AZNetEng
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My wife and I love doing night dives. Our very first night dive was daunting and was not nearly as enjoyable as the next set 40 dives later in our evolution as recreational divers. Definitely do more than 1!
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Errrr okay that totally freaked me out. I wear a beanie regularly so hope creepy crawlies find it harder to get into my ears. Cause that would totally freak me out!
IMPORTANT: Notify your buddy/group you are going to do this. Night dive, I'm last in a group of five. I turn off my light, and watch bio-luminescence from their fining. Leader turns around, counts one light less and then all of them turn around and shine me like a proverbial deer in headlights. Couldn't see a thing for 10 minutes.Another thing to do when doing a night dive at Coz, especially when doing your safety stop, is turn off your light and wave your hand in front of your face. You will be amazed at the small bio-luminescent critters that will briefly flash on. Very colorful.
IMPORTANT: Notify your buddy/group you are going to do this. Night dive, I'm last in a group of five. I turn off my light, and watch bio-luminescence from their fining. Leader turns around, counts one light less and then all of them turn around and shine me like a proverbial deer in headlights. Couldn't see a thing for 10 minutes.
Honestly I can’t say, been diving for 3 years but just started diving the bay this summer. The one night Dive I have done in the bay was a fast tidal drift! It was a group Dive and a blast . But yeah you gotta watch the fast tide . Especially if you leave something on the beach when it’s coming in. Might be gone when you get out of the water lol.Yeah. Back to night diving--I have heard a big reason for doing it is that creatures tend to come out and are more active at night. These "people" in San Diego used to use their dive lights to kind of "freeze" the lobsters, making them easier to corral. Perhaps this activity there is/was illegal?
Anyway, if you night dive in Fundy are the tides more of a danger than in daytime?
I love night dives. It is a totally different world at night. My favorites to date were the night dives about 6 weeks ago at Isla del Coco for the white tip reef shark feeding. Amazing! Hovering 2 or 3 feet above 30+ sharks just going bonkers feeding below you is crazy cool.