in the coral sperm...!

See you at SunRentals.

Picture made by Jack Richter