tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17978513091594704572024-02-19T05:14:29.881-05:00Reef RantsThoughts from an underwater tourist...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-88915605976583523472014-06-27T09:50:00.002-04:002014-06-27T10:57:27.795-04:00Preparing For Our First Dives Of The Season
Our first dives of the season are scheduled for next week. I'm so excited. This will be my first time in the water since our Jamaica honeymoon last September and my foot reconstruction surgery this past December.
I pride myself on being a safe diver. That said I've made it a practice to always test my gear before I getting back in the water after being out for several months.
My goal is to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-48809589575932557292011-09-08T22:30:00.000-04:002011-09-08T22:30:33.630-04:00Octopus Eats SharkCheck out this amazing footage of a shark being captured and eaten by an octopus. If you turn the sound on after about a minute and 1/2 in you'll hear some amazing facts about what you're watching.
Octopus Eats Shark by stevanhoggAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-26440311568522072472011-07-26T18:30:00.000-04:002011-07-26T18:30:28.277-04:00Baby LoggerheadCheck out this video taken locally on Folly Beach. The video shows a baby turtle, one of about 70 loggerheads, that made it safely into the ocean on the west side of Folly Beach. The videographer said it was a 7:30 a.m. hatching, after which the turtles made their way to the ocean in the early morning light.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-28031913104637673842011-07-21T23:51:00.001-04:002011-07-21T23:51:20.943-04:00The Diving AddictionCheck out my first post on Charleston Scuba's new blog. This post is called "The Diving Addiction."
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-86748582796345431182011-07-05T21:18:00.000-04:002011-07-05T21:18:26.243-04:00Amazing beautyI'm enamored by all the beauty that can be found in the depths of the ocean. This video, shot in the waters surrounding the Soccoro Islands, is mesmerizing. But don't take my word for it; press play and take in the gracefulness of the manta rays and beauty of the white tip reef sharks.
Take a quick break and watch this ~four min. video. Hopefully you'll find it as relaxing as I do.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-77181773042642260192011-06-21T23:23:00.003-04:002011-06-21T23:45:09.097-04:00Top Seven from Saturday's DiveSaturday I ventured to Murrell's Inlet to dive with Express Watersports. The drive is easy and typically takes about an hour and 1/2 - - if you go the speed limit. (Let's just say on the way back to Charleston I did, but on the way there I made really good time in the early morning hours.)
It had been about a year since I'd gone diving with this shop. They are definitely good people and have an Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-25918688391141473222011-06-11T13:37:00.001-04:002011-06-12T17:11:55.705-04:00Plan B
In the world of diving, one must always have a Plan B. Why? Because there are many reasons for a dive not to occur. A month ago I was excited to do my first dive of the "season," only to have it called off due to turbulent seas.
This weekend my dive was called off because not enough divers had signed on to go. It takes so much gas to dive off the coast of Charleston, you have to have a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-32131775166639953782011-05-31T21:35:00.026-04:002011-06-03T11:51:48.520-04:00A Perfect Diving AdventureThe water was flat. The Trinity contained nothing but Nitrox tanks and advanced divers. With great anticipation about what would be found on the upcoming wrecks, the divers prepped their gear while Captain Tom expertly drove the boat through the Charleston Harbor out to sea.
The latter sounds like the beginning of a fictional story, but it really happened this Memorial Day. In fact, I would have Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-55866956520195237852011-05-29T15:25:00.004-04:002011-06-03T07:36:58.960-04:00The Anchor WreckI was fortunate enough to dive the Anchor Wreck again on Saturday with my adopted Charleston Scuba family. This amazing dive site was created when a yet-to-be identified ship sank near Bull's Bay off the coast of Charleston in the mid- to late-1800s.
Not much is left of the 300 ft. freighter, thought by some to have carried some type of perishable cargo such as bananas or sugar. Sitting in 105 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-9891202362018254092011-05-15T13:55:00.000-04:002011-05-15T13:55:19.938-04:00Some photos of my obsession...I just love everything about being an underwater tourist.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-31194767346257391452011-05-14T23:28:00.003-04:002011-05-15T08:59:10.308-04:00A Diving ParodyA scuba diving parody on Bohemian Rhapsody. Very creative!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-87011319084599500482011-05-14T23:18:00.002-04:002011-05-14T23:19:30.754-04:00Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?A crazy take on the Bohemian Rhapsody with some crazy scuba divers and wild lemon and tiger sharks. En-Joy!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-13837252056360620472011-05-10T07:48:00.001-04:002011-05-10T07:49:17.266-04:00Charleston Scuba Divers
Come join a new social group about diving. It's free and a great way to connect with other divers in the Charleston area.
If you love the smell of neoprene and can't get enough talking about what you've seen as an underwater tourist, then this group is for you.
