Wareham Diving?

[mfalco]

What kind? I've never seen any around here...except as fried calamari.

LobstaMan

I'm not sure. They come up here to mate and lay their eggs. Their eggs look a lot like mop heads. They are big strands of white eggs,connected together at ground.

They also make good calamari!

 

[mfalco]

the article is 10 years old, but...

Marine Biological Laboratory
Loligo pealei

 

[mfalco]

here's an article about what they are doing here

Loligo pealei - Breeding Behavior - 1

 

[RIOceanographer]

What kind? I've never seen any around here...except as fried calamari.

LobstaMan

Yup, Loligo pealei, they are pretty common around here. It also happens to be the same species of squid that they usually use to make your calamari.

I see them here in RI fairly often. I've got a video of a school of them I shot at Bull Point/Ft Wetherill on my website:

Squid at Bull Point

Also here are a couple of stills I've shot of the beasties:
My Favorite New England Dive Photos
My Favorite New England Dive Photos

 

[spectrum]

Hi All,

It's now looking like I'll be in Wareham MA overnight on Tuesday July 8th. I plan to wrap up work at 5:00 and was wondering if anyone had the evening free for a dive. It looks like we'd be getting in the water about mid tide falling. Weather looks OK except for the ever present chance of a late day boomer.

Pete