How many of you are SCUBA divers?

[fishdoc11]

Yeah I don't think I would come back to be a shark victim:lol:

If you get a chance ask Mike some time about his instuctor training back in the 70's. Talk about hard core.

It's funny.....when I showed Mike a picture of that shark he looked kind of concerned and then warned me. "If a bull shark ever wants your lobster bag... give it to him!"

Chris

 

[Paul B]

Here is my wife in Tahiti, I was trying to teach her how to catch one by the tail, sharks love that

 

[waynesworld]

You know to make it work I thought you were suppose to tie a raw t bone to them

 

[NeveSSL]

Hey all...

Just found an interesting place to go. I think this would be an awesome weekend trip as camping is allowed on request.

Check it out here. Philadelphia Quarry. And more info here. What do you think?

Also, a couple of other sites can be found here.

Brandon

 

[gflat65]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12961411#post12961411 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NeveSSL
Awesome, Gary. I think they got bought up by SSI in the states I think. At least thats what 5 minutes of Google brought up. They used to be based in Memphis which is kind of interesting.

That figures. I was certified out of The Dive Shop in Memphis (while at Ole Miss). We never had any fun shenanigans in the pool... The best we got was when we split from the instructor in pelham and dropped below the thermocline on certification dives. Someone kicked up some dust, so we lost him. Ticking Drew off was always at least a little fun.

 

[Paul B]

Someone kicked up some dust, so we lost him. Ticking Drew off was always at least a little fun.

You would love diving in the Long Island Sound. One day about 30 years ago our visability went up to almost 18":eek1:

 

[gflat65]

We all gotta have standards. What do you dive in the Long Island Sound? Wrecks?

 

[NeveSSL]

I also meant to mention that for those of you going to MACNA, you can actually dive in the Georgia Aquarium! Sounds like a really cool adventure. This is actually a big reason I wanted to get my cert before October.

The biggest downside is the price, though. Its rather pricey at $290, but still something to consider.

Here's an RC thread in the SCUBA forum about it.

Brandon

 

[Paul B]

What do you dive in the Long Island Sound? Wrecks?

There are over 200 wrecks there and lobsters. When I started diving very few people dove so the wrecks were pristine. We even accidently swam into the boilers of an old steamship and when we hit the iron other side and found iron above us it was a little wierd trying to get out. The visability was zero which it gets a lot in the Sound. If you want to see your gauge, you have to put it in your mask
:lol:

It has gotten a little better now but the visability is almost never over 3'. It gets a little better at night. There is a lot of history there and there are bottles and dishes everywhere.
One of my favorite sites is Execution Lighthouse in the center of the western Sound commissioned by George Washington.
One day a long time ago we surfaced to sit on the rocks and we noticed that the door which was always sealed up was broken down. We went in with our dive lights and the entire place was filled with WW2 radio and radar equipment. Big tubes and microphones. We came back in a couple of days with a Zodiac but the door was fixed and there was barbed wire all around the Island.
Execution Lighthouse

 

[NeveSSL]

Wow! Thats awesome Paul! Thats a really neat story.

I love vintage tubes! Mullards, Amperex (my favorite), etc.

Brandon

 

[Paul B]

I can't believe this. Yesterday a lifeguard saw a small thresher shark in this place called Zachs Bay which is a very popular spot here on the south shore of Long Island NY. It is a large cove maybe a 1/2 mile across. They closed the beach, chased the thing with a kayak and sent a hellicopter to see where it went.
This is in the Atlantic Ocean. If people actually knew what they were swimming with they would never swim.

 

[fishdoc11]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12974702#post12974702 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paul B
If people actually knew what they were swimming with they would never swim.

You can say that again

 

[NeveSSL]

Even if you just snorkel out and look, you'll probably be surprised what you'll see that will usually not bother you.

Brandon

 

[Paul B]

On a day here in NY when it was just about 100 degrees there are almost 2,000,000 people on Jones beach which is an Atlantic Ocean beach. There are huge sharks fifty yards from shore that they often spot with news helicopters. And sharks don't usually swim at the surface like in the movies, only the ones you see do.
With all those people in the water we have not had an attack in decades. I have never even heard of an attack there.
People watch too many movies. I eat sharks all the time so I guess I am due to get bit myself :lol:

 

[gflat65]

A lot of the shark 'attacks' of recent years in Florida (several involving people from Tn, oddly) were caused by an uncle or kid fishing nearly waist deep with food in their pockets. The shark isn't attacking people, it's following instinct and that dead thing in your pocket smells mighty nice.

Not the same thing because this guy was more proactive in the 'attack'. Diving in St. Maarten last year, the instructors/divers talked about one where a guy kept chasing a nurse shark down and tugging on its tail. It finally had a enough and clamped onto him. He had to be taken to the hospital with shark attached because it wouldn't let go. Sounds to me like the guy attacked the shark...

Sharks are one of my favorite things to see diving. Just wish I'd seen more and more often...

 

[Paul B]

For sharks you really need to go to the South Pacific. On some of those Islands they are like guppies. In Bora Boar you have to be careful you don't jump on them when you enter the water, they are all over the place.
They caught the shark in Zachs bay. A lifeguard walken in the water about a foot deep and picked it up by it's tail. The fish was about 2 feet long with a 2 foot tail.