what type of waters are better for scuba diving?
i have a thing for language arts. i need to write an article. its on scuba-diving. what types of fish would you see in different waters. also, which waters were easier to swim in and why? please PLEASE help or i’ll fail! i don’t like failing. if you give me the fish, give me a picture and a name and where you found it. (like at what coast or ocean or sea) and what water was better and where. PLEASE!!!! p.s ^this font is really ugly ^
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The answer to your question is ALL water is FUN to Scuba Dive. I am a Diver from New England and dive in the ocean water. I have seen Starfish, anemones,sharks,rays, crabs,Lobster,and all types of Fish that are native to N.E.waters. The warm waters near the equator have more colorful fish and the water tends to be clearer.
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The type of water that is best for diving is very subjective. Some may like the kelp forests of the Pacific off California. Some may like the deeper wrecks (and the fish in them) off North Carolina. And who doesn’t like the clear water and reefs off the Florida Keys. I would say that for your project you look at the Keys or island diving, It is usually a bit less advanced, (so open to more divers) and you can easily find a ton of pictures on this. Do an image search on Pennekamp (a state park for Snorkeling and Diving or Key Largo Scuba and you will see all the pictures of pretty fish that people think about when they think of diving. (Unless they are divers, and know that there are a lot more options than Reef diving.)
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I don’t know of any waters that are particularly difficult to swim in, unless you’re talking about an ocean dive with a strong current or a lake dive where it’s really cold.
Some of the nicest diving I’ve done was on Molasses Reef in John Pennekamp State Park just off Key Largo, Florida. I’ve seen all sorts of colorful fish there, like parrotfish, angelfish, sergeant majors, green moray eels, nurse sharks, and black-tipped reef sharks. If you go to flickr.com and search for “Molasses Reef”, you should find some good pictures.
There’s nothing wrong with freshwater diving, though. I dive in Minnesota, and although the water is colder here, I don’t have to spend hundreds on a flight and hundreds more on a hotel. Besides, there are some interesting historic shipwrecks in Lake Superior. I’ve been to the Thomas Wilson, the Hesper, the Ely, and the Madeira, and it’s fascinating to check out the wrecks, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
I would say that you first need to know where the best dive spots are.
I like Fiji for the tropical fish so I would start there. The dives tend to mostly be drift with a lot of plankton being kicked up by the surges so not my absolute favorite but a lot of people like it. If you look up Fiji and diving and tropical fish found there you should be able to find something. Look up drift diving, Fiji, native fish, etc. That should tell you about that area, specifically I would look for Taveuni. Lion fish here as well as white tip reef sharks, lots of rays, too.
I also like North Carolina for the shark dives. I would look up the Labrador Current and possibly Outer Banks diving, native fish species, etc. It’s a great place to dive with incredible visibility and lots of amazing sea life. There are a lot of sand tiger sharks, lion fish, sea cucumbers, etc.
Lastly, I would look up somewhere in either the Caribbean or Mexico particularly Cabo San Lucas and Cayman Brac or Turks and Caicos. All have great diving, very clear water which makes for great visibility (the distance you can see underwater, obviously) and an abundance of fish and varied sea life. Just look for Provo (in T&C) with native fish, best dive spots, Cayman Brac (Caymans) or Cabo. Cayman Brac has a ton of spotted eagle rays, turtles, barracuda, trumpet fish, spiny lobster, spotted eels…I could go on and on!
Anyway, I hope this helps some!