Here is our diving centre's log of the conditions
and special sightings for diving in Arinaga, Gran
Canaria. As we dive different parts of the
reserve every day we only visit some locations
(such as the seahorses) once a week.
|
Date
|
Conditions
|
Temp
|
Sightings
|
|
30/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
Butterfly Ray, Sand Sole, Stargazer
|
|
29/6/2008
|
Did not dive
|
21C
|
Sunday - Day Off
|
|
28/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Triggerfish, stargazer, eagle ray, Gilt
headed sea Brean, Tiger & common morays
|
|
27/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
angel shark, big shoal of barracudas
|
|
26/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
3 angel sharks, Triggerfish, big shoal of
barracudas
|
|
25/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Huge common stingray, Mediterannean Moray,
Gilt headed bream
|
|
23/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
Four Marbled Electric Rays, Mediteranean
Moray, Stargazer, lots of big Gilt Headed
Bream.
|
|
21/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Stargazer, moray, lots of cuttlefish
|
|
20/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Butterfly Ray, Morays, Barracudas
|
|
19/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
2 Butterfly Rays & Angelshark, Lots of
cuttlefish
|
|
18/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
Angelshark, Lots of cuttlefish, big shoal of
barracudas, stargazer
|
|
17/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
Big Octopus, Tiger Moray, Barracudas
|
|
16/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Butterfly Ray. Last week we had some
technical problems and some of the updates
have been lost. Sightings included Butterfly
rays, angel sharks, morays, rays and
triggerfish!
|
|
10/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Butterfly Ray and two Triggerfish!
|
|
8/6/2008
|
Did not dive
|
21C
|
Sunday, day off
|
|
6/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Small butterfly ray! (we have spent all week
searching for one!), eagle ray and angle
shark
|
|
5/6/2008
|
Normal
|
21C
|
Stargazer and large school of baby (tiny)
barracudas
|
|
4/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
Marbled Electric Ray, big shoal of Herrera
bream, Mediteranean Moray, (and Tiger, brown
and dotted as usual), stargazers, plus a big
barracuda in just 2m of water.
|
|
3/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
Angelshark,7 (yes seven) Marbled Electric
Rays in a new area!, round stingray, eagle
ray, stargazer
|
|
2/6/2008
|
Above Normal
|
21C
|
4 Angelsharks, Marbled Electric Ray,
Mediteranean Moray, common stingray,
Verrugato, Cape Lobster (sadly killed by a
spear fisherman), Forkbeard
|
|
1/6/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
2 Angel Shark, 3 Marbled Electric Rays,
Camouflaged Spider Crab, Striped Grunt, Hairy
Blenny in mating colours, 2 large octopus
having sex!
|
|
31/5/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
2 Angel Shark
|
|
30/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
First Triggerfish of the year! 2 Angel Shark
including a juvenile (80cm), Lots of
Nudibrachs suddenly
|
|
29/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angel Shark, Raton (eagle Ray), Stargazer
|
|
26/5/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Angel Shark, School of baby Barracudas, Hairy
Blenny in mating colours
|
|
24/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Mediteranean Moray, Nudibrachs, Verrugato(Shi
Drum)
|
|
23/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Lots of morays (20+) including 5 Tiger
Morays; Stargazer, Gilt Headed Bream
|
|
22/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angel shark, Bastard grunts in only 3m in the
bay!, Canarian Lobsterette
|
|
21/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angel shark, Brota
|
|
20/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
3 Angel shark (in 2 locations)
|
|
19/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angel shark, Doncella (Rainbow Wrasse),
Stargazer, a small group of grunts in the
bay!
|
|
18/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Large Grouper, Striped Grunts, nice Hermit
crab with encrusting anemones. Lots of
Butterfly ray beds but not today.
|
|
17/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Beautiful conditions in thebay.nothing
special but a lovely divein great viz with
lots of life.
|
|
15/5/2008
|
Excellent
|
20C
|
5 Angelshark in 2 different areas, marbled
electric stingray, big shoal of Barracudas,
Striped Grunts, 2 Groupers in different
areas. Now is the time to dive here as there
is so much to see and great conditions!
|
|
14/5/2008
|
Excellent
|
20C
|
Angelshark, common stingray, stargazer,
cuttlefish, barracudas. Lovely viz and
conditions!
|
|
13/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Stargazer, garden eel, plenty of beds of
Butterflys about but they have moved on.
