Muck diving?
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It's pretty good in my neck of the woods too ... but that's why people pay all that money to go to places like Indonesia.
FWIW - the muck diving places over there have much worse vis than the reef diving places ... but they often have far more interesting critters. But you probably wouldn't want to try touching 'em ... many are poisonous to one degree or another ... like these guys ...
Friend of the Devil
Stoned again ...
Seriously ... it's real ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Might be interesting to do a "You know you're a muck diver if ... " thing to add to the Wikipedia Muck Diving entry.
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Uhmm, seems "Muck" carries different meanings depending on where you dive. Where I dive; "Muck" means low vis diving, where the bottom finds you before you find the bottom. Buddies can become solo instantly on the descent, a light much less a camera is useless! I guess you could call it technique since buddy skills become so much more important. You don't see buddies with 20' separation like you do in ocean diving. If we have 10' vis on our dives we are blessed!
If your interested in true "Muck" diving come join us sometime at, Midwest Muck Divers or the Kentucky Piranha Patrol.
Specialists in lake/river/quarry Muck diving!
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Uhmm, seems "Muck" carries different meanings depending on where you dive. Where I dive; "Muck" means low vis diving, where the bottom finds you before you find the bottom. Buddies can become solo instantly on the descent, a light much less a camera is useless! I guess you could call it technique since buddy skills become so much more important. You don't see buddies with 20' separation like you do in ocean diving. If we have 10' vis on our dives we are blessed!
If your interested in true "Muck" diving come join us sometime at, Midwest Muck Divers or the Kentucky Piranha Patrol.
Specialists in lake/river/quarry Muck diving!
Thanks... but I'm barely learning to appreciate 20' visability... I think 3' vis would make me shoot right to the surface. The more I read this site.. the more I realize there is so much more underwater.
I appreciate all the commentary and pictures... very interesting. I can honestly say I learned something new today.
Thanks... but I'm barely learning to appreciate 20' visability... I think 3' vis would make me shoot right to the surface. The more I read this site.. the more I realize there is so much more underwater.
I appreciate all the commentary and pictures... very interesting. I can honestly say I learned something new today.
You are welcome to come and play with us.
Gary D.
ScubaSteve
Wow.....what a DB
Now this is a cool looking fish. It looks like a plush toy you would give to a child. Did all of these come from Puget Sound Bob?
Seriously ... it's real ...
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No ... sorry if I wasn't clear about that ... those last three came from Lembeh Straits, on the northeast tip of Sulawesi (Indonesia) ... as did the first four in the original set. The last few pics in the first set were from Puget Sound.
All of those were taken in sites that were "muck diving" ... in other words, no coral and no structure to speak of. These critters live in the mud ... in tiny "islands" of grass that grow out of the mud ... or in whatever garbage humans put down there that they can use for shelter.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
All of those were taken in sites that were "muck diving" ... in other words, no coral and no structure to speak of. These critters live in the mud ... in tiny "islands" of grass that grow out of the mud ... or in whatever garbage humans put down there that they can use for shelter.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
ScubaSteve
Wow.....what a DB
I did not think they looked like noth pacific fish but hey....ya never know for sure. The lionfish was not in the Caribbean at one point in the past. That means that in about 22,000 years, I might actually have interesting wildlife to snap shots of in the Great Lakes. I can't wait.
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Thanks... but I'm barely learning to appreciate 20' visability... I think 3' vis would make me shoot right to the surface. The more I read this site.. the more I realize there is so much more underwater.
I appreciate all the commentary and pictures... very interesting. I can honestly say I learned something new today.
oooo - 3ft and I'm in heaven......
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