RickI
Contributor
I went diving with Capt. Popeye and DM Skip with Aqua Life Divers out of Pompano on Sunday morning, April 16, 2023. The first dive was on the Third Reef, the Berry Patch. Visibility was poor. I thought it might have been better from what I had seen kitesurfing in recent days but no joy. A packet of turbid water from the recent major wind and rain event must have moved in. Anyway, I get down to the bottom scooter free diving and notice a bunch of white turbid stuff all over. I thought some large sharks had kicked up the bottom. Looking closer lots of barrel sponges were smoking, pushing out spermatazoa and possibly ova, spawning in short. Visibility on the bottom had be reduced by all the white matter drifting around significantly. I don't recall seeing quite so much activity like this before and decided to collect some imagery. Sorry about the poor image quality but both the visibility and light were low.
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#barrelsponge #Porifera #spongespawning #freediving #freedivingphotography #scooterfreediving #aqualifediving