Blue Heron Bridge on 2-1

[emcbride81]

I was able to get out of the cold Virginia weather to dive with Glockdiver. We hit the bridge today and had a great dive! GD had a free flow so we had to head back to the beach after 30 minutes.
We only saw the normal assortment of critters for the most part until we ran into this on the way back to the beach...

I had never seen a manatee before so this was a real treat for me. Now back to the cold dark waters of Va/WV!

 

[sportxlh]

so very cool!!! I have been diving the bridge fairly regularly, as of late, and hope to run into one of these as well. stay warm in VA

 

[fisheyeview]

When you could still do the bridge at night we used to go at all hours. One Friday a couple of years ago we hit the water at 2:00 AM. My buddy and I were working different areas of the small bridge. A manatee drifting in the current bumped into my buddy from behind. He never would fess up, but I think it was a code brown scare.

 

[Glock Diver]

It was a great dive (too short b/c of my regulator problem), and it was the first time I've seen a manatee too! So cute, and very curious about us divers

Water was a comfy 69-71 degrees, with about 20 feet of vis.

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

I've had a manatee come across my path a few times at BHB. It's still as exciting as the first time, congratulations! ... and... you got the pic!

I was there for the dive on Sunday too (The guy without a wetsuit, dove the east span)...

I started on the west side of the beach, worked the mooring balls over to the east side. I got a few pics near the west side though...

Good diving to you... I'll be out there this weekend too.

Working out a spring night dive out there. We have a few kayaks that can be launched from the boat ramp and act as our "boats" to make a night dive entrance and exit for a BHB dive

 

[deeper thoughts]

Nice seahorse

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

Nice seahorse(s)

I'm gonna piggy-back on this thread in order to keep things neat for 2/01/09...

I took 164 pics on Sunday (of probably 20 subjects...) Here are some of them;

Octopus... in a new location...

In the "muck" of viz... there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 Eagle Rays

If I'm not mistaken, this is a male, and he's about to deliver....

I have a challenge with shrimp...

The best pics I ever took of a Garden Eel

Jue, canno move jur boat... I vill stay here to keep jur boat from moving...

I am on the job...keeping jur boat from moving....

Stargazer to the rescue!

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

If I bury myself, will you finally leave me alone?

I spit my reg out laughing when I took this [inside joke]... Hog Snapper (Hogfish)

Dude... You haven't left yet?

This Octo used to be in a different area (before all the eggs... cool)

I swear... this looks like a male seahorse, and he looks to deliver soon... Absolutely cool!

Testing my camera settings...

Upsidedown Jellyfish... Genus, not just a Jellyfish that is upsidedown

1/2 of this wreck is visible above the water line during low tide...

 

[jupitermermaid]

As always, great pics! I used to see a stargazer quite a bit under one of the wrecks, but haven't seen any in quite a while. Where did you find him?

 

[mynamehere]

Seriously!!!!!!!!!!, i want to go sometime - any chance i can tag along with someone?

My mom lives like five minutes away - i can come down almost any weekend this month.

I was raised in palm beach county, yet i have never dove the BHB!!!!!