Divers Log

Scuba diving, sharks, conservation, travel, ocean life.

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Happy #FlatSharkFriday!

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Best Places to Dive – #29 🐟🇻🇨
St. Vincent & the Grenadines – You don’t come here for sharks or big pelagics. This is macro country. Frogfish, seahorses, pipefish, and shrimp hide in sand and rubble. Warm water, vis 40–80 ft.
#MacroPhotography #CaribbeanDiving #ScubaTravel

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I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀🦁🐟
Lionfish and scorpionfish don’t swim much. They sit still, waiting for prey to pass. Lionfish stand out with spines and stripes. Scorpionfish vanish against rocks and coral.

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Finger spool > giant reel for most trips. It launches a DSMB, runs a short search, and doesn’t try to knit a macramé plant hanger around your legs.

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Best Places to Dive – #30 ⚓🇻🇬
British Virgin Islands – Wreck diving highlight is the RMS Rhone, broken in two but still massive. Coral reefs are fair, visibility usually 50–80 ft. Marine life: tarpon, turtles, reef fish.
#WreckDiving #BVIDiving #CaribbeanDiving

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I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀🪱🐟
Eels are long fish that hide in holes and crevices. Morays are the most common, often seen with mouths open to pump water over their gills. Garden eels live in groups on sandy slopes, swaying in currents.

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I love #WrasseWednesday!

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Best Places to Dive – #31 🐠🇻🇮
U.S. Virgin Islands– Easy diving with shallow reefs and turtles. Coral took hurricane damage, but recovery is ongoing. You’ll still find rays, tarpon, and reef fish.
#USVirginIslands #CaribbeanDiving #ScubaTravel

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I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀🐟🌊
Fusiliers are slim, colorful schooling fish common in the Indo-Pacific. They feed on plankton in mid-water and move in tight groups that flash as one. They are often found above coral reefs where currents run.

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The best day of the week, it's #TurtleTuesday!

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Best Places to Dive – #32 🦈🇹🇨
Turks & Caicos – Sheer drop-offs where reef sharks cruise the edge. Visibility 70–100 ft most days. Water is bathtub-warm in summer. Coral is patchy in spots but healthy walls still deliver big animals.
#TurksAndCaicos #WallDiving #SharkDiving

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I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀🎶🐟
Grunts are schooling reef fish that get their name from the grunting sound they make by grinding teeth and using their swim bladder. They gather under ledges and feed on invertebrates at night. Porkfish and French grunts are common in the Caribbean.

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It's #MolluskMonday!!

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Best Places to Dive – #33 🐟🏝️
Bahamas (New Providence / Exumas) – Warm water, 60–100 ft vis, and plenty of shark dives. Caribbean reef sharks are almost guaranteed at feeding sites. Reefs vary in health.
#BahamasDiving #SharkDiving #ScubaTravel

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I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀😬🐟
I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀😬🐟
Barracuda are long, silver fish with sharp teeth and an underbite. They often hover alone in mid-water, watching divers. Juveniles may school in shallow reefs. They feed on fish with sudden bursts of speed.

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Magic Eraser on your slate. It erases “Turn at 120 bar” and “Is that tuna?” with equal enthusiasm.

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Best Places to Dive – #34 🐠🇲🇽
Sea of Cortez, Mexico – Whale sharks, sea lions, mobula rays, and schools of jacks. Vis can swing from 30–80 ft, temps from warm to chilly depending on the month.
#SeaOfCortez #MexicoDiving #ScubaTravel

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I Spy With My Scuba Eye 👀⚡🐟
Jacks and trevallies are fast, silver hunters with narrow, bullet-shaped bodies and forked tails. They circle reefs or form schools in open water. Bigeye trevally in the Pacific and horse-eye jacks in the Caribbean are common.

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Travel rule: reg, computer, mask, light in carry-on. Airlines misplace luggage, not consequences.

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Best Places to Dive – #35 🦑🇮🇩
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia – Macro heaven. Frogfish, mimic octopus, cuttlefish, and nudibranchs. Black sand bottoms, low vis.
#MacroPhotography #IndonesiaDiving #ScubaTravel