Crazy amounts of Scuba and Skin Dive Pics from Cuba!

[untamed]

Awesome pics btw...what camera equipment are you using?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by untamed

Please correct me if I'm wrong...but the lionfish aren't supposed to be there right? Aren't they an introduced species to the Caribbean?

You are correct the lionfish are native to Indo=Pacific and were some how introduced into the Caribbean. I remember reading about it and heard of other divers seeing 1 or 2 but I figured I would be very lucky to see one. However there are tonnes of these guys, either they are missing a natural predator or something about the new environment increases breading. You could look under almost any rock and find some, often up to six under a single boulder. Cuba is already over fished and there are very little fish compared to other areas I've been, I don't think these lions are going to be a good thing.

Originally Posted by untamed

Awesome pics btw...what camera equipment are you using?

Thanks. I used a Canon G9 and Canon underwater case. No strobes/flash, I set the camera's aperture to the max setting of 2.8 so it brought in as much light as possible and I always got the fastest shot. Very happy with the camera, but you sure use a lot more air trying to figure it out underwater