Posts Tagged ‘Queen Angelfish’
9.26.10 – Video Shoot in Nassau, Bahamas
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Hello everyone!
The last week of September finds me off to the Bahamas and Sint Maarten to shoot some video for a client. The first stop is the Bahamas where I am reunited with my friends at Stuart Cove’s Dive Center. It was a great morning as we set out aboard the “Phoecena” with Captain Dexter and DM Jessica taking us out to the first of our locations, the wreck of the “De La Salle”. Lots of Grunts, Squirrelfish and, unfortunately, Lionfish. I think I saw at least 10 Lionfish on this one dive alone! The wreck is beautiful, though and my client is happy with the visibility and the great video that will result.
After documenting all of the Lionfish (and the other schools of fish on the wreck), it’s time to head off to the next location, known as “Lighthouse Reef” due to it’s location to the port’s lighthouse. This is an artificially-created reef created out of concrete shapes deliberately (and randomly) placed on the bottom to form a jetty to protect the port. Max depth here was about 35fsw, but it was a beautiful spot nonetheless. More Lionfish of course, but also Queen Angels, Parrotfish and Sergeant Majors all over the reef.
Our documentation completed, it’s time to head back to the dive boat and back to shore. It was a great couple of dives in super conditions and I can’t wait to go back again.
Shootin’ video in the Caribbean,
The Video Dude
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Tags: Bahamas, De La Salle, Grunts, Lionfish, Nassau, Queen Angelfish, Rainbow Parrotfish, Sergeant Majors, Squirrelfish, Stuart Cove's, wreck
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6.7.10 – Dive #600!
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Hello everyone!
Today marks another diving milestone for the Video Dude as I completed my 600th (non-teaching) dive. Super-FABOO dive buddy Joanie was my buddy for this momentous occasion as we boarded “Scubatyme III” and headed out to dive on the “Sea Emperor” and Lighthouse Ledge Reef. Captain Bob, Divemaster Amanda, and Owner Enzo were on board as well as 8 other divers as we headed out of Hillsboro Inlet to our first dive site.
In hardly any time at all, it seemed, we arrive at the “Sea Emperor” and Joanie and I are ready to get in first. We head down the line and find a good current on the bottom, but not so tough to swim into as we begin touring around the deck. Our friendly resident Southern Stingray came over for a visit and we played with it a bit before heading down to the sand to look for one of the resident Green Moray Eels that like to come out and check out the divers. We found the little eel pretty quickly (or did she find us?) and she came over to play with me while Joanie took pictures. Pretty cool being on the OTHER side of the lens for a change! After one more tour around the wreck, including a trip inside to rest from the current a bit, it’s time to head up to our safety stops, and then the boat.
After everyone gets their gear switched over, Captain Bob heads us over to Lighthouse Ledge Reef for a nice drift dive. This is my dive number 600 and Joanie and I get in first again and drop down to the reef and begin our drift. Since she is carrying a camera, I carry the flag and we drift lazily along until we encounter a couple of Spotted Eels, a Golden Eel, a couple of Pufferfish, Lobster, Grunts, Snappers and a Queen Angel or two. Very beautiful colors today and a nice relaxing drift dive.
After consulting my logbook, Joanie and I discovered that my dive number 500 was almost exactly 1 year ago (6.8.09) which was another reason to celebrate. 100 dives in a year! I am truly blessed! Thanks again to my Super-FABOO dive buddy Joanie and to everyone else I have met or dove with on the way to this milestone!
Keep on gettin’ wet!
The Video Dude
Tags: Captain Bob, Divemaster Amanda, Enzo, Golden Eel, Green Moray, Grunts, Hillsboro Inlet, Joanie, Lighthouse Ledge, Lobster, Pufferfish, Queen Angelfish, Scubatyme, Sea Emperor, Snappers, Southern Stingray, Spotted Eel, Video Dude
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