New Dive Pictures

[Nate]

Originally Posted by Snappy

I suspect these are some sort of cardinal or something




More pix to follow soon.

These may be very very juvenile porkfish

Also, he was right about the giant hawkfish a couple pages back, cool to have seen as they are fairly rare

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Thanks Wayne, the camera is a Sony with an Ikelite case. Very compact and takes surprisingly decent pictures.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...using&_sacat=0
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[Snappy]

Originally Posted by Nate

These may be very very juvenile porkfish

Also, he was right about the giant hawkfish a couple pages back, cool to have seen as they are fairly rare

What you guys are calling a giant hawkfish is actually a pretty common sight while diving in the PV area. In fact I can't remember not seeing them in all the dives I've done in that area. A few years ago we were spear fishing and I think we ate one. The locals always just call them small groupers however they have some interesting titles for a lot of things.

They could be porkfish I don't know, when it comes to fish names I'm no expert. There were baby fish everywhere so I'm sure I saw just about every kind of fish they have in the bay and didn't know it.

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...using&_sacat=0
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You need to be very careful and make sure the model numbers match exactly. I bought the case that said it would fit my camera online but received a different model as what I ordered was discontinued and as luck would have it my camera didn't fit. They would not refund my $ or accept a return so my nice wife found a slightly used camera on Kijiji to fit the case. It all worked out in the long run so I was lucky.

[Snappy]

Thanks Lance & Wayne.

[Megalodon]

I didn't even know that side of Mexico had such nice sea life. Wow!

[reefan]

Sweet pictures Dude!

[Doc_Polit]

Cool thread.

Thanks for sharing your photos.

[Snappy]

Here's a few pictures that were taken by a fellow diver (Valerie Rommes) last July. She obviously has a better camera than me.

[RESONANCE]

Awesome pictures and very inspirational! Keep posting them!

Just fyi: Giant hawkfish: Cirrhitus rivulatus
http://www.reel1in.com/Giant-Hawkfish.html

google images

Originally Posted by Snappy

What you guys are calling a giant hawkfish is actually a pretty common sight while diving in the PV area. In fact I can't remember not seeing them in all the dives I've done in that area. A few years ago we were spear fishing and I think we ate one. The locals always just call them small groupers however they have some interesting titles for a lot of things.

They could be porkfish I don't know, when it comes to fish names I'm no expert. There were baby fish everywhere so I'm sure I saw just about every kind of fish they have in the bay and didn't know it.