Ive heard back from DAN and they will come back to me with a formal ID.....Ill let you know.
Koh Tao 20th-23rd August
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Hi Ayesha,
Great to know that you sent off those pix. I've posted a few entries about box jelly fish on my dive blog and there are a few reports of sightings and their consequences in Thai waters.
I also encountered a Morbakka during a wreck exploration trip off Pattaya and made similar shots like you, Morbakka 1 and Morbakka 2.
Great to know that you sent off those pix. I've posted a few entries about box jelly fish on my dive blog and there are a few reports of sightings and their consequences in Thai waters.
I also encountered a Morbakka during a wreck exploration trip off Pattaya and made similar shots like you, Morbakka 1 and Morbakka 2.
funrecdiver
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Hey!
OBTW, where were you when you snapped the photo of the box jelly in the earlier photos and at what depth?
OBTW, where were you when you snapped the photo of the box jelly in the earlier photos and at what depth?
It seems Ayesha took the box jelly pix at Chumpon Pinnacle.
Hi Ayesha,
Although not as potentially dangerous as the Morbakka you shot recently, some of them may still have a punch to reckon with.
John Lipmann will be delighted to get copies with date, location and depth!
The Morbakka was taken at Chumpon Pinnacle - around 14-16m on 19th.
The other 2 were taken on 23rd - the one with the light blue background at around 2m at Southwest Pinnacle, the other one was very close to the surface at Shark Island....
Ill send them to John now....
JellyGirlx
The other 2 were taken on 23rd - the one with the light blue background at around 2m at Southwest Pinnacle, the other one was very close to the surface at Shark Island....
Ill send them to John now....
JellyGirlx
funrecdiver
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Hi limbo and Ayesha,
Thanks for the reminder. I see from the original post it was Chumphon but was not sure it was the Pinnacles. I guess that is assumed if talking from Tao.
Thanks for the depth update as well.
I think it is both amazing and outstanding that Ayesha snapped a photo of a box jelly while taking casual photos.
I keep reminding divers on boats to consider full tropical wet suits versus shorties. Even a full .5 mil tropical suit or a pair on panty hose underneath a shorty, like they do in Aus, would provide a lot good protection.
Safety and health first!
Thanks again Ayesha, for this amazing photo!
Thanks for the reminder. I see from the original post it was Chumphon but was not sure it was the Pinnacles. I guess that is assumed if talking from Tao.
Thanks for the depth update as well.
I think it is both amazing and outstanding that Ayesha snapped a photo of a box jelly while taking casual photos.
I keep reminding divers on boats to consider full tropical wet suits versus shorties. Even a full .5 mil tropical suit or a pair on panty hose underneath a shorty, like they do in Aus, would provide a lot good protection.
Safety and health first!
Thanks again Ayesha, for this amazing photo!
Hey Russ !
Im not sure who you usually dive with on Koh Ta but I am sure you are aware that it is monsoon and a few of the smaller centres are closed....us at Master Divers, Scuba Junction and a handful of others too....we usually all close for November and avoid the rain. Most of the larger dive centres are open though.....
We have had rain - but probably not enough and its certainly not raining continuously like it should.....probably a shower a day or so with a handfull of days that see more.....wind the last few days has been no existent so the water is calm. The vis is averaging about 5m. The more it rains - the more run off - the worse it will get.. and if the weather picks up then it coudl all change... but it'll be 'ok'.
Ayesha
Im not sure who you usually dive with on Koh Ta but I am sure you are aware that it is monsoon and a few of the smaller centres are closed....us at Master Divers, Scuba Junction and a handful of others too....we usually all close for November and avoid the rain. Most of the larger dive centres are open though.....
We have had rain - but probably not enough and its certainly not raining continuously like it should.....probably a shower a day or so with a handfull of days that see more.....wind the last few days has been no existent so the water is calm. The vis is averaging about 5m. The more it rains - the more run off - the worse it will get.. and if the weather picks up then it coudl all change... but it'll be 'ok'.
Ayesha
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