Still huge shoals of fry in the bay.
|
|
12/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Butterfly Ray!! 3 Angelsharks, Common
Stingray, shoal of big barracudas, big shoals
of Salema, bogas, about 5 Gilt headed bream
together, large branching Gorgonia
|
|
11/5/2008
|
Did not dive
|
20C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
10/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angelshark, large barracuda, plus shoal of
about 20-40 baby barracudas.
|
|
9/5/2008
|
Did not dive
|
20C
|
Pool training day
|
|
7/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angelshark, Canarian Lobster, Big barracuda,
and again shoal of about 40 babies in the
bay.
|
|
6/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Shoal of about 40 baby barracudas, more jurel
than normal, good viz.
|
|
5/5/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Angelshark, Common Stingray, giant Jurel, a
'fish-ball' of about 80 pygmy filefish, two
huge octopus, abade, shoal of big barracuda,
maria francesa, we also found a new large
outcrop of soft coral, and two new caves, and
saw lots of beds from butterfly rays ... not
bad for one dive!
|
|
4/5/2008
|
Did not dive
|
20C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
3/5/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Shallow dives only, lots of new life and
several Jurel. In places there is a carpet of
tiny microscopic fish with cuttlefish, wrasse
and bream picking them off.
|
|
2/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
2 Angel shark, seahorse, Garden eels, Eagle
ray
|
|
1/5/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Two Common Stingrays, 3 large Arrowcrabs,
group of 10 baby cuttlefish in a
'kindergarden', stargazer
|
|
30/4/2008
|
Poor
|
20C
|
Poor in Arinaga, so we dived in Sardina del
Norte - (Above Normal) - Angelsharks, Marbled
Electric Ray, Barracudas
|
|
29/4/2008
|
Below Normal
|
20C
|
Seahorse, Barracudas, stargazer, pez
trompeta, lots of salema, three big octopus
|
|
28/4/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Barracudas, Sama (Gilt headed bream),
sardines
|
|
28/4/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Seahorse, Barracudas
|
|
27/4/2008
|
Did not dive
|
20C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
25/4/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Angelshark, Seahorse, Sama (Gilt headed
Bream), Striped Grunts. Huge shoals of Bogas
and sardines in several areas of the reserve
now. Weather hot above water too! 35-38º
as a kalima blows hot air in from Africa
|
|
24/4/2008
|
Below Normal
|
20C
|
Angelsharks, Stingray, barracudas, stargazer,
Large hermit crab, Lots of small sand smelt
being chased by barracudas, jurels and bream
at the same time.
|
|
23/4/2008
|
Below Normal
|
20C
|
Angelsharks, Stingray, barracudas, stargazer,
Large hermit crab, Lots of small sand smelt
being chased by barracudas, jurels and bream
at the same time.
|
|
22/4/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
Four Angelsharks, barracudas, stargazer
|
|
21/4/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Shallow dives only with all the usual local
life.
|
|
20/4/2008
|
Did not dive
|
20C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
19/4/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
3 Angelshark, Striped Grunt (all in different
places to yesterday), small Mero (Dusky
grouper). This week we have been seeing lots
of sea hares (vaca de mar) during the day.
These are normally nocturnal.
|
|
18/4/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Angelshark, Bonito, Striped Grunt, v. big
barracudas, then at the end a school of 50
baby barracudas, Large hermit crab with
parasitic anemones.
|
|
17/4/2008
|
Normal
|
20C
|
We found the nursery again! 14 baby
cuttlefish, all hovering as a group in a
ragged line. Bogas are starting to come back
into shallow water as well. Several
angelshark beds but not a live one today. And
yes it is getting warmer (hood and gloves off
now!)
|
|
16/4/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
2 large Morays, Stargazer
|
|
15/4/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
Angelshark
|
|
14/4/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
Only one shallow dive, lots of new life, big
cuttlefish, pygmy filefish etc
|
|
13/4/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Day off
|
|
9/4/2008
|
Poor
|
19C
|
Clear visibility, rough surface with waves,
angelshark and shoals of damsels.
|
|
8/4/2008
|
Above Normal
|
19C
|
Eagle Ray and two seahorses were seen by our
lucky divers today.
|
|
7/4/2008
|
Poor
|
19C
|
Angel sharks
|
|
6/4/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Sunday, our day off
|
|
5/4/2008
|
Excellent
|
19C
|
Excellent dive conditions in Arinaga. After
the storms of last weekend the visibility has
improved very quickly. Angel shark spotted
again today.
|
|
4/4/2008
|
Above Normal
|
19C
|
A group of divers enjoyed two wreck dives in
Las Palmas, the Kalais and the Arona. Both
conditions and visibility were excellent.
