'cuba diving in the keys

ifirefight

ifirefight

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Nice shots guys!! Makes me want to get the dive gear out.
Summers coming soon. Sure must be nice to have time off work to go diving...some of us have to WORK for a living Jeff..
 
isistius

isistius

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Originally Posted by ifirefight
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Nice shots guys!! Makes me want to get the dive gear out.
Summers coming soon. Sure must be nice to have time off work to go diving...some of us have to WORK for a living Jeff..

hey brett - just a reminder - i'm not the one who works 1 day a week from 9-3 with lunch from 11-1.
 
vinnyl

vinnyl

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Nice pics guys!! I'm surprised you guys didn't try Molasses Reef... IMO is the best spot in the Keys.
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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yea we have done pennekamp a bunch of times (as it is easier to get to) and so we wanted to get down to the better reefs. well at least 10 years ago looe key blew pennekamp out of the water.
 
isistius

isistius

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sombrero was pretty amazing, considering all that has been happening to our reefs. espeically since it is NOT a marine sanctuary. also it was surpassed the fish and coral populations of of looe.
 
vinnyl

vinnyl

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The last time I went to looe key was in 2003…. and I was not very impressed. But it could have been a bad day… I guess. I not a big fan of ship wracks… so the only part of the pennekamp I enjoyed was molasses… nevertheless, we are truly lucky to have such places so close to where we live.
Keep the pics coming
 
vinnyl

vinnyl

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ps: the fire coral pic... brings me bad memories! I learn the hard way not to touch stuff without gloves...
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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hM? there really is not a fire sponge pic... it only makes a cameo in a few shots... although one time jeff had the camera and there was one cluster i came up on that had this most awesome crazy smiley face formed out of the nooks.
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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that is some sort of SPS, not really sure on the species. it was fairly abundant.
edit - NVM, you are right that is fire coral. technically not a coral, closer to jellyfish on the family tree.
i thought you were talking about the bright orange sponge...
 
isistius

isistius

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actually corals and jellyfish are in the same phylum, cnidaria, but in separate classes. corals: anthozoa (includes sea anemones), and jellys are subdivided into 4: Scyphozoa, Staurozoa, Cubozoa, and Hydrozoa. totally about 11,000 species in total
 
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