#Scuba

[trautonix]

The Art of Wreck

[scavengedluxury]

MHSZ scuba diving base, Tiszaliget, 1971. From the Budapest municipal photography company archive.

[marinebioblr]

While on a shark dive, it is important to respect their space as they are wild animals. That said, these nurses were definitely seeking out interaction, and the divemaster had a safe, touch-free compromise at the ready!

[jabb61]

[sea-salted-wolverine]

If you dive, then you dive. And if you really dive, then you have been in the room when someone got grumpy about Carl from Up and his frivolous helium usage.

[lanecross]

Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) 🐢

Honestly throughout my scuba diving journey, I haven't seen green turtles while diving, only hawksbill until my most recent dive trip. I got to see a total of 3 green turtles underwater and it was cool experience:) A bonus nesting mother out of water as well. 4 green turtles on the trip:) Omnivorous when they are juveniles and move more into a herbivorous diet of seagrass and algae as adults.

[pangeen]

" Mommas & Calves " // © Rachel Moore

[nagoyish]

[allisonchinart]

Painting Fish 🤿 | x

[river-taxbird]

The Endless Ocean games on Wii!

Endless Ocean 1 and 2 are an awesome duology of Wii games where you scuba dive, learn about fish, and collect treasure. The main gameplay loop consists of exploring vast underwater environments, find hidden treasure, and interact with fish to fill up a fish-dex. Playing it as a kid even encouraged me to try scuba diving!

They look fantastic too, it's like, still the PS2 era graphics, but it's on Wii so it is like, the peak of that. It has that charming low poly look I have seen a lot of people craving.

Most of your time in the game is just exploring and taking in the environment, but there is always something to find. When you interact with fish, you fill up a fish-dex, and you can learn real world facts about them. If you play it, you'll have so many fish facts to share with people. (When they're accurate, the games are old)

They even have a story with pretty good human characters. The environments are fantastical, you visit ancient ruins, ship graveyards, even sunken castles, but the human characters means it always stays grounded and has some pathos.

If you are into older games and you're looking for a shorter length game with low-fi graphics, gameplay that doesn't really resemble anything before or since, and to learn a bunch of cool fish facts, I can't recommend Endless Ocean enough. I think they might be kind of rare these days, but they work great, and are thematically appropriate, on Dolphin, and should work fine with a normal controller, especially Endless Ocean 2 as it had Classic Controller support.

[marinebioblr]

Oceanic manta rays are the largest species of ray in the world, with a wingspan of up to 26 feet. Despite their immense size, they are completely harmless to divers - they have no barbs to speak of, unlike stingrays, and spend their time filtering the water for plankton with the help of their cephalic lobes (the big paddles on each side of their mouths). Socorran mantas have grown very used to divers, and often seek out our bubble curtains seemingly because they feel good and may help clear away parasites!

[inthedarktrees]

Peter Stackpole, “Underwater Weekend,” Life, 1949

[heartburns4ff]

Been on a diver kick as of late

[rubguyest]

Musclediver before going underwater. Filter used for breathing on surface is already closed, now opening regulator to be able to breathe air from tanks. With this dual system musclediver can wear the mask 24/7.

[marinebioblr]

Got to hang out with this fancy arrow crab while measuring some staghorn! These guys turn up in saltwater tanks from time to time, and without their pointy faces showing, their spindly legs are definitely a little off-putting until you know what they're connected to!