Blue Heron Bridge Trolls III

[Green Frog]

Dove the bridge today. visibility was good!

It's probably not uncommon but i was delighted to see a manatee just off the east end of the beach. video:


i was surprised it kept coming closer, need to learn more about how they behave.

Also saw a good sized nurse shark under the east bridge.

That was a very productive dive. The last time I went swimming with manatees was about 30 years ago at Crystal River. One interesting experience was watching a big ole T grazing on the algae on the pontoon of our boat. Even better was watching one lift and move the anchor weight of the marker buoy indicating the no boat zone, effectively expanding his “territory”. They are interesting beasties, aren’t they?

 

[mattfish]

I’ve been streaming the Coral City Cam from Miami. It would be so awesome to have an underwater web cam like that at BHB.

 

[NitroxSam]

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[PBcatfish]

Dove the bridge today. visibility was good!

It's probably not uncommon but i was delighted to see a manatee just off the east end of the beach. video:


i was surprised it kept coming closer, need to learn more about how they behave.

Also saw a good sized nurse shark under the east bridge.

A couple of years ago, one of them would circle the BHB island for several hours every day