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Scuba Forum / General / February 2004A Very Memorable Dive in Cozumel
Two divers from Germany who had never seen a juvenile drumfish were diving with us. We went to Las Palmas for the second dive as a location likely to encounter those juvenile drumfishes. The irony was that we DID NOT see a juvenile drumfish, but we saw practically everything else we could hope to see in Cozumel, all on the ONE dive -- with pix to show -- thus disproving Photog's First Law that when one FORGETS to bring the camera, everything shows up. <G> Among the critter we saw on that 60-minute dive: 2 batfish! One red and one greyish brown. I had never seen one in Cozumel before, or in the Caribbean for that matter. 2 scorpionfish. 1 large seahorse (6 inch) dark brown with white stripes. 1 spotted eagle ray. 2 turtles, one large one tiny. 1 Caribbean King crab and a cluster of lobsters (often seen there). 1 large octopus whose eyeball was tennis ball size -- that's all the shot showed. 2 spotted moray eels. 1 sharptail eel -- haven't seen one of those in Cozumel for about 8 years. Yes, there were plenty of reef fishes too. <G> -- Bob. Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :The irony was that we DID NOT see a juvenile drumfish, but we saw :practically everything else we could hope to see in Cozumel, all on the :ONE dive -- with pix to show -- thus disproving Photog's First Law that :when one FORGETS to bring the camera, everything shows up. <G> Do we get to see these pix? Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) pounded away at his > keyboard resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Do we get to see these pix? If I can remember how to put them up in a public site for viewing. Also, since the pix were taken by the same POS (ReefMaster 200 digital) as you have, the quality of the pix leave much to be desired -- would more or less only serve as mug shots as evidence. -- Bob. Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :If I can remember how to put them up in a public site for viewing. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/learn2/HowItWorks4_Free.html Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :Also, since the pix were taken by the same POS (ReefMaster 200 digital) :as you have, the quality of the pix leave much to be desired -- would :more or less only serve as mug shots as evidence. I thought the ones from Poynesia were rather nice. Did you go to Coz during carnival again this year? Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) pounded away at his > keyboard resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I thought the ones from Poynesia were rather nice. That was the one time in about 10 years I put some pix on a web (by Sony, I believe) that I am trying to remember how to do it. Somebody else told me to try the Yahoo page. Will take another look when I get home. > Did you go to Coz during carnival again this year? Only half of it. It was Feb 18-24 this year, but somebody had beaten me to booking MY room, so I didn't get here till the 22nd, but caught that parade and the finale which had FIREWORKS, for the first time, I was told. The POS took the firework pix quite well. Our room was the perfect location for looking at the fireworks because it was between the Pro Dive pier and the Aldora pier, from which the fireworks were fired. When they cross-fired at each other, we were right in the middle! That waw quite a show during the 3-hour parade. -- Bob. > Two divers from Germany who had never seen a juvenile drumfish were > diving with us. We went to Las Palmas for the second dive as a location [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > -- Bob. Who did you dive with?...No extra deep dive? Jack > Two divers from Germany who had never seen a juvenile drumfish were > diving with us. We went to Las Palmas for the second dive as a location [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > -- Bob. Wot, no partridge in a pear tree :-) [\]Robert Wood The St. Lawrence River - fresh, warm, visible diving. mailto:rgwood@magma.ca > > Among the critter we saw on that 60-minute dive: > > > > 2 batfish! One red and one greyish brown. I had never seen one in > > Cozumel before, or in the Caribbean for that matter. > > 1 large seahorse (6 inch) dark brown with white stripes. > > 1 spotted eagle ray. > > 2 turtles, one large one tiny. > > 1 large octopus whose eyeball was tennis ball size -- that's all the > > shot showed. > > 1 sharptail eel -- haven't seen one of those in Cozumel for about 8 years. > > Wot, no partridge in a pear tree :-) Actually there was a gold chain on a black coral tree at 218 fsw off Columbia Deep. I looked for it on the first dive, as I had unsuccessfully looked for it on several occasions since I planted it there around year 2000. :-) To answer Jack sloan's question about dive shop and diving deep, The shop was Caballito del Caribe (http://www.seahorsecozumel.com/) Dan Bracuk dived with us on it last year Coz Mardi Gras time. We liked especially its late start (10 am) -- by the time we get to dive sites, almost everyone else is gone. Perhaps that's why we see so many critters. The Las Palmas dive was a shallow dive -- did not dive deeper than 70 fsw, and most of the finds were between 45 fsw and 60 fsw. -- Bob. The world must be ending. Bob Ling mafe a post without resorting to name-calling or other childish tactics like he did in a LU post. Ron Lee >Two divers from Germany who had never seen a juvenile drumfish were >diving with us. We went to Las Palmas for the second dive as a location [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >-- Bob. Why do you try to bait him, Ron? Ed in Spokane - just back from Coz trip # 20 :-) > The world must be ending. Bob Ling mafe a post without resorting to > name-calling or other childish tactics like he did in a LU post. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > >-- Bob. > Why do you try to bait him, Ron? Because he is an IDIOT who has nothing to contribute in scuba but the same whine about "childish", "name-calling", blamed on his "jihad". Pat says, "I call you a friend because you are a friend." I say, "I call Ron an IDIOT because, and only because, he is an IDIOT." And Ron furnishes proof EVERY TIME that he so deserve the title. > Ed in Spokane - just back from Coz trip # 20 :-) -- Bob. Still on the same trip ... lost track of Coz trip No. after the first 50 few years ago. :-) > > The world must be ending. Bob Ling mafe a post without resorting to > > name-calling or other childish tactics like he did in a LU post. > > > > Ron Lee
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