Scuba Diving...
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Not certified as of yet, but it is in my list of things to do. I've been twice: once in Grand Cayman and once off the coast of Greece. Both times were awesome. My wife and I plan to be certified sometime next year.
PADI certed for nearly 40 years. Dove nearly everyplace you can think of. Some memorable dives would be the 1st time I dove Pang Nga Bay, Thailand and had a live nautilus tap my mask out of curiosity, the before and after dives in Barrio Bay, PI to witness the changes caused by the Pinatubo volcano, 100 mile out open water diving with sharks off the CA coast, Seeing giant octopus, monster anemones, and seals in the Straits of Juan DeFuca, WA, Diving Devil's Hole, in Death Valley, with pupfish before the state gated off the cavern, Diving the kelp beds off Catalina Island and being visited by porpoises and sea lions while taking pics of hatching garibaldi, diving among over 75 manatee and being followed all morning by a manatee calf while shooting pics of snooks, gar, etc. The list goes on and on.
Very cool everyone. I loved reading all the stories. I mainly dive the quarries here in GA but I'm trying to get a group together to dive for Meg teeth in SC. It's nearing the end of the summer semester and I'm ready for a dive. I try to dive between each semester. Hopefully this Meg tooth dive will pan out. Black water and extinct shark teeth sweet!!!
I've been NAUI certified for about 6 years now, but I haven't gone diving since my open water test. That was in a quarry in PA.
I had a refresher course a few months ago though, and I am definitely interested in going again!
Some of the jobs I am applying for require you to have one, or acquire one.
I had a refresher course a few months ago though, and I am definitely interested in going again!
Some of the jobs I am applying for require you to have one, or acquire one.
Venice is well-known for shark teeth, my professor has a meg tooth from there. Unfortunately, a lot of people know this and you must have SCUBA equipment to find anything there anymore.
However, I do know a nice little freshwater system in the Bradenton area with tons of teeth. When we took the fish biology class collecting there, I was dragging a dip net along the bottom out of laziness (for about 5 seconds) and pulled up an (unverified) bull shark tooth and sand tiger tooth. I would have collected more but the professor was yelling for us and we were walking back. I know a ranger with access to there so I'm hoping to make another trip in a couple of months.
Look for a bottom with gray clay, that's where you'll find teeth in freshwater.
However, I do know a nice little freshwater system in the Bradenton area with tons of teeth. When we took the fish biology class collecting there, I was dragging a dip net along the bottom out of laziness (for about 5 seconds) and pulled up an (unverified) bull shark tooth and sand tiger tooth. I would have collected more but the professor was yelling for us and we were walking back. I know a ranger with access to there so I'm hoping to make another trip in a couple of months.
Look for a bottom with gray clay, that's where you'll find teeth in freshwater.
