Blue Heron Bridge Trolls

[Biminitwist]

NEVER!
Am pricing a brownie tube to carry an aircraft battery for video power.
Wanted: Double steel 130 cf tanks and backplate, Kelly will still have a 1000 psi more than me at the end....

John

 

[djtimmy77]

Could probably rig a couple cave light canisters to provide auxillary power through some bulkheads we can drill on your housing. Should last you through the double 130s

 

[Biminitwist]

I used them on a previous rig and swore to not go back.
Heck, I can barely stand being tethered to the flag.
Though in fairness I did carry it during the lightning storm Monday.
Can't start training a new spotter now.
Also she is not fond of frequent surfacing to see where I have wandered off to during a long photo shoot.

 

[jimw]

We did the night dive Saturday night at BHB. Very good viz of about 30 ft to start. 84F water temp. We saw several Neck Crabs and a decorator crab, the parrotfish went to sleep early--saw a bunch of'em!

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Nice solo dive this morning 2:45 long. Water a bit cool, but the vis was nice. JahJahWarrior posted a similar photo, and I thought I could never shoot something like that with my camera. That little camera continues to surprise...

A spotted eagle ray sighting. Lower right is a dark area. That is divers standing, getting ready to enter the water. Little did they know the beauty that just went past.

This little fishy is a lucky one..

The bridled goby just sat there for me..

All excited 'cause I thought I found the newly identified Florida Hamlet. Do a little research, and Mtlblock (and others not posting here) have photographed it already at the bridge (and are part of the published paper with the taxonomy of the fish!). And, this is probably a Barred hybrid.. sigh..

Lovely 6" murex

And a mandatory Cratena peregina.. one of the most common nudis at the bridge...(the doto I shot didn't turn out so well)

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One last one for today.
A worm of some sort, I am guessing. I saw about 8" of it, about an inch thick and almost translucent.

 

[Dave C]

Scuba Jenny, I'm no expert and have not even been to BHB (except as a kid to walk over the bridge when my grandmother lived nearby), but the worm-like creature you photographed looks like a sea cucumber to me. It's similar to the "beaded sea cucumber" in Humann's book. I've seen this sort of cucumber several times in the Sea of Cortez.

 

[WetLens]

Oh, another batfish ...

It gets to the point, do I really need another batfish photo? Couldn't resist when I ran across this one on the Saturday night dive.

I've seen a few juvies before, but nothing this small.


I put my waterlogged pinky in the frame to give some size perspective.

 

[WetLens]

'Twas a crabby night at the bridge.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Scuba Jenny, I'm no expert and have not even been to BHB (except as a kid to walk over the bridge when my grandmother lived nearby), but the worm-like creature you photographed looks like a sea cucumber to me. It's similar to the "beaded sea cucumber" in Humann's book. I've seen this sort of cucumber several times in the Sea of Cortez.

Awwwh.. nice. yep, would say you are spot on!

WetLens, love the arrow crab pic!

 

[Raystafarian]

I'll be back at the bridge on the 30th, doing Peak Performance Buoyancy class there.