Hello everyone, where might I find the projected dates of Coral Spawning around Bonaire for this fall? Thanks for your help.

Hi,

I typed into google dates for coral spawning 2008 and the following came up.. hope that helps.

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/archive/index.php/index.php/t-210606.html

Here is the Capt. Don's website that shows the 2007 coral spawning dates and species that spawn: http://www.habitatdiveresorts.com/bonaire/coral_spawn-2007.html

Last year at some point I took the similar 2006 address and just substituted 2007 for 2006 in the link. That enabled me to see the 2007 dates. Just tried it with the 2007 link but the 2008 dates don't show yet. You might try again in a few months.

As I said on Scubaboard (Bosun) the spawning starts on the 3rd night after the full moon to the 9th night. The hard part is guessing when the main event will be. It is usually September but if the full moon is early or late in the month then it can switch either way. Passing storms can also shift things (or maybe not as no one is in the water to see).