Congratulations.  Seeing your first shark is always a thrill.  Now that
you've seen one, you're likely to see more.  As often as not, it's our
failure to be observant that keeps us from seeing our shy visitor.

Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: Angelo Pardinas <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] SCUBA Content (plus Mini Dive trip too)


>    Well I hope that Chuck gets as lucky as I did last weekend - I just saw
> my first shark.
>
>     I went diving to Pulau Tioman, Malaysia and saw a baby (?) black tip
> reef shark. It was about 3 feet long. It's just a single shark and it
> might've small but it's still a SHARK  :-)   ... It was such a rush to see
> it swimming past us :-)
>    During the course of the dive trip (4 dives) I also saw 2 turtles (also
> the first for me)- one was swimming gracefully and the other just sitting
> at the bottom looking at us. Also saw baby moral eels, a big tuskfish, a
> big Barramundi Codfish  - I don't know how many of the divers saw this
> beautiful fish - my girlfriend was the one who actually saw it underneath
> us - it was about 5 meters below us.
>     I also saw a purple cuttlefish trying to blend in to the corals and a
> wall-like school of batfish maybe more than 20 of them just 'standing'
> (swimming) still, a stingray, lionfish, stonefish. There was also a remora
> that swam maybe just 1 - 2 feet below me. Too bad I was not able to see
any
> of the 'dreaded' triggerfish. The dive guide kept on motioning
> 'triggerfish' with his fingers but I did not see any.
>    Plus there were lots of big angelfish, a lot of anemones and
anemonefish
> both big and small, schools of fusiliers and other reef fishes, nudibranch
> (there was an all-green nudibranch which the dive guide seems to like a
lot
> - he kept signalling OK), jellyfish, sea urchins.
>
>     It was the best dive trip that I had so far. I saw lots of fish life,
> the corals were good. Was finally able to solve my mask fogging problem
> (dish washer, toothpaste then defogger). I also tried out my new dive
> computer (Vyper). I was also able to hover motionless for my safety stop.
I
> got down to using just 6 pounds of weights. The group we were with was
also
> nice - 6 Malaysians and a Japanese lady. I'm still an air-hog but I did
> improve on it a bit. The dive shop (Scuba Point) I went to was small - in
> fact that day it was a one-man team, the shop owner - Julian - was also
our
> guide. There were no divemasters with him, he only had the "captain" of
the
> speed boat and another guy who helps carry stuff. He was also the one who
> picked us up from the ferry terminal and drove us back. He also arranged
> for our accomodation ... nice guy.
>
>      Here's looking forward to my trip to Phuket in November.
>
> - Angelo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>                     Lee Bell
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> Define lucky.  Want to borrow a bankstick?
>
> Lee
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 7:06 PM
> Subject: [SCUBA-SE] SCUBA Content
>
>
> > Going diving next weekend in Boynton Beach.  Sat and Sun AM trips on the
> > Deeper.  Capt tells me there have been a lot of large fish (marlin,
> swords,
> > big sharks) coming into the reefs that are not normally there.  Perhaps
I
> > will get lucky.
> >
> > CH
>