Mystery Item

[pjhansman]

Can anybody tell me what this is...?

Found it very securely tied to the coral at about 20 feet, maybe 250 yards off the shore at Mile 14 on Maui.

+/- 4 inches diameter and 16 inches long.

 

[JKPAO]

(Bio. or Chem.) Ocean sensor of some sort is my guess?
See you topside! John

 

[lwronk]

Looks to be a scuba cache.

 

[toddster541]

Quite likely it's somebody's experiment. I've found that for some reason, leaving informative tags, and signs saying "please do not touch," just makes them twice as likely to disappear. *sigh*

 

[pjhansman]

Quite likely it's somebody's experiment. I've found that for some reason, leaving informative tags, and signs saying "please do not touch," just makes them twice as likely to disappear. *sigh*

No worries....I left it right where it was, and it's unlikely I could ever find it again.

 

[Tunaman68]

Ha - we found all these strange 'cages' with bolts securing them to the coral on the reef at airport beach last year. Seems like those scientific types are trying to expand their already big brains.

There was a geocache inside the hull of the St. Anthony a couple of years ago - it was a rubber duck in a water bottle.....

Hope you're having fun!!

T

 

[scubahawk27]

It's a marker. It might be one for a scientific experiment. There has been a lot of discussion about a development starting Mauka of the road that could do harm to the reefs there. I have mixed feelings because I make my living building developments but love the marine life and am an serious scuba diver in Maui


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[Shaka Doug]

Is it a Frogfish? I heard they are pretty wierd looking...

Do you have any other pictures of it Phil? I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Dive California]

A Thermograph Temerature Sensor.

 

[grandizer52]

it goes to a catapiller drive...a nearly silent propulsion system, could sound like anything...whale farts