Amazing slow-mo footage of how fish feed, particularly the sling jaw wrasse and the stone fi...
Underwater Networking
05:28:00
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Ok, so this sounds like an interesting concept, certainly from a dive centre perspective. At least there'll be no more lying about your air consumption to the dive guide. The worrying thing though is it has it's own app store. There better not be any facebooking or twittering going on during the dives!!"With the Aqwary Smart Console it is now easier than ever for divers to connect, and share information about their air supply, location, and more - on a local subaquatic network. Our underwater network is powered by ultrasonic sound, and supports up to 70 divers within 100m range."Link: HERE ...
Night Time Is The Right Time
14:18:00
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So what's something we haven't done for a good little while now ? You've guessed it, a night dive. It was time to rectify that little oversight with a trip up to the North West in the late afternoon to get a pre and post sunset dive in and see what we can see.Surprisingly enough, despite the late hour of arrival, the site was still jumping, with divers getting in and out of the water which was most odd for the hour. But we got in and headed for our private little secluded spot on the main wall. Which happened to be crawling with turtles as it happens, along with their escorts of french and queen angelfish. Magnificent.Feeding frenzyWhilst we...
Under the sea (for 31 days)
09:06:00
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No, it's no the song from the little mermaid but the latest achievement set by Fabien Cousteau and his team where they studied coral reefs in a small chamber 19 metres underwater off the coast of Key Largo. The long-term underwater residence gave them a firsthand glimpse of some never-before-seen underwater phenomena.This mission, Cousteau said, was always about getting people to care about the oceans so they will want to help protect them from overfishing, pollution, climate change and other things humans are throwing at them.Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/05/4216951/fabian-cousteaus-undersea-mission.html#storylink=cpyCousteau,...
Alvin for president
17:20:00
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Some of these are just spectacular. Alvin is back hard at work discovering hundreds of new species in the deep ocean after a $42 million refit."Alvin is functionally a new vehicle," said Harvard University scientist Peter Girguis of the retrofitted sub. The $42 million upgrades include automatic command and control functions, a higher battery capacity, high-definition cameras, and a new forward lateral thruster. "I think the new command-and-control systems make it easier for pilots to manage the sub, so they can participate more in the dive, rather than just drive," said Susan Humphris, the WHOI scientist who supervised the upgrade. "The...
In a gadda da vida
06:56:00
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With no room at the inn available to us on the East side, we elected to go West and play once more in our regular shore diving haunt. There was a slight Northerly and the viz wasn't that great but any dives a good dive.We first stopped off at the statue to get a couple of selfies as Chef Jen was offering a bucket of beer to anyone who provided a photo of their buddy and themselves high-fiving the Guardian. With that taken care off we proceeded out to the main wall for a mooch around and see what was what.Large shoals of triggerfish, fusiliers, snappers, grunts and angel fish were the order of the morning providing a welcome entertainment for...
