Mike Boswell
Contributor
In the 90's pre-cruise ship pier era, I conducted a PADI underwater naturalist specialty class in Coz (shore diving). We spent 90% of the dive around a single coral head with a magnifying glass and identified over forty different critters and fish. It is amazing how much we "miss" on a normal dive and how much we can see if we just slow down. I enjoying taking a quality magnifying glass down from time to time and going slow....
Interesting. Lots of people like to poke fun at the PADI "basket weaving" specialties, but after all, isn't seeing stuff the whole point of diving?