Booboobear259
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I just got certified for SCUBA diving yesterday everybody
What is the coolest thing you have ever seen snorkeling, SCUBA diving, or freediving
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Paul B
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I think I got certified in the early 70s. My certification card is probably wood. Anyway, Years ago I was diving someplace off Mexico. I forget where but I was with 5 or 6 people I didn't know and I came across this very large green moray eel. The thing had it's head sticking out of one side of this Volkswagon sized rock and his tail sticking out the other end. I pointed out the fish to the Jiboni behind me in case he wanted to take a picture or something. But the guy was not as bright as I surmised and proceded to swim up to this 10' fish and tickle him under the chin. Jacques Cousteau used to do this but maybe Mr. Cousteau smelled better or maybe this eel never met Mr Cousteau. So the eel grabs this moron right up to his elbow and starts shaking him back and forth. Blood at that depth appears black and it was swirling all around him. As I watched, waiting for the fish to finish him off so I could get on with my dive, other people saw it and looked horrified. To this day I am still mad at the fish for not just eating him whole then when I got back to the boat, I would have said "Where is Harold, Jim, Bozo" or whatever his name was.
Then of course I had to look worried and drag this Idiot back to the surface hoping all the way up that a Great White Shark would swoop in and use this guy for lunch, so I could finish my dive of course. We get to the boat where he is bleeding all over my equipment. Then we spent the remainder of a very expensive day in a Mexican Hospital.
The next day everyone was listening to this story of "bravery" from this banana.
I am still mad at that eel. :angryfire:
Then of course I had to look worried and drag this Idiot back to the surface hoping all the way up that a Great White Shark would swoop in and use this guy for lunch, so I could finish my dive of course. We get to the boat where he is bleeding all over my equipment. Then we spent the remainder of a very expensive day in a Mexican Hospital.
The next day everyone was listening to this story of "bravery" from this banana.
I am still mad at that eel. :angryfire:
Booboobear259
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I hate people who do that kind of stuff.
tkeracer619
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Two very large moray eels tearing huge chunks of flesh from each other. We were in shallow water ~10ft and between the 6 of us I am pretty sure we surfaced with less than 500psi total. I was on my guides backup reg because I was below 100 :lol:
Too bad my gopro was dead...
Tied for first was a humpback with a calf who swam closer to me than she was long. Amazing.
Too bad my gopro was dead...
Tied for first was a humpback with a calf who swam closer to me than she was long. Amazing.
Booboobear259
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Went scuba diving two weekends ago and I saw a bunch of fish eating a sea urchin from the underside
Here's a clip from honeymoon. Best snorkel
http://youtu.be/UEYUfMRV1H8
http://youtu.be/UEYUfMRV1H8
Watching a pair of very large Hippocampus reidi engaging in an extended mating dance while snorkeling over a field of submerged boulders in about 15 feet of water below a cliff in Dominica.
These were the most beautiful seahorses I've ever seen, as well as the largest. Their coloring was subdued but somehow still vivid, with discrete yellow and orange-red streaks on and around the head and dorsal fin. They seemed to almost glow from the energy they radiated.
The pair would twist their tails together while near the bottom and slowly rise toward the surface. As they ascended they would squirm until they faced each other, when the female would deposit her eggs in the males pouch while moving steadily upward. A few orange eggs would miss and trail behind. When they were almost at the surface they would detach themselves from each other, turn and and descend separately all the way to the bottom. They swam amazing fast and powerfully for seahorses as they returned to the sea floor. Once there, they immediately found each other and swam together in a kind of stiff almost formal dance for 4 or 5 minutes, eventually locking tails again and repeating the performance.
During the half hour I stayed with them they did four ascents. I followed them each time. The whole thing was magical, a natural wild purity words cannot explain. I've been a scuba diver and snorkeler for 50 years and have seen many sharks, turtles, huge groupers, even a whale and her calf once. The experience with the seahorses is the one that affected me most.
These were the most beautiful seahorses I've ever seen, as well as the largest. Their coloring was subdued but somehow still vivid, with discrete yellow and orange-red streaks on and around the head and dorsal fin. They seemed to almost glow from the energy they radiated.
The pair would twist their tails together while near the bottom and slowly rise toward the surface. As they ascended they would squirm until they faced each other, when the female would deposit her eggs in the males pouch while moving steadily upward. A few orange eggs would miss and trail behind. When they were almost at the surface they would detach themselves from each other, turn and and descend separately all the way to the bottom. They swam amazing fast and powerfully for seahorses as they returned to the sea floor. Once there, they immediately found each other and swam together in a kind of stiff almost formal dance for 4 or 5 minutes, eventually locking tails again and repeating the performance.
During the half hour I stayed with them they did four ascents. I followed them each time. The whole thing was magical, a natural wild purity words cannot explain. I've been a scuba diver and snorkeler for 50 years and have seen many sharks, turtles, huge groupers, even a whale and her calf once. The experience with the seahorses is the one that affected me most.
I've had erectus mate in my tanks many times, a couple of times in a 5 gallon bucket on the way home from the Jersey Shore. They have a strong mating urge, at least when wild caught. I've never seen them mate in the wild, though I watched hundreds over the years while snorkeling and scuba diving.
I usually don't collect seahorses any more. I have only one now, in a large tank with two large fish, a Spotted Drum and a Bigeye. The 220 has been set up for years, and has a lot of small life on which the seahorse grazes with no competition other than a few hermit crabs.
I picked her up 15 months ago in Manasquan Inlet when she was very small. I was impressed by her relentless hunting, constantly searching for food, constantly finding small things: a powerful puff and a small stream of debris from her gills. She still hunts that way. Relentless.
If she starts to swell up with eggs next summer I'll release her.
I usually don't collect seahorses any more. I have only one now, in a large tank with two large fish, a Spotted Drum and a Bigeye. The 220 has been set up for years, and has a lot of small life on which the seahorse grazes with no competition other than a few hermit crabs.
I picked her up 15 months ago in Manasquan Inlet when she was very small. I was impressed by her relentless hunting, constantly searching for food, constantly finding small things: a powerful puff and a small stream of debris from her gills. She still hunts that way. Relentless.
If she starts to swell up with eggs next summer I'll release her.
Paul B
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The visibility here in the western Long Island Sound where the majority of my dives were measures about a foot. I dive with a line between me and my dive partner or you would never see each other while we search for lobsters. The bottom is fine mud. As we were swimming, or pulling ourselves across the rocks we encountered a wall. We tried to go over it but we also found a ceiling. We tried to go around, but there was also sides. If you stop swimming in the Sound, the thick mud overtakes you and you lost that 12 inches of visibility you had and you may as well shut your eyes. We eventually backed out and found that we swam into the boiler of a ship that sank in 1902. The boiler was about 10' long and 5' wide.
The fun of diving in almost zero visibility is that everything that was ever lost there, is still there as the only way you find things is accidently. There are 200shipwrecks around Long Island (I think I hit my head on 50 of them)
That was about a mile from Execution Lighthouse that I am sure Bill knows well. It is one of my favorite dive sites.
This was taken on the rocks there.
The fun of diving in almost zero visibility is that everything that was ever lost there, is still there as the only way you find things is accidently. There are 200shipwrecks around Long Island (I think I hit my head on 50 of them)
That was about a mile from Execution Lighthouse that I am sure Bill knows well. It is one of my favorite dive sites.
This was taken on the rocks there.
Booboobear259
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I feel swimming with a sea turtle for a few minutes off key west is at the top of the list!
ExpertMarine
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Nice!
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