Soupfin sharks at Blue car wreck

[vistasbelow]

There are still several soupfin sharks and giant sea bass at blue car wreck on Catalina Island. The water temp is in the mid 60's and even though the vis is lower than normal it is pretty good and there is much to see. great diving! come out and dive with us!

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[drbill]

Tim... I heard the sea bass were at depths of up to 85 feet (where reportedly there was a thermocline). Is that your observation? Good to hear the soupfins are still using that area despite the snorkelers and divings. I remember my first time filming them back in 2001 in Lover's Cove.

And, of course, divers who also golf can always pick up dozens of golf balls at Blue Car Wreck!

Wow... I just "discovered" that I haven't written a column on soupfins since 2001 (see this). Back then I also had a front page article in the Avalon Bay News about them and mentioned that they were harmless unless provoked. Four "male bimbos" went out there after reading that article and started pulling on their tails and fins. One of our doctors told me all four of them ended up at the ER with bites. Of course the powers that be hushed that up since Lover's Cove is a favorite snorkeling spot... but no one really has to fear these timid sharks. Until these four idiots appeared on the scene, there had been only one known "attack" by a soupfin on a human recorded in hundreds of years!

 

[vistasbelow]

That is interesting Bill. Do soupfin sharks have poor eyesight? on several occasions the sharks would swim straight toward me and when it gets within inches of me it turns and bolts away as if it got startled. It seems like it sees something but does not realize what it is until it gets right up to me. I thought it might be my bubbles but it happened when I was not exhaling for a long period of time. (not holding my breath, just slowly inhaling )