Top 10 Critters to see/dive with

[Otter]

In the spirit of the Top 10 Dives thread currently being posted and hopefully not repeating (too frequently) the topic here, I am starting off a list of the Top 10 critters I want to see while diving.. In no particular order:

Critters previously on list, but sighted and therefore replaced on current top 10.


Old Top 10 -- sighted
1. Manta Ray
2. Blue Ribbon Eel
3. Splendid Toadfish
4. Clownfish
5. Lionfish
6. Frogfish
7. Hawksbill/Green Sea Turtle
8. Eagle Ray
9. Leafy Scorpionfish
10.Dragon Eel

Current Top 10.

1. GW Shark
2. Whale Shark
3. Orca
4. Dolphin/Porpoise
5. Mandarin Fish
6. Batfish
7. Sea Snake
8. Blue Ring Octopus
9. HH Shark
10.Humpback Whale
11.Sea Dragon

 

[Karl_in_Calif]

1) orca
2) dolphin
3) porpoise
4) whale (like humpback or blue)
5) manta ray
6) turtle
7) manatee
8)seal
9)sea lion
10)otter


things I have seen that are ho-hum:

Blue Ribbon Eel
Lionfish
Striped Sea Snake
Reef shark

 

[caymaniac]

My old top tenon scuba:
1. Manta
2. Whale (Minke)
3. Shark
4. Turtles
5. Tridacna
6. Lion fish
7. Gar pike
8. Potato Cod
9. Dolphin
10.Eagle Ray

My new top ten for scuba:
1. Whale Shark
2. Cuttle fish
3. Frog fish
4. sea dragon
5. Whale (any)
6. Nudibrachs
7. Seals
8. Sharks
9. Sword fish/Marlin
10.Great White(me in cage)
Wet Dreams,
Caymaniac:boom:

 

[Albion]

seen (favourite sightings)
1) Whale Shark (uno)
2) Marlin (uno)
3) Manta's
4) Hammerhead sharks
5) Mimic Octopus
6) Two kinds of Pygmy Seahorse
7) Flambouyant Cuttlefish
8) Guitar Shark
9) Clown Frogfish (and others but clowns are the best)
10) Harlequin Shrimps (found them ourselves and got to spend twenty minutes watching them haul a starfish off)


wants
1) Eagle ray
2) Thresher Shark
3) any mammal (divers excluded)
4) Hairy Frogfish
5) Leafy Sea dragon
6) Blue Ring octopus
7) G white shark
8) Carpet Shark
9) any other sharks
10) more of the above

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

#1 Great Barrier Reef
#2 Great White Shark (cage)
#3 Great White Shark (no cage)
#4 Whale Shark
#5 Goblin Shark
#6 Any other shark
#7 Significant other
#8 Adult Octopus
#9 Humpback Whale
#10 My Nieces

By the way...the only reason that my nieces are last is because it will be at least 8 years before I can get the first one in the water diving with me.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

#1 GW SHARK
#2 TURTLES
#3 MANTA RAYS
#4 WHALES
#5 Queen Angel
#6 Dolphins
#7 HH sharks
#8 Nautalis
#9 Wolf Eel
#10 Mini-Octopus

 

[Saudi-Diver]

Seen while diving or snorkling

1 Whale Shark

2 Manta Rays

3 Silky Shark

4 Eagle Rays

5 Cuttle Fish ( My favourite)

6 Sail Fish

7 Napoleon Wrasse

8 Hump Head Parrot Fish

9 White Tip Reef Sharks

10 Trigger Fish

 

[JRO]

Not in any particular order...

Shark (just saw my first Nurse Shark, can't wait to see more varieties)
Octopus (other than multiple breif glances of them before they disappear)
Eagle Ray (just saw my first in Grand Cayman)
Turtles (Saw my first Hawks Bill last year and recently saw many large Haws Bill and Greens in Cayman, still looking for the Leatherback)
Whale Shark (deserves it's own line)
Marine Iguanas
Manta Ray
Marlin

Once I finish this list I'll send you my next ten. The cool part is seeing all the other critters that you didn'y even know you were itching to see until you come across them....

:flusher:

 

[jiveturkey]

Here's what I came up with:

1. GW/Bull/HH Shark
2. Something large like an Orca or Whale Shark
3. Manta
4. Sun Fish (Mola Mola)
5. Seal
6. frogfish
7. nudis
8. shrimp
9. crabs
10. spanish dancer

 

[sailor025]

The top ten critters I want to see while diving:

Marlin
Whale Shark
A giant squid (talk about getting a dry suit wet )
Whales (any make or model)
Manatee
Sailfish
Sharks (when they are not hungry)

Dolpins coursing through the water while I'm sitting in my sailboat drinking a very cold beer on my way back at sunset from a wonderful dive. (okay that's not "while diving" but I couldn't help it)

The morning sunrise and the cool breeze blowing in my face on the way offshore to see a sea turtle or manta ray.

Penguins

No particular order.

Sailor