Simply go to MeetUp and sign up to join the group with a meetup account or by using your Facebook account.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-91830928129352428712011-04-23T11:01:00.000-04:002011-04-23T11:01:37.378-04:00Land & Sea: A Cat and A Dolphin PlayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-58449754727980952892011-04-10T09:28:00.000-04:002011-04-10T09:28:44.448-04:00Ocean DreamsCheck out this awesome four and 1/2 minute video that provides a unique look at the sites in the ocean. Among the beauty you'll see a thresher shark, a loggerhead sea turtle and walls of bait fish. And if you stick in there until 3:58 min. you'll see one of the most amazing underwater creatures. In fact, diving with this creature is on my bucket list and I can't wait.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-16105729604510719192011-03-21T20:45:00.000-04:002011-03-21T20:45:53.658-04:00Thresher SharksI've never seen a thresher shark before this video. They are majestic looking with their long tail from which they get their name.
I looked up info about them and found this tidbit on wikipedia to be interesting: When hunting schooling fish, thresher sharks are known to "slap" the water, herding and stunning prey.[5] The elongated tail is used to swat smaller fish, stunning them before feeding. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-22262761552829917262011-02-25T19:38:00.000-05:002011-02-25T19:38:54.093-05:00Addicted to DivingIt is no secret that I'm addicted to diving. In fact, when I have a hard time getting to sleep at night I dream that I'm taking a giant stride off the back of a boat in the ocean. I typically drift off somewhere below the surface as I dream that I'm playing underwater tourist.
Now I have one more thing to add to my addictive dreams: scuba shoes for ladies. You read that right, scuba shoes for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-18172531509628991632011-02-04T16:09:00.000-05:002011-02-04T16:09:34.991-05:00Humor for DiversAs scuba divers we've all seen many variations of the pirate signs in dive shops. But this one really made me laugh out loud. I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiment that I found on the website of Pirate Island Divers.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-11589885756299893952011-02-01T15:54:00.002-05:002011-07-05T07:36:48.393-04:00Researching how to stabilize underwater video and photos I continue to marvel at the amazing underwater videos and photographs made by professional and amateur scuba divers. As I think about the upcoming dive season, I am already planning new approaches I want to take to document my oceanic adventures.
One thing I'm particularly interested in is how to stabilize my videos so they flow and are not choppy.For Christmas I received a tripod to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-35147265173498390292011-02-01T09:54:00.000-05:002011-02-01T09:54:51.026-05:00Underwater photographyAs a budding amateur underwater photographer, I always enjoy looking at the work accomplished by other divers. This underwater photography contest site provides a plethora of beautiful photos to learn from and enjoy.
The site states: "Winning here (or even just being placed) is Underwater Photography's most coveted accolade because it says you succeeded in the most competitive environment Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-60345662574640434652011-01-19T13:15:00.000-05:002011-01-19T13:15:43.286-05:00Diving OkinawaMy personally-adopted sister and her husband recently moved to Okinawa, Japan and will be there for the next three years. They are both scuba divers and we plan on diving the majestic waters surrounding this beautiful island.
Diving with the whale sharks there is one thing on my list that I cannot wait to do. Check it out in this video.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-60554263919930685192010-10-14T21:13:00.001-04:002010-10-15T11:49:16.241-04:00Underwater WormsI have a fascination about the worms that are found in the ocean. The unique ones I've seen don't look like the worms we see here on the earth.Take for instance the Christmas Tree worms in my previous post. You'd never guess that those critters are actually worms.
Check out this photo that I found on IslandTimeGallery.com via their Facebook account. I wish I could take credit for it. Maybe one Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-79367303868672945992010-10-11T22:08:00.000-04:002010-10-11T22:08:04.269-04:00Christmas Tree worms fascinate me. If you approach them too quickly, they disappear in a flash. But don't take my word for it, watch this short video I took at a depth of 85 feet off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-32041516531808343662010-09-26T21:15:00.003-04:002010-09-27T07:47:12.423-04:00Diving with Charleston ScubaWe went out with Charleston Scuba to dive on the Little Garden Ledges. Surprisingly there were more women divers on the boat than I can remember in quite some time. I enjoyed that fact immensely. The surface was relatively calm with a breeze and light chop. We encountered some rain at one point, but it was refreshing and brief.The Little Garden Ledges were amazing and I wish we'd had more time toAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797851309159470457.post-83975184861873636172010-09-18T10:29:00.000-04:002010-09-18T10:29:23.025-04:00Underwater PhotographyIt has been a long time since I posted anything here. So without further verbiage, let me post some of my recent diving photos. These were taken off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida, which is South of West Palm Beach.
Me under the sea
Moon Jelly Fish
Butterfly fish
Two Butterfly fish
Beautiful Queen Angel
Another Queen Angel - see the "crown" on her head?
Sea Anenome (this Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635729049118482811noreply@blogger.com2