Archive for July, 2009
Posted by lemurdillo on
July 31, 2009
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It started with the big egg yolk jellies and the schools of blue rockfish.... add a dozen nudibranch species (2 of which I'd never seen in the monterey area before), some rare fish, forests of pink and purple hydrocoral, a couple of new-to-me starfish species... and on, and on...
It was quite the dive; so awesome that I didn't care about (and barely noticed) the little trickle of cold water seeping in through my poorly-adjusted neck seal.
Posted by lemurdillo on
July 31, 2009
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Since I got the macro adapter for my camera, I've been trying to get a closeup shot of a serpulid worm.
Usually I get only one chance at the shot because the strobe (or my movements) will cause the worm to retract into its tube.
Posted by bswift on
July 31, 2009
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Keyhole limpet with mantle. From dive at Pt. Lobos off the Beachhopper II
Posted by bswift on
July 31, 2009
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Jelly. From dive at Pt. Lobos off the Beachhopper II
Posted by bswift on
July 31, 2009
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Hancockia Californica. From dive at Pt. Lobos off the Beachhopper II
Posted by Fecki on
July 31, 2009
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Posted by DiveBuddy.com on
July 31, 2009
So I haven’t posted to my blog since April. I often sit and wonder what I should write and it is just some way for me to place milestones along the paths I travel. I am very blessed in all facets of my life and am grateful for the people I know and the things I am able to do. However, I will not simply sit here and nostalgically wax on. Let me start by looking at our cave diving agencies and doing a quick roll-up. The NSS-CDS had elections and there are new board members. Jeff Loflin is now the CDS Chairman and has posted a nice letter on the CDS site. I wish him well and hope the agency can move forward from a somewhat stalled state. It seems that the agencies have only pushed membership and teaching, unfortunately leaving exploration, education and conservation on the back burner. The CDS conference, held in May, was very informative. As an aside, I am part of a group that has worked on getting School Sink (Wayne’s World) reopened through the creation of a guide program, a new website dedicated solely to School Sink and an online reservation system. The NSS-CDS recognized our accomplishments by presenting the Guide Team with the NSS-CDS Safety Award during the NSS-CDS Conference. If you are interested in diving School Sink please visit the School Sink Diving website or just simply let me know. On the NACD side of things, they too have a new director; Jacki Clark was installed as the newest board member and I couldn’t be happier. I am confident she will be beneficial to the success of the organization. I really appreciate that the NACD is hosting a survey workshop in October. I feel this is a good step in providing for the membership versus simply collecting memberships and certifying students. Mike Poucher is leading the survey workshop so it will definitely be worthwhile. Mike is astonishingly good at cave survey and his efforts speak for themselves! Mike was my survey mentor a few years ago and without his help in the field and on the computer I would have failed miserably. Enough politics (although I have really left them out so much unneeded BS in cave country) and on to diving. As I mentioned earlier, I am blessed! I have been given so many opportunities to dive new caves and simply explore this magnificent blue marble we call Earth. I am always amazed. I am blessed to be part of the ongoing Weeki Wachee Spring exploration. This year’s exploration ended in June with the window shutting almost as fast as it opened. Although, we did not push the cave this year, we positioned ourselves as a team that can perform scientific functions as well as explore. The jewel of this year’s exploration is the video shot by Liquid Productions. There are some screen grabs, as well as a week-by-week journal of this year’s exploration, on the Karst Underwater Research Blog. The pictures alone are well worth the visit! Another big project I was blessed to be a part of was in the Dominican Republic. We spent a week in the Dominican with Advanced Diver Magazine and the ADM Foundation to help Gri Gri Divers look for new caves their clients could dive.Unfortunately , we found more that they shouldn’t or can’t dive than ones that they can. Our team of four cave explorers joined a sponsored team near the Dominican village of Bayahibe, located on the southeastern shore. A week of brush beating, dry cave searching, and tight cave exploring resulted in the discovery of several underwater caves, never before seen dry cave passages, and finding the remains of an extinct primate. Long story short, there is cave in the Dominican and it is gorgeous! Brett found the most beautiful virgin dry cave (beyond a few hundred foot ...
Posted by DiveBuddy.com on
July 31, 2009
Koh Lanta, part of the Krabi province has some of the nicest and quietest beaches in the south of Thailand. With the Sea on one side and a dramatic mountain range in the middle it makes for some breathtaking scenery. On top of this Koh Lanta has many daily activities to enjoy like Scuba [...] [ This is an external blog. Read complete blog here... ]...
Posted by nick.knupffer on
July 31, 2009
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Posted by nick.knupffer on
July 31, 2009
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