He and his colleagues in the community know every inch of the lagoon. He owns the boat “Jodiann” and is a certified Dive Master. Moonie grew up on the Luminous Lagoon having lived at the district of Rock all his life. One thing for sure and is that, Moonie has never lost a swimmer there even thought it was night. Once the sea water is disturbed, it glows.

As visitors swim about in the water, the area lights up like you turn on a light switch. The highlight of the tour comes when Moonie’s 28ft Cary Hull Boat name “JODIANN” anchors near the middle of the lagoon, so you can take a swim. After a hot sunny day, the Luminous Lagoon is brightest at night especially when there is no moon light. The 45-minute tour takes you around the edges of the lagoon. “Moonie’s Boat Tours” is available every night from “WET and WILD” in Rock Trelawny. The sea glows whenever there is movement in it. The fluorescent waters of the Luminous Lagoon in Falmouth. The organisms glow brightest in shallow, warm water, and generally the lagoon is about 3-4 feet deep, and only 8 feet at its deepest point. Secondly the lagoon is formed at the point where the Martha Brae River meets the Caribbean Sea, and the dinoflagellates thrive in the layers where the salt and fresh water combine. Firstly, there are literally millions of tiny micro-organisms living in the lagoon. Their research concluded that the lagoon is the best place to see these micro-organisms, called dinoflagellates or pryodinium bahamene, because of two reasons. Over the years, scientists from around the world visited the Luminous Lagoon and investigated the phenomena. It’s said that out of the four, the Luminous Lagoon here in Jamaica is the brightest in the world – a fact that had and continues to awe scientists and visitors alike. Jamaica’s Luminous Lagoon is one of four places in the world where these micro-organisms live and create these natural phenomena, known as bio-luminescence.

The glow comes from small micro-organisms that emit a flash of light when disturbed.

The slightest stirring of the sea, causes the water to glow with a neon green florescent light. The “ Luminous Lagoon” stretches along the marshlands from the small fishing village of Rock to the town of Falmouth, Trelawny.

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