Dive Pics - Updated [Archive] - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

cprowler

05-14-2008, 02:24 AM

I just got back from my trip to Provo today and thought I would share some pics I took while diving.

Providenciales, nicknamed "Provo", is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

I took all these pics with a Canon SD550 with a Canon WP-DC80 underwater housing.

This was the first time using the camera so I was/am learning. Here are a few, I'm still going through the rest and will post more later.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0256.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0399.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0119.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0200.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0308.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0366.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0372.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0430.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0445.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0456.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0106.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0522.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0154.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0215.JPG

Chaloupa

05-14-2008, 02:29 AM

Gorgeous pics Bill! Thanks for sharing...what an excellent way to spend your birthday!!!! WOW

Lance

05-14-2008, 02:59 AM

I'd say you've got the hang of that camera, those pics are great. Can't wait to see the rest of them. Nice way to spend your birthday eh?:biggrin:

michika

05-14-2008, 03:07 AM

Fantastic photos, seems like you had a very nice dive, with lots to see!

cprowler

05-14-2008, 04:57 AM

Here is a blurry one but I liked this fish, I did 10 dives and only saw one of these.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0448.JPG

Delphinus

05-14-2008, 05:12 AM

MAN ALIVE I just love the Carribbean for the gorgonian infested reefs. Awesome, just awesome. :)

Question, what was the water temperature like?

cprowler

05-14-2008, 06:04 AM

My dive computer just takes an average and it was 79, on all the dives. I could feel cool and warm spots on some dives that was quite extreme, I would guess a five or six degree swing possibly more. Just about everyone would comment on that after the dive and the dive instructors said it was the warmer shallower water coming back out to the deeper cooler water with the falling tide. I had not experienced anything like that on my other warm water dives so it took me by surprise.

The first thing I thought of was my tank.

S.D

05-14-2008, 09:07 AM

What a fabulous trip!!!!!!

Thank you for sharing your trip with us....delightful pics!

Sarina

cprowler

05-14-2008, 01:32 PM

Thanks everyone, it was a lot of fun taking them, here are some more.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0306.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0240.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0127.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0301.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0318.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0319.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0218.JPG

Treebeard

05-14-2008, 02:08 PM

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them. I can hardly wait until I do my first open water dive in August!

Lance

05-14-2008, 04:58 PM

Love the turtle. How big would you estimate him to be?

Chin_Lee

05-14-2008, 07:35 PM

I'm getting sooooooo jealous. Great pics Bill. I want to move somewhere warm too.......

cprowler

05-14-2008, 08:15 PM

Love the turtle. How big would you estimate him to be?

The one in the first pic was about 20" long or so and the second maybe 30".

cprowler

05-14-2008, 08:16 PM

Thanks guys, here are some more. The first one was coming straight at me and was just veering away when I took the pic. The others are a bit blurry...they were circling us for about 20 min or so and take turns swimming through us checking us out I guess. Kind of cool...I have seen sharks before diving but they didn't like us getting close and would keep their distance or take off.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0235.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0225.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0229.JPG

Chowder

05-14-2008, 10:40 PM

Great Pictures .

Jason McK

05-15-2008, 05:16 AM

Too Close Too close!!!!!!!

cprowler

05-15-2008, 06:36 AM

Yeah the last one came real close, I was tempted to touch it but I thought that might not be the smartest thing to do, kind of like starting a reeftank. :neutral: But hey, I never claimed to be that smart. :mrgreen: All deadly seriousness aside it was only about 3 1/2 to 4' long, it didn't concern me as much as the first one that was coming right at me.

Snappy

05-15-2008, 12:59 PM

Awesome pictures!!! Thanks for sharing.

cprowler

05-15-2008, 02:19 PM

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0257.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0368.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0507.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0497.JPG

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Treebeard

05-15-2008, 02:34 PM

Beautiful pictures! Keep them coming please!

Jason McK

05-15-2008, 02:56 PM

Can I get a frag......

surgeonfish

05-15-2008, 03:07 PM

Where you using an underwater flash?

cprowler

05-15-2008, 03:34 PM

Where you using an underwater flash?

