What do you look for?

[justleesa]

When you go on a dive, which critter do you look for? What is going to make the dive perfect for you?

On my "have to find" list there would be:

Sharks and rays
Octopus
Nudi's
Frogfish
Leaf Scorpion, Devils Scorpion

Then the ones I don't see often (can't think of them all right now):

Pecock flounder
Hawaiian Green Lionfish
Dragon Moray
Titan Scorpion


Finally there would be the ones I have yet to see:

Monk Seal
Humpback whale

 

[The Kraken]

Well, when we go to the ocean we just look, because ANYTHING is a blessing compared to the mud we usually see.

When we're diving our local mud hole, Lake Lanier, anything besides beer can, beer bottles, tires and trees and mud.

the K

 

[justleesa]

What? you don't play Uno??

 

[Wildcard]

LMAO!
So no whale shark on the list Lisa?
I guess I dont look for anything real specific, just look.

 

[TSandM]

I know you posted this in O'Hana, but I'm going to answer because it's too good a question.

Things that make a dive perfect for me:

Finding things that are beautiful. Spotted Eagle Rays always work. Most nudibranchs are like this, too. Sometimes it's just a wall of massed anemones of different species, all with color, or the hydrocoral in Monterey in all different colors. Beauty is a wonderful thing.

Finding something new: If I haven't seen it before, it's exciting. One new find in an otherwise muck-filled dive can make the whole thing. I'd jump up and down for a dragon moray

 

[justleesa]

LMAO!
So no whale shark on the list Lisa?

Weeeeeell, you know my whale shark story

Beauty is a wonderful thing.

Exactly! An interesting coral formation, light rays.....all can make a dive special and wonderful too.

 

[rockjock3]

Sharks, Turtles and whales are my favorites.

 

[The Kraken]

Well, for us, it's what ya have to look out "for" . . .
. . . specially when diving around the dam . . . ya have to watch out for them catfish whut's as big as a Volkswagen an kin swaller a skoober diver in one gulp !!!! :11:

the K

 

[justleesa]

Sharks, Turtles and whales are my favorites.

How could I forget TURTLES!!....yes, love that we have sooo many turtles here and that you can get really close (w/o touching of course)

 

[The Kraken]

We got turtles too, but if ya get too close, they'll bite your arm off.

And they're not pretty. . . .