hmmmmmmmmm, come to think of bubbles and scaring...
thought this isn't about shark.....
there is a spot (house reef) where there is a resident grouper (named : groupie, location : groupies rock) where a 1 Meter grouper can be seen. as soon as divers arrives he goes into his hole into the rock.
there was a bout a year that no one could dive the site as there was this fish pen (trap) colloquially called 'baklad', constructed to catch pelagic fishes like tuna etc. This had license to be constructed and operated.
then Moonsoon season came and washed this 'baklad' down. sure enough the bamboo pilings used as post washed all over the nearby margins and A WHOLE LOT OF DEBRIS down under.
and so it came that we gathered up some of the debris (well some of it as there are still some scattered from 90ft to 120ft.) and poised it up and around groupies rock taking great pains (oh the pains this gave us 0 to deco time on the SUUNTO mosquito, even on nitrox! , boy! those where great non-recreational dives!!!) as i was talking about taking great pains to ensure that the bamboo poles affected creatures to the minimum.
a year passed and HOW "if you build it they will come" is so true! indeed they did arrive to join in groupies rock!
the new inhabitants are : a couple of schools of yellow tip juvenile barraccudas, whole bunch of wrasses and schools (gangs more likely) of juvenile surgeons, sardines, a snapper, and 5 batsihes, 2 of which really blows the whistle that divers are coming that alerts Groupie to our approach.
Occassinally cuttle fishes , adult barraccuda could be spotted (no sharks as yet)
any way getting back to the bubbles bubbles, this may be the reason why Groupie may go dashing into the hole when a number of divers approches, he may be scared of the sound of the Bubbles. but they don't have ears do they? so ok, maybe the Lateral line picks up the violent bubbles and scares Groupie in.
and i am able to enjoy groupie when we are just two AND MOST BENEFICIAL is when i dive ALONE!!!! single diver means less bubbles, means less disturbance that affects Geoupies Lateral lines. translates to Quality time with Groupie!!!!
yeah yeah that's it, the bubbles scares grioupie.
Now how to attrack sharks around the rock?!
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paolov