I did on that last one, I lust left the flash on auto. I have another one I'll dig up of a lobster, flash went off since it was hiding in a den.

OCDP

05-15-2008, 04:20 PM

Wow!!

I hope you dont mind Bill, but I am using the one shot of the gorg on this page as a wallpaper. Stunning photos!! :biggrin:

niloc16

05-15-2008, 04:36 PM

these are WICKED. did you bring any frags home :biggrin:

workn2hard2day

05-15-2008, 10:22 PM

Amazing pictures! I get freaked out thinking about diving. The movie with the 2 people who get left behind, has made me a chicken.

cprowler

05-18-2008, 05:57 AM

Wow!!

I hope you dont mind Bill, but I am using the one shot of the gorg on this page as a wallpaper. Stunning photos!! :biggrin:

Not at all.

cprowler

05-18-2008, 06:02 AM

these are WICKED. did you bring any frags home :biggrin:

No...I must say the thought did cross my mind and then right after I pictured myself in a Caribbean jail. :mrgreen:

cprowler

05-18-2008, 06:05 AM

Amazing pictures! I get freaked out thinking about diving. The movie with the 2 people who get left behind, has made me a chicken.

I believe the movie is Open Water....just think of the shark pic's I could get. :wink:

cprowler

05-18-2008, 06:32 AM

I did on that last one, I lust left the flash on auto. I have another one I'll dig up of a lobster, flash went off since it was hiding in a den.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0407.JPG

cprowler

05-18-2008, 04:11 PM

This dive operator is one of the best I have dove with, they make a diagram of every dive site and give a detailed briefing. Here is a quick shot of the briefing and some pics of the dive.

Here are two write ups of the dive site that I plagiarized from this website
http://www.dunbankin.com/provo2003/

Thunderdome - "Thunderdome . Just 100m inshore from Chimney (we did both sites in one dive), Thunderdome is the site of the underwater tasks that the contestants had to carry out in a 1980's French "Survivor"-style game show. Like the Thunderdome in the Mad Max movie, it was a hemispherical iron grillwork dome, sitting on a sand floor at 15m, and with a single narrow entrance/exit at the top, about 8m deep. Contestants had to free-dive down and search for "pearls" hidden in the dome, begging lungfuls of air from scantily-clad "mermaids" with scuba tanks. Back on shore at the "Tiki huts" where they lived, they could exchange the pearls for food and water. Unfortunately the show was canned after two contestants suffered lung damage - they hadn't been trained to breathe out when surfacing from the dome. We saw a friendly nurse shark swimming around the Thunderdome, keeping an eye on us."

The Chimney - Not a real chimney but a cut out in the wall that looks like a chimney, I guess. Here is the quote, "Chimney. Flat reef-top at about 12m, leading to abrupt vertical wall going down to 5,000ft. Partially enclosed vertical chimney to swim down through from the reef top, emerging at about 27m. Sensational corals and sponges on the wall - tubes, barrels, elephant ear, fans etc. Sharks passing by off the wall below us, turtles on the reef top, lobsters waving their tentacles at us from crevices in the wall, moray eels on the reeftop swimming between and lurking under coral heads. Lots of good reef fish."

http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0059.JPG

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http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0530.JPG

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http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0541.JPG

fishoholic

05-19-2008, 05:12 AM

WOW and double WOW!!!!! Although I think I'd freak if a shark got that close to me :eek:

cprowler

05-19-2008, 05:50 AM

WOW and double WOW!!!!! Although I think I'd freak if a shark got that close to me :eek:

It's lots of fun. :mrgreen:

cprowler

05-19-2008, 06:27 AM

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0231.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0217.JPG

Snappy

05-19-2008, 07:27 AM

Great pictures. I am going through scuba withdrawl looking these.:wink:

cprowler

05-19-2008, 03:36 PM

I noticed on my first dive that there were some Candycane (or trumpet, not sure) skeletons so I looked for any that were alive but just found skeleton after skelton. I did finally find one on my last dive, I'll get back to that I'm digging up the pics.

I noticed on this next pic that the brain coral does not look good, I didn't notice on the dive. Can anyone confirm this?

