Tuesday, July 21, 2009
JAMAICA TRIP PICTURES
Divemaster candidate Tom Anderson took some nice shots in Jamaica. He was lucky enough to even see an extremely rare Blue Lobster!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Jumbo flying squid attack scuba divers in San Diego
Just in case you thought Lake Michigan was rough. I found this on the web.
Tom
Jumbo flying squid attack scuba divers in San Diego
Jumbo flying squid with razor-sharp beaks and toothed tentacles have invaded shallow waters off San Diego, attacking scuba divers near tourist beaches.
Published: 5:47PM BST 17 Jul 2009
A beak of a Humboldt squid, also known as a jumbo flying squid, at the laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service in San Diego. Photo: AP
The aggressive 5ft-long sea creatures, which can weigh more than seven stone (45 kilograms), arrived off the city's shores last week.
Divers have reported being attacked by the Humboldt squid, with tentacles enveloping their masks and pulling at their cameras and gear.
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The squid are more commonly found in the deep waters off Mexico, where they have been known to attack humans and are nicknamed "red devils" for their rust-red colouring and aggressive streak.
Those who dive with them there fill the water with bait and sometimes get in a metal cage or wear chain mail to avoid being lashed by tentacles. The squid hunt in schools of up to 1,200, can swim up to 15mph and skim over the water to escape predators.
The creatures stay too deep to bother swimmers and surfers, but many longtime divers in San Diego have said they will stay out of the surf until the sea creatures clear out.
Mike Bear, a local diver, said: "I wouldn't go into the water with them for the same reason I wouldn't walk into a pride of lions on the Serengeti, For all I know, I'm missing the experience of a lifetime."
Shanda Magill was surprised by a large squid which hit her from behind and grabbed at her with its arms, pulling her sideways in the water. It ripped her buoyancy hose away from her chest and knocked away her light.
"I just kicked like crazy. The first thing you think of is, 'Oh my gosh, I don't know if I'm going to survive this'. If that squid wanted to hurt me, it would have," she said.
Scientists are not sure why the squid have started appearing in the water off the Southern California coast and say they are concerned.
One theory is that their prey has moved to shallow waters due to changes in sea temperatures and the squid have followed. One biologist estimated there could be hundreds, or possibly thousands.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
OCEAN LIFE IN TROUBLE BY POWERFUL EXTERMINATOR - US!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
BLUE? YELLOW? WHITE?
SHARK FEEDING DIVE IN ST. MARTEEN
Sea Lions student Mike Wallenberg recently returned from a week long cruise and made a few stops to Scuba. One was a shark feeding dive in St. Marteen. Also check out the Octopus in the last pic! Great shot!
Check out some of the great photos Mike took. Send us your Scuba pics! We love to look at them and share them with all!
Friday, July 3, 2009
SCUBA DIVING AND TIPPING
We'll give you some advice.
Your dive is supposed to be enjoyable and you don't want to be agonizing over how much to tip. So here are some tipping scuba diving tips you can use as a guide on your next dive: CLICK HERE