Meanwhile in Arinaga, in the Marine Reserve,
divers enjoyed good conditions and amongst
the species that they saw were stargazer,
moray eel and barracuda.
|
|
3/4/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
Angel Shark and stingray. Again a good
improvement on visibility. Conditions
improving daily.
|
|
2/4/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Angel Shark and Stingrays! First time for a
few days in the deeper areas, conditions now
improving all the time.
|
|
1/4/2008
|
Poor
|
19C
|
Conditions still very rough in Arinaga but we
did 2 dives
|
|
31/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Conditions very rough in Arinaga so we dived
in Amadores instead.
|
|
30/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Sunday - Day off
|
|
29/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Morays, cuttlefish, Sama, Abade.
|
|
26/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Angelshark, Garfish
|
|
25/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Huge Barracuda; Angelshark, stargazer,
Echiurida on the night dive
|
|
24/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Centoyo (Camouflaged Crab), Octopus, Sama
(gilt headed bream)
|
|
23/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Sunday - Day off
|
|
22/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Conditions this week have been very variable.
The viz was poor in the morning but had
improved by the second dive. Lots of shoals
of small new life appearing, Atlantic Wrasse
are making nests, some big cuttlfish about.
|
|
19/3/2008
|
Above Normal
|
19C
|
Three Angelshark, two seahorse
|
|
19/3/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
Tuna, Morays, Barracuda
|
|
16/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
15/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Small common stingray, pair of abades showing
opposite colours:one black, one white.
Visibility has improved after a stormy week.
|
|
14/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Admin and maintenance day
|
|
13/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Two Seahorses, angel shark, common ray.
Recent poor weather and strong groundswell
decreasing
|
|
12/3/2008
|
Poor
|
18C
|
|
|
11/3/2008
|
Poor
|
18C
|
|
|
10/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
18C
|
Two Seahorses, Eagle Ray, Marbled Electric
Ray
|
|
9/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Sunday- day off
|
|
8/3/2008
|
Below Normal
|
18C
|
Conditions improving, only a couple of
shallow dives, a nice big octopus and all our
normal friends.
|
|
7/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Conditions improving, our snorkellers enjoyed
the shallows.
|
|
6/3/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
No diving here for the first time for ages.
We went to Amadores instead where we saw
Verrugato, Maria Francesa, Abade plus most of
the usuals.
|
|
5/3/2008
|
Poor
|
18C
|
Two Seahorses, and one huge common stingray,
without a tail! Conditions were poor so only
one dive.
|
|
4/3/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Three Angelsharks, three types of moray
(tiger, dotted, brown), Three big Octopus
(and some small), Lady escalarta shrimps,
|
|
2/3/2008
|
Did not Dive
|
18C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
28/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Moray eels, sting rays, barrakuda, octopus,
... what else do we need ?
|
|
27/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Tiger moray, several octopus, and a large
cuttlefish.
|
|
26/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Tiger moray, several octopus, and a large
cuttlefish.
|
|
25/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
18C
|
Rough tailed ray, tiger moray, several
octopus, and a group of eight baby
cuttlefish, all in a row!
|
|
24/2/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Long weekend off
|
|
23/2/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Long weekend off
|
|
22/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Seahorse, Angel shark, common stingray
|
|
21/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Four Angelsharks, stargazer, baby common
stingray, Large Jurel (Black jack) nearly 1m
long; At Night Stingray, fang-tooth conger,
moray, octopus, stargazer etc
|
|
19/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
18C
|
Large Jurel (Black jack) nearly 1m long;
Stargazer, common stingray. There seem to be
a lot more sea-hares visible during the day
than normal. Lots or recent beds but no
actual angel shark today.
|
|
18/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
17C
|
Angel shark (female swimming), Grouper, all 4
morays (brown, dotted, tiger and
mediteranean), huge cuttlefish. Excellent
surface conditions but underwater the viz was
a little disappointing
|
|
17/2/2008
|
Did not dive
|
17C
|
Sunday - Day off
|
|
16/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
17C
|
Angel shark and star gazer. Lots of big
cuttlefish about at the moment
|
|
15/2/2008
|
Excellent
|
17C
|
Five angel sharks in one day!, Stargazer,
stingray, barracuda. Wind from the south but
no ground swell so lovely conditions today.
|
|
14/2/2008
|
Excellent
|
17C
|
**Scrawled Filefish ** Angel shark, Large
hermit crab, sea hare, nudibrach
|
|
14/2/2008
|
Excellent
|
17C
|
Angel shark, Large hermit crab, sea hare,
nudibrach
|
|
13/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
18C
|
Angel shark, Marbled Electric Ray, Moray
|
|
11/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Angel shark, round ray, cuttlefish (lots of
these about at present)
|
|
10/2/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Sunday - day off.
