So sad to see them go . . .
Alas our friend Will and his friends Deana and James have headed home. But, not before we crammed in several more dives including a great black water trip. For those not familiar with black water diving, it involves floating along with the gulf stream at night, over 400-600’ of water, following a lighted buoy and watching to see what critters come up to feed after dark. These critters are tiny (often less than 1”) and they move fast making them tricky to photograph. Each time I do a black water dive, my photos get a little bit better. Here are my favorites from this week.
When diving at Blue Heron Bridge we are generally looking for the tiny stuff, especially nudibranchs and sea slugs. Will is exceptionally good at spotting tiny critters. Over the course of the last month we found 23 different species. The Dotos and Burmudella are the size of a grain of rice. The others are a bit bigger, but none more than an inch.
Occasionally I look up from my tiny critter hunt to enjoy some of the larger inhabitants. And, this week, we had some sargassum float in. When that happens, fish and invertebrates generally come with it. All of this contributed a few more pictures from this week around the ‘hood.
