I’ve posted some photos recently from the shark and cenote dives. Now here are some photos from our reef dive.
Bull Sharks!!
Blair and I had a great day of diving with Bull Sharks. Unfortunately, they didn’t get very close to us in the water, unlike our last dive with them. I know that sounds like a strange thing to say (…wanting sharks to get closer to us), but it isn’t a scary thing. It was just hard to get good photos of them when they stayed far away.
Regardless, here are some of the best photos from this day.
Mexican Cenotes
I’ve had the chance to scuba dive in several great locations across the globe. That includes doing a bunch of Cenotes (cavern) diving in eastern Mexico. Here are a few photos from my recent Cenote dives.
me…..taken with my camera by my dive buddy
Our dive guide on this day - Shawn
Bonaire Diving
Its hard to believe it’s only been 9 months since we were in Bonaire. It feels more like 10 years to me. Weird how time feels different depending on what’s going on in our lives.
Anyway, I took this photo at the scuba diving shop at our resort during our time in Bonaire. They have all these painted rocks from people all over the world. These are just a small sample of the total.
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Gibson's Dive Charter
The annual guys Great Lakes ship wreck scuba diving trip is coming up in August. It’ll be here before I know it (you know how times flies). That had me thinking about last year’s trip… So I went back and found this photo I took with the drone looking down at us between dives.
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Bull Sharks
We had a wonderful time scuba diving recently with 12 female bull sharks off the Playa del Carmen beach in Mexico. It was a nice relaxing; slow paced dive watching these great creatures swim around us (no cage). I can’t get enough of the sharks. I’ve dove with Great Whites, Tiger sharks, Sand Tiger Sharks, Bull Sharks, Reef sharks, Caribbean sharks, etc…. Such wonderful animals. Wow, what a great day diving with Phocea Mexico!! Check them out if you are ever in this area and want to dive with Bull Sharks, reef dives or in the cenotes.
Bull Shark
Bull Shark
Scorpionfish
I have two unusual pictures for you today from my recent
vacation. I love to scuba dive and try to do it every chance I get, but I don’t post many underwater
photos. During the trip, I got a
chance to dive in St. Kitts and St. Lucia. Both locations were great, but I preferred the diving in St.
Lucia. That being said, I captured
two unique photos from my St. Kitts dives. I got photos of two different types of Scorpionfish.
I don’t know the specific name of this type of Scorpionfish. They are extremely hard to find because they sit on the bottom or in coral for hours without moving. They hide very well waiting for fish to swim by for them to eat. I actually didn’t see this one, the dive guide pointed it out to me. They are extremely dangerous if you touch them due to the poison they have on them. They are not aggressive so you can get close to look at them, but you don’t want to touch them.
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The second one is a Lionfish, which is also from the Scorpionfish family. Unfortunately, this type of fish isn’t supposed to be in the Caribbean, but it’s becoming a very common thing. These fish have been released into the Caribbean from individuals who had them in their fish tanks. The Lionfish has no natural enemy in this area and they kill a massive amount of other fish. They are spreading like crazy and hurt the normal caribbean fish to the point they are going to threaten the natural order of things.
Lionfish - part of the Scorpionfish family
Here are two link to a few past diving photos in my blog:
I also posted a few Great White Shark pictures in the past in my Picture Gallery
Warning Signs While Caving Diving
In August, I traveled to the Tulum area of Mexico. While I was there, I scuba dived some cenotes, which are very common in that area. The water is crystal clear and the cave systems are very cool. This is the warning sign prior to entering one of the caves.