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0468.JPG

cprowler

05-19-2008, 04:28 PM

Ok here are some of the skeletons, I did find a much larger on that I guess is in the same family. I would guess the heads were twice the size, I got a pic with flash and with out. The last one I thought was a Candycane but now looking at the pics I'm not so sure.

As you can tell I'm not familiar with Candycanes or brains, I never hand one. :mrgreen:

Anyway I thought it was sad to see corals dieing I saw many more just took a few pics.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0105.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0373.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0412.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0272.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0273.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/reef/IMG_0548.JPG

lorenz0

05-24-2008, 07:28 PM

Amazing pictures. This is just taunting me cause i haven't been on a drive for 3 years now.

Gorgous pictures, wall dives are always fun until you hit an up-current

cprowler

06-24-2008, 03:01 AM

I finally got out to do some local diving yesterday. Here is a pic from Tilly Point Caverns on Pender Island. I killed the screen on my dive camera but took it anyway, it's kinda hard taking pics when you don't know what mode your in or the what the settings are Never mind getting the subject in the screen. So I only got these that are even close to viewable.

Here is a pic of Jason Mck. and Jack about to get in.

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/IMG_0027.JPG

One of Jack taking a picture. I know...but this is the best one I got.

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/IMG_0037.JPG

cprowler

06-24-2008, 04:20 AM

The last two that I'll post, Jack sent me some of his that I'll get up in a bit.

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/IMG_0035.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/IMG_0040.JPG

RSM

06-24-2008, 04:34 AM

Jealous!

cprowler

06-24-2008, 04:35 AM

Here are a few of jacks pics

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/BillandJasonBoatJune_006.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/BillandJasonBoatJune_011.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/BillandJasonBoatJune_014.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/BillandJasonBoatJune_017.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/BillandJasonBoatJune_018.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating&diving/BillandJasonBoatJune_019.JPG

Jason McK

06-24-2008, 05:11 AM

You know what they say. Cold water diving add 45lbs. LOL

Great shots Guys

J

justinl

06-24-2008, 05:20 AM

You know what they say. Cold water diving add 45lbs. LOL

Great shots Guys

J

... and a drysuit!! I did one local dive with a wetsuit without hood or gloves. mistake mistake mistake!

Delphinus

06-24-2008, 07:21 PM

Neat. :) What was the water temp for you guys?

Jack

06-27-2008, 12:08 AM

Tony I had 46f temp.

Most of my photo's didn't turn out cause of low vis, marine snow, and the lack of skill.

Delphinus

06-27-2008, 12:16 AM

Yikes, Brrrrrr!!!!! :lol: I would have guessed it would have warmed up to double-digits by now?

Marlin65

06-27-2008, 04:19 AM

Very cool, and nice boat.
You know who to see if you break you windshield.:wink:

Dale

06-27-2008, 04:27 AM

Yikes, Brrrrrr!!!!! :lol: I would have guessed it would have warmed up to double-digits by now?

Tony, that isss warm :mrgreen:

cprowler

09-02-2008, 04:37 AM

Some new pics from today.

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/tp0908-1.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/tp0908-2.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/tp0908-5.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/tp0908-6.jpg

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/tp0908-7.jpg

Jason McK

09-02-2008, 05:01 AM

That Crab was HUGE. It's one craw was the size of my hand

J

cprowler

09-02-2008, 05:54 AM

I was having a hard time taking one with your hand there for perspective, after 3 or 4 attempts this is the only half decent one. It doesn't quite show the size of that thing. it was freaking huge, about the size of pumpkin.

http://www.zld.ca/reef/tp0908-8.jpg

Sebae again

09-02-2008, 06:02 AM

Nice pics. Where were they taken ? Was the crab invited to dinner ?

Treebeard

09-02-2008, 02:52 PM

We just returned from a 4 day vacation at Parksville and I did dives 2 and 3 on my way to my NAUI certification at Tyee Cove. I was totally blown away by the diversity of life! We saw stars of all colors and sizes, rock fish, anemones, some sort of jelly fish and cucumbers. We were planning on doing dives 4 and 5 at Madrona Point, but the weather was not great so I will be completing my certification in Mexico. But we plan on making yearly trips back to the Island and do many more dives.

