USCScubaboy
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Thinking about checking out the hydrothermal vents at White Point. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice regarding the dive site?
Thermal vents at White Point
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As you appraoch the outer east side of the cove you will see white filament covering nearly everything. You can see the vents easiest in the black sand. Look for the concentrations of filament.
Novel, Attached, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria at Shallow Hydrothermal Vents Possess Vacuoles Not Involved in Respiratory Nitrate Accumulation -- Kalanetra et al. 70 (12): 7487 -- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Novel, Attached, Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria at Shallow Hydrothermal Vents Possess Vacuoles Not Involved in Respiratory Nitrate Accumulation -- Kalanetra et al. 70 (12): 7487 -- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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USCScubaboy
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Thanks for the info. Found the "vents" yesterday. Was kind of surprised that there was no "hot" water surrounding it. The only other indication of geothermal activity besides the white filament was the sand being somewhat warmer than the surrounding water temperature.
FrankPro1
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Did you actually find one of the vent openings? If so, you should have seen the heat causing a ripple effect to the surrounding water. I could also feel the temperature change with an ungloved hand last time I was there.
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USCScubaboy
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One of the guys I dove with found one of the vents in that manner.
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This is one of my favorite dives.
The water here is rarely clear, but when it is, it is like diving one of the forbidden pools on the third moon of Omacron XII.
Er, what I mean is that it is like another planet.
Did a night dive there with Max Bottomtime once.
Trippiest dive ever. Plus we ran smack into a GSB.
Beware on a night excursion, there is NOBODY ANYWHERE TO HELP if you get in a pickle.
The water here is rarely clear, but when it is, it is like diving one of the forbidden pools on the third moon of Omacron XII.
Er, what I mean is that it is like another planet.
Did a night dive there with Max Bottomtime once.
Trippiest dive ever. Plus we ran smack into a GSB.
Beware on a night excursion, there is NOBODY ANYWHERE TO HELP if you get in a pickle.
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