havnmonkey
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My bro is getting his open water cert and has a history of sinus problems, so I took him out to the BHB for some snorkelling to see if he was still having sinus problems ( sinus pain led to him not being able to do his OW class dive a few weeks ago)...
So, we're finning along from the anchored boats toward the pilings area... Right about the time we get parallel to the the last beach section I see something I've never seen before. In about 10fsw I see this:
approximately 12-14" in diameter, about 5-6" in average thickness
light tan and mottled brown color base with many 2-3" long, 1/4" thick tentacles that carpeted the entire top. Mixed in with these tentacles were about 15-20 longer, flat and leaf shaped tentacles (similar in size and dimension to a Swedish Fish gummy candy). These tentacles were bright green.
The whole thing either appeared to be a very large anemone or an upside down jellyfish stuck against the sand bed. It was undulating like a jellyfish might as it swims, but was firmly planted on the bottom.
I didn't have a camera so no pic
but I've been in the water my whole life and have seen dozens, if not more than 100, species of jellyfish.
So, any ideas
So, we're finning along from the anchored boats toward the pilings area... Right about the time we get parallel to the the last beach section I see something I've never seen before. In about 10fsw I see this:
approximately 12-14" in diameter, about 5-6" in average thickness
light tan and mottled brown color base with many 2-3" long, 1/4" thick tentacles that carpeted the entire top. Mixed in with these tentacles were about 15-20 longer, flat and leaf shaped tentacles (similar in size and dimension to a Swedish Fish gummy candy). These tentacles were bright green.
The whole thing either appeared to be a very large anemone or an upside down jellyfish stuck against the sand bed. It was undulating like a jellyfish might as it swims, but was firmly planted on the bottom.
I didn't have a camera so no pic
but I've been in the water my whole life and have seen dozens, if not more than 100, species of jellyfish. So, any ideas