Delphinus

09-02-2008, 04:01 PM

Mmmm, Madrona point. :cool: I hung out there well before that place had houses on it. I'm glad the very tip was left as public access.

Ever dived off Hornby? Supposedly there's a spot off Hornby you can find six-gill sharks, one spot out of very few outside tropical waters.

Jason McK

09-02-2008, 04:30 PM

Six gills haven't been seen at Hornby for a couple of years. Don't know why. They are diving in Barkly sound now for Six Gills. Whytecliff park in West Vancouver had a reported white gill sighting a couple of weeks ago.

These dives where done at Tilly point off Pender Island.

J

cprowler

12-01-2008, 02:17 PM

Marlin65

12-01-2008, 04:01 PM

There is nothing wrong with 1800 pictures for a holiday.:wink:
looking forward to them all.:biggrin:

Snappy

12-01-2008, 04:35 PM

Hey, I just returned from St. Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico and I got a chance to dive them all. I'm going through the pics right now, all 1800 between my above and below water cameras.....I know I know I have some serious issues. I'll try to find a few to post.
You've got some mad photo skills so I am looking forward to seeing them. I will be doing a few dives in Mexico this week so going through this thread again has got me all excited.:wink:

cprowler

12-02-2008, 02:56 AM

Your far too kind Greg, unfortunately these pics were more of a challenge.

I was just about to post the St. Thomas pics this morning before I went out for the day but something happend.....gone...:twised: :biggrin:

Anyway it was a cruise out of San Juan Puerto Rico and after that stayed in PR for another 4 days. The visibility this time of year is not great, it was mostly overcast and a bit silty reducing vis to around 50' at some locations. Since it was a cruise you don't get the best dive sites at a paticular location but I made the best of it. :wink:

Here are the St. Thomas pics and I just got the call from work and I have to leave in the morning for a few days so the rest will come later. The first dive site was a reef the second was some old US Army barges that the troops were housed in and were sunk in the bay after they were not needed.

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0241.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0249.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0256.JPG

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http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0292.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0293.JPG

cprowler

12-02-2008, 02:57 AM

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http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0298.JPG

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http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0303.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0304.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0305.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0306.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0313.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0314.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0324.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0325.jpg

Chaloupa

12-02-2008, 03:05 AM

Awesome pics! Can't wait to see more!

tang daddy

12-02-2008, 03:43 AM

I don't know how I missed these wonderful pics.....

I don't scroll down this far usually but wow keep em coming Bill.

I envy you cause you get a real big view of the beautiful reef 3d is always the way to go.

Delphinus

12-02-2008, 05:36 AM

Wow amazing!! I especially love the maze brain and the Venus sea fan .. :)

cprowler

12-08-2008, 05:46 AM

Well I'm back from a week away working and after two hours of going through more pics here are the Dominica dive pics. I'll go through more tomorrow.

On the second dive we went to a place they call Champagne, it is a volcanic vent on the sea floor that releases hot water and some gases making bubbles.

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0362.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0408.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0400.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0364.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0330.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0437.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0337.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0352.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0353.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0360.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0365.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0369.JPG

The tang is about 4" to give you a idea of the scale.
http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0376.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0384.JPG

cprowler

12-08-2008, 05:46 AM

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0394.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0393.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0406.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0416.JPG

This is whats left of a Canon from a old wreck that has disinigrated over the years.
http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0417.JPG

Here are the volcanic vents
http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0431.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0432.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0434.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0435.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0438.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0419.JPG

cprowler

12-08-2008, 05:47 AM

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0421.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0422.JPG

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http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0446.JPG

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http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0464.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0468.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0475.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0476.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0490.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0492.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0357.JPG

Delphinus

12-08-2008, 06:00 AM

Would you consider adopting me and taking me with you on your next trip? I'll make myself fit in a suitcase and promise to be really good.

