Diving with octopus

[slackercruster]

Saw a photo of a guy diving with large octopus...possibly in the Pacific(?) What parts of the world can you dive with them? Hard to do...as far as to locate them? Any dangers of getting tied up with the tentacles of a large one?

Thanks

 

[REII]

I understand they are common in the Mediteranean.

TOM

 

[gcbryan]

PNW. Not very hard to locate nor are they dangerous. Harder to find out in the open, usually in their den. Octo's in other parts of the world aren't large by PNW standards.

 

[JahJahwarrior]

Someone here just had a great thread asking if an octopus is useless. You might want to check that out.



On a rabbit trail though, diving in shallow water for scallops (freediving, but I had gear with me to check out a deeper fishing site for my dad...25 feet max, most of the day was freediving) upon entering the boat I find a very tiny octopus sitting on the stern....very small boat, not high above the water, so it probably washed into the side of the boat and crawled just a little to get into the boat. I put it on my face to get a picture taken. I think the thing tried to eat me. Whatever it was, it hurt!!!

 

[all4scuba05]

LMAO...sorry...

 

[cummings66]

of the boat and crawled just a little to get into the boat. I put it on my face to get a picture taken. I think the thing tried to eat me. Whatever it was, it hurt!!!

I knew it. Of course you know better now.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Someone here just had a great thread asking if an octopus is useless. You might want to check that out.



On a rabbit trail though, diving in shallow water for scallops (freediving, but I had gear with me to check out a deeper fishing site for my dad...25 feet max, most of the day was freediving) upon entering the boat I find a very tiny octopus sitting on the stern....very small boat, not high above the water, so it probably washed into the side of the boat and crawled just a little to get into the boat. I put it on my face to get a picture taken. I think the thing tried to eat me. Whatever it was, it hurt!!!

Um ... you did know that an octopus has a beak like a parrot?

And that they incapacitate their prey by injecting a toxin using that beak?

I guess you do now ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[slackercruster]

PNW. Not very hard to locate nor are they dangerous. Harder to find out in the open, usually in their den. Octo's in other parts of the world aren't large by PNW standards.

How do you find them? Are they deep?

PNW...where are some good dive location to see them?

Thanks

 

[battles2a5]

I saw one in the Aegean sea off the coast of Croatia. It was awesome! Those little buggers are like chameleons. One minute you see them, next you don't. They change colors very quickly. They are also amazingly articulate. You can't appreciate how textile and flexible they are until you them in action.

 

[abdiver]

Ive made hundreds of dives around Fort Bragg Calif and have never seen an Octopus. My son received a nasty bite from a small one in a tide pool. He was playing a little rough with it. It took weeks to heal.