Diving bird encounters

[saf_25]

Kelpmermaid,
It was actually just a year from last Sat. that I saw a cormorant at CAsino Point - at 75 feet. I was with a group of 3 other divers, doing my deep dive for my AOW, and as we were working our way up along the bottom from 100', I saw a group of fish suddenly change direction and swim away. The fast change in movement caught my eye, and as I watched I saw the cormorant chasing them. At the time, I was amazed to see a bird as deep as we were (I checked my gague and we were at 75 feet!), but I have since read that they can go as deep as 100 feet. I've since seen them a couple of other times at the park, but not as deep as that first time. Never seen birds anyplace else, either.

 

[caymaniac]

Once while I was diving in Florida at Crystal River and I had my 12 year old son with me, we were near the Manatee underwater sculpture when we both seen out of the coner of our eyes a bird (what I presumed to be Cormorant) swimming down past our 25 ft. level.
It was a sight I hope I don't forget and I too wish I could have taken a picture. That was one fast bird!

Diving is fun,
Caymaniac

 

[cyklon_300]

dive bombing a baitball at Cocos Is. There were at least two species hunting underwater (I'd have to go look at the trip video again to id them)...

The birds alerted us to the presence of the baitball and we jumped in to see a really frantic display...the baitball was being shredded by the birds hunting from above, and tuna, dolphin, and silky sharks from below. Major food chain action...

 

[Scubaroo]

I've seen a few comorants at the Breakwater in Monterey - including one on a nightdive! Scared the crap out of us. I was poking around along some rocks with the HID, when a bird blew past me through the beam in about 20'. I'm pretty sure that they don't hunt at night, so it was probably an opportunist who thought it would take advantage of the light to score a late night snack

 

[Walter]

I've also seen comorants underwater in the Keys.