Crap did I say that out loud. Errr, I mean ... great pictures. :)

Jason McK

12-08-2008, 06:04 AM

Amazing Pics Cprowler WOW

J

Chaloupa

12-08-2008, 06:12 AM

woohooo pictures are well worth the wait...anymore???

cprowler

12-08-2008, 06:19 AM

Thanks guys, that's it for Dominica I'll go through the Barbados pics tomorrow and post them.

JDigital

12-08-2008, 09:50 PM

Amazing photos on the last page.. Fantastic!!

brizzo

12-08-2008, 10:22 PM

Thanks guys, that's it for Dominica I'll go through the Barbados pics tomorrow and post them.

Tomorrow ?!?!

Edit: haha, I guess that's today....

ElGuappo

12-08-2008, 10:55 PM

Great pics.....

cprowler

12-09-2008, 08:31 AM

Barbados pics...finally. Visibility was not great there was quite a bit of silt stirred up. The first dive was a reef and the second a sandy bay that had three wrecks in it.

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0499.JPG

This is a fish trap, they said it has to be emptied every couple of days or eels get in and eat the fish.
http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0506.JPG

Eel in it.
http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0507.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0519.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0504.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0510.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0512.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0513.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0514.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0516.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0520.JPG

http://www.zld.ca/boating-diving/IMG_0527.JPG

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cprowler

12-09-2008, 08:32 AM

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cprowler

12-09-2008, 08:33 AM

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cprowler

12-09-2008, 08:33 AM

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TheRealBigAL

12-09-2008, 08:47 AM

Very nice pics !!!!!!

fishytime

12-09-2008, 03:15 PM

Freaking amazing!!!!!! Thank you for sharing.

Delphinus

12-09-2008, 06:59 PM

Those ARE amazing. :eek: WOW.

Do you know anything about the wrecks? Ie., what ships were they and when were they sunk? The steel one doesn't really look that old to me. I assume the cannons are from something WAY older.

And .. oh .. said it before but man the gorgonian diversity is amazing, love those seafans and seawhips. The brains too. Those Diploria brains look like ... well, real brains. :lol: It's too bad we can get frags of those in the hobby. Oh well, it's probably better that they be protected like that.

argan

12-09-2008, 07:15 PM

Love the Sebae Anemones! And the Turtle shots wow.

You are getting really good at picture composition:painting:

cprowler

12-09-2008, 08:01 PM

I'm not sure about the bay it's just down from the ship terminal. The 3 ships have only been there 5 years or so I would guess, they also had some things for snorkelers to check out in a bit shallower water. They just scattered some anchors and other stuff like the cannon in the bay to make a boring sandy bay into a interesting snorkeling/dive location loaded with life and fish.

Here are two shots before the second dive (nice and sunny), the two after the 60 minute dive (rainy) and some snorkelers arrived in that time.

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cprowler

12-13-2008, 01:40 AM

Just back in town from work again so here is St. Lucia.

It was not a very nice day when we were there, with the overcast skies and reduced light I didn't get many shots but I did get a few.

They had these fluorescent blue sponges that almost glowed that I thought were kind of cool.

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fishoholic

12-13-2008, 02:34 AM

WOW! Thank-you for all the eye candy! You took some really amazing pictures, I'm glad you shared them :biggrin: Keep them coming!

Doo

12-13-2008, 03:04 AM

Fantastic pictures - great job - thank you for sharing :)

Marlin65

12-13-2008, 03:11 AM

Very nice I think you are ready for a DSLR with duel strobes.:wink:
First class pictures mine never turn out that great.
Very much enjoyed them.

cprowler

12-13-2008, 05:47 AM

I'm glad you guys liked them, I was wondering if I was boring everyone. Three more dive sites to go....

Snappy

12-13-2008, 07:04 AM

Those pictures are spectacular!!!! Thank you for sharing.:mrgreen:

hillegom

12-13-2008, 07:15 AM

Never boring, always looking forward to more

cprowler

12-14-2008, 06:15 PM

I finally finished going through the last of the dive pics, here are the last three dive sites. I've kept them short so we can all move on...:mrgreen:

It's hard to believe three weeks ago I was diving in all these warm places and today it's snowing and -8 with the wind. :sad:

Here is Antigua.

