Diving 2
Some more pictures
Keys Dives
A Scrawled Filefish on Molasses Reef. Fairly large. About 2 ft flong.
Honeycomb Cowfish on Molasses Reef. Small fish around 5-6 inches.
Yellowtail Snapper on Molasses Reef. Curious and plentiful. Also delicious and popular in Keys restaraunts.
Black Parrotfish on Molasses Reef. These large parrot fish are among my favorites.
More NC Dives
Got myself an external flash and have started playing with that. The next set of pictures are from June 6 and 7, 2008 on the Gill, Hyde, Stone Tug, and the Pocahontas Tug.
The John D Gill was a tanker sunk in WWII and is 25 miles offshore in 90 ft of water. The Pocahontas is another Tug near the Stone.
The Gill is a big wreck. We dove the stern that is broken up. The pieces are covered with Coral and sponges. Water clarity is very good.
Almost reminds me of the coral fingers in the Keys in places.
This is a Planehead Filefish. This one was on the Gill but we also saw some smaller ones on the Stone and Pocohontas.
The Hyde is always fun. This time there were big sandtigers everywhere. We kept having to stop and let them pass in front, over, or under us. A spectacular day. These shark pictures are not enlarged or cropped in any way. Note the many teeth marks on some of the backs. There are even teeth sticking in the back. Those are females. The males bite them during breeding.
The Hyde was deliberately sunk for a reef so it was cleaned out ahead of sinking. So doors were removed as well as hanging cable. It has a number of great swim throughs.
The two tugs are very close to each other in 60 ft of water and only 14 miles from the inlet. Great entry level NC dives. We also see sandtigers there but they were too far off to get good pictures.
Nice little wrecks.
Another spade fish on the deck of the Pocahontas.