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[nightsea1]

List of resorts using NIGHTSEA gear at Fluorescence Diving around the World « NIGHTSEA. Aggressor Fleet doing fluoro dives with Light & Motion Sola NIGHTSEA lights. For another recent vid that gives some idea of what it's all about, see FluoroDive Bonaire 2013 - YouTube.

Charlie

 

[fishstix]

Thanks to all for the info. Here's a good site: Koh Tao's Fluorescent Night Dive Experience! | UV Dive Koh Tao

 

[Randy g]

I guess since it's blue light ya don't need the pot.

That's optional.

 

[fishstix]

Thanks for the links. I wonder why there are so many operators in Bonaire but none listed in Curacao?

 

[Steve_C]

I do not see anybody in the Florida Keys. Should work on a night dive there.

Anybody know of a shop/boat/guide that does this in the Keys?

 

[LarsB]

Those are what we called black lights back in the 60's when we were smoking pot in our cellars! Does one smoke pot before fluro diving.
Cool stuff! Thanks

Those are NOT black lights.
The state of the art uses blue light instead of UV (Read me first Ultraviolet versus blue excitation light Why NightSea uses blue light for underwater fluorescence).

And no, you don't smoke pot before doing a fluo dive (unless you want to drown in what is probably the most pleasurable way, presumably): Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | UV Night Diving Koh Tao

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List of resorts using NIGHTSEA gear at Fluorescence Diving around the World « NIGHTSEA. Aggressor Fleet doing fluoro dives with Light & Motion Sola NIGHTSEA lights. For another recent vid that gives some idea of what it's all about, see FluoroDive Bonaire 2013 - YouTube.
Charlie

For a more complete list, see Operators who offer fluorescence night dives

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Night diving with fluorescent lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78de8IoRY0M

Some other excellent videos are:

Biofluorescent Night Dive - Dahab/Red Sea (Egypt), Masbat Bay/Mashraba, "Roman Rock" - YouTube
Sola Nightsea Blue Fluorescent Video by Jeff Honda on Vimeo
Visions in Blue, Biofluorescent Night Diving HD Footage on Vimeo
Beyond The Blue
Fluorescent Goatfish changes fluorescent colours in just a few seconds
http://www.liquidmotionfilm.com/FluorescentShark.htm

 

[Doc]

Or, just D.I.Y.

Get yourself an Inova X5-UV ($45), turn it on, slide it into a small u/w flashlight housing (one that uses 2C batteries), leave the original bulb out of it- you have created a $3 housing for your new $45 UV Light.

Skip the filters over your mask.

I use this simple set-up to lead guided night dives all the time. Everybody exits the water all atwitter... not just the ones that have a special mask filter as in the high-priced method. I get good illumination from 5-6' back.

For a brighter look, I stuffed 5 of them in an old Ikelite 6V lantern battery light and did video and stills (stills with a tripod).

More than one way to skin a cat.

Here's what we got with my Olympus 5050....

 

[Kharon]

I wonder if you could just get a monochromatic blue filter and tape it on something like the Princeton Tec Shockwave and get the same effect? Would be a LOT more cost effective.

 

[Doc Harry]

You need a special filter for your dive light to excite the desired spectrum, and then you need a filter for your dive mask to eliminate interferring frequencies. Such filters can also be adapted to camera flash and lens.

There are many, many detailed threads here on Scubaboard pertaining to this subject, like this thread:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/lights/132497-dive-blacklight-uv-light.html

 

[Finneli Felwitch]

Here is another site with a comparison to UV and Blue light. Steffen Beyer - Fluopedia