|
|
9/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
2 Seahorse, Angel Shark, stingray, v.large
barracuda, Abade
|
|
8/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Angel shark, 3 stingrays (1 Eagle; 2 common),
Bonito, morays, stargazer, some very large
barracudas.
|
|
7/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
18C
|
Nice conditions in the reserve but most of
our divers went to Las Palmas and dived the
Cathedral ("stunning") and the Kalais:
Shoaling damsels, sardines and barracudas;
Bonito; Mediteranean Moray
|
|
6/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
18C
|
Angelshark, stingray, centoyah (crab
disguised with vegatation), barracudas
|
|
5/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Angelshark, stingray, barracuda, tiger moray
|
|
4/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
Two seahorses
|
|
3/2/2008
|
Did not dive
|
18C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
2/2/2008
|
Above Normal
|
18C
|
** Scrawled Filefish ** (again, but in a
different place) Greater Weeverfish,
Stargazer, 2 Angelsharks (one male one
female). After over a week of adverse
easterly winds the wind has shifted back to
the north and with neap tides we have
returned to calm conditions for entry and
good visibility in just a couple of days.
|
|
1/2/2008
|
Normal
|
18C
|
** Scrawled Filefish ** 2 Angelsharks,
Verrugato, Grouper, Round Ray
|
|
31/1/2008
|
Below Normal
|
18C
|
Conditions still poor in Arinaga so we dive
in Sardina: Angelshark (swimming), common
stingray, Grouper, Striped Grunts
|
|
30/1/2008
|
Poor
|
19C
|
Angel Shark, stingray, Galenas
|
|
29/1/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
Eagle Ray, Large Jurel (Blackjack)Barracudas
at Sardina
|
|
27/1/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Long weekend off.
|
|
26/1/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Long weekend off.
|
|
25/1/2008
|
Poor
|
19C
|
Butterfly Ray and Angel Shark
|
|
24/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
19C
|
Common Stingray, Garfish during day; Common
Stingray, Red legged octopus, brown shrimp,
barracuda and a huge Starfish at night
|
|
23/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
19C
|
Stargazer, Three Common Stingrays. After the
stormy weather and Calima early in the week
the conditions have changed radically to be
very calm, and the sediment has all dropped
away to give viz of 10-15m! The sea is always
a surprise!
|
|
22/1/2008
|
Poor
|
19C
|
Poor conditions and visibility
|
|
21/1/2008
|
Below Normal
|
19C
|
Two Common stingrays, cuttlefish
|
|
20/1/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Long weekend off!
|
|
19/1/2008
|
Did not dive
|
19C
|
Long weekend off!
|
|
17/1/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
common stingray, garfish
|
|
16/1/2008
|
Normal
|
19C
|
Angel shark and Common Stingray during the
day; 2 common stingrays, Long legged octopus,
sand sole and sand crab on night dive
|
|
15/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
19C
|
Eagle Ray and Common Stingray, Seahorse
|
|
14/1/2008
|
Excellent
|
20C
|
Angel Shark, 3 common stingrays, large shoal
of about 50 barracudas. We also found an
unusual carapace from a crab. Not in the
normal guides but it matches a photo of
Calappa granulata. These live under
the sand like their cousin, and look similar
to the Shame Faced Crab.
|
|
13/1/2008
|
Did not dive
|
20C
|
Sunday - day off
|
|
12/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Common Stingray in 3m of water, shoal of
about 50 garfish
|
|
11/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Stargazer.
|
|
10/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
|
Two Angelsharks (male & female) Large
shoal of bogas (sardines). Very little wind
so diving is great.
|
|
9/1/2008
|
Above Normal
|
20C
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Marbled Electric Ray, baby cuttlefish and the
smallest starfish I have ever seen
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8/1/2008
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Above Normal
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20C
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2 Seahorses (together), 2 Stingrays during
the day and two more at night. also Canarian
Lobsterette, band-toothed conger and tiger
moray on night dive.
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7/1/2008
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Above Normal
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20C
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2 Angel Sharks, 2 Stingrays and a huge shoal
of Barracuda. Conditions have improved
significiantly and very quickly after the
storm on Friday.
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6/1/2008
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Did not dive
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20C
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Sunday -day off but conditions improving
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4/1/2008
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Poor
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20C
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A storm near Gibralter has brought strong
waves and groundswell.
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3/1/2008
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Above Normal
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20C
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Angelshark
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2/1/2008
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Excellent
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20C
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*** Harlequin Crab ***, Angelshark,
stargazer. Conditions are really good, same
today. A great start to 2008
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1/1/2008
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Did not dive
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20C
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New Years Day!
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