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cprowler

12-14-2008, 06:16 PM

St. Kitts

Another guy from the ship and I had the dive boat to our selvs this day, or so we thought. We were told we had to pick up a couple from thier boat.

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cprowler

12-14-2008, 06:16 PM

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cprowler

12-14-2008, 06:17 PM

San Juan

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That it.....

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LeeR

12-14-2008, 06:51 PM

great inspiration!

thanks.

GreenSpottedPuffer

12-14-2008, 08:57 PM

Amazing pics!

Sounds like you go to the caribbean a lot! :mrgreen: I go once a year or so. My fiance is from Trinidad and Tobago so we go down for family stuff but I try to dive in Tobago as much as possible. I would highly recommend Tobago (absolutely gorgeous--was the inspiration for Treasure Island) and Bucco Reef. As well as Nylon Pools. Both are protected reefs now and doing quite well. Bucco supposedly has the largest Brain coral (of its species) in the world. Its ridiculously big...

If you go deep enough, we found Gorgonians near the drop off that were about 12' tall I would say. It was crazy. Bright red.

Anyways, if you are ever planning another trip and want to consider going that far south, I can give you some ideas. My fiance and I actually just inherited a vacation house in Tobago that we may end up renting out. Its right near the water. We are also debating moving down there in a few years too once we are married :mrgreen:

Keep the pics coming if you have more! I think they are great!

Snappy

12-14-2008, 09:58 PM

AWESOME!!!!!!!
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Tom R

12-14-2008, 11:35 PM

Great pictures Bill

Skimmerking

12-15-2008, 12:01 AM

Bill what the heck do you do anyways. going away like that and not taking us with you...

cprowler

12-15-2008, 06:53 AM

cprowler

12-15-2008, 06:55 AM

Thanks everyone for looking and posting, I hope to add to the pics before too long.

cprowler

03-22-2010, 07:06 AM

Well I went diving on Saturday and went with SeaDragon Charters out of Horseshoe Bay. We dove off Bowyer Island and Anvil Island and It turned out to be a outstanding day of diving.

The visibility was quite good, I'm guessing around 50 ft. The second dive I came across a seal at around 55 ft and it checked me out for a bit before taking off. That's the first good look I have had at a seal, usually they stay just far enough away that it's hard to see them in the murky water.

On the way back to HSB we came across a giant pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins, they played in our wake for a bit as you will see.

The first Dive was called The Canyons just off Bowyer Island and The second was called Christine Island witch is just a rock in front of Anvil Island.

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You can just make out some seals on the rocks if you use a magnifying glass :mrgreen:

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VIDEO

http://www.vimeo.com/10338872

http://www.vimeo.com/10339806

http://www.vimeo.com/10341211

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Delphinus

03-22-2010, 07:22 AM

Jealous !!! Awesome pictures man!!!

Treebeard

03-22-2010, 01:50 PM

Thanks for posting the pictures and videos!
What was the water temperature?

superduperwesman

03-22-2010, 02:49 PM

Wow! All of these are very cool!

blueyota

03-22-2010, 03:07 PM

What a collection of photos ....Nice very nice :biggrin:

Lance

03-22-2010, 03:46 PM

Cool! Thanks for those. :biggrin:

fishoholic

03-22-2010, 05:25 PM

Cool pic.'s thanks for sharing :biggrin:

hillegom

03-22-2010, 09:56 PM

Just read the whole thread. Amazing pics. This should inspire others to dive.
Thanks

cprowler

03-22-2010, 11:40 PM

Thanks everyone, they were a blast to take.

Treebeard - I don't know what it was, my computer needed a new battery, I borrowed one from the Boat and it didn't have the temp.

Stumbling across the giant pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins was the icing on the cake after some great diving, the coolest part of them for me was when they go on their side to look up at us looking down at them.

If you click on the video links it takes you to vimeo and I have about 10 videos their, my first time trying video.

I don't know if I'll use this thread anymore, I started it a couple of years ago and have a few dive trips on it now. It takes too long to open since it's so large, a real PITA.