The normal lobster species is Panulirus argus. The lobster we went after are Panulirus guttatus. Lots of common names, Spanish lobster, spotted lobster, speckled lobster, etc. No regulation on them. They are actually fairly common on the reefs, but nobody sees them because they only come out at night and the populations are not dense. It takes just the right, man made environment for them to get super abundant.
Denny: Wind and wave was SSW. We were traveling just north of east. I'd guess steady wind force 6 with rapidly building seas and gusts to 7 and once to 8. 40 knots peak sounds about right. Wild stuff for this boy.
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