Blogs from Riviera Beach, Florida, United States, North America

There have been a couple of weeks since I arrived from Hi and I was dealing with our photo exhibit at The Blue Wild Expo. I was definitely looking forward to get wet. I emailed Linda and Judy to find out viz latest report and late findings. Linda was looking to photograph the Costasiellas and the long horn batfish. Judy and I were in a “whatever” mode. Deb reported 9 Black American seahares the week before and we saw a couple by the swimming area...we still don’t know what is causing so many do die. Linda was lucky to spend 45 minutes with a baby manatee. What a wonderful encounter!! I photographed an orange skeleton, there were a few duskys with eggs and I shot one with orange eggs. I saw a hermit crab trying to ... read more

The last few dives I dove as a spotter and without a camera because Steve's luggage was lost at custums. We managed to put together a Nikon D200 for me to shoot stuff around. I was eager to find something to photograph. I explored the north side of the fishing pier. The viz was amazing. But I was concerned the fishing lines from the fisherman were I bit to close to me and I didn’t have a knife to free myself in case I got “hooked”. After I while I returned to the pile of pilings under the fishing pier and I shot a medium size batfish with blue eyes and I found a pretty shell with a blenny laying in it. No eggs. No eggs? Where are the blenny eggs? last year we where ... read more

I started my dive by the first piling where the new nudi has been seen. I most turned every single piece of debris there was around with no luck. I saw eggs put no nudis. I found a very pretty crab with bright yellow eyes with heart shape. It was missing a claw and I saw the wrasses trying to eat it. I took a shot and covered it with a bottle to protect it. I moved on to the area where I saw the cute little white seahorse the day before but no signs of it. The huge hairy blenny probably ate it. These are now everywhere like an infestation and eating everything they find around the almost look oversized. Something must be creating an environment unbalance. I saw one eating a crab and the ... read more

The visibility under the bridge has recently improved and a small group of us was highly motivated to go find out if there was some action. Steve, Lureen and I dove the East side while everyone else dove the West. I saw a good number of juvenile fish of every species in the sandy area off the beach. All the grass is gone due to the fresh water released from the lake. Just like Judy mention earlier: Baby Searobins, Baby trunkfish, baby seahorse, baby fish, baby, baby, baby… Nothing that I haven’t really seen before. But I just feel so good to interact with juveniles. They are so curious and get so nervous at the same time. Huffing and puffing faster than normal but they don’t go away like the adults. They stay trying to figure ... read more

The night was calm and beautiful. I don’t dive the East side so much so I wanted to explore…. I saw a decorator crab with white eggs. All my photos are blown. A few seahorses here and there. A little fish with a blue spot I never seen before but it ended up being a juvi of a common fish. I photographed a "pinnaple" thing looking like. Very small (Flabellina size). I thought it was a nudi a first but I have no idea what it was. I think I got a couple of sharp images. I saw the usual subjects, and I tried to catch some action but I am far away from a Kovacks shot. It was not busy and it was just a pleasure to cruise around and watch things happen.... read more