Marina Dive: Focus on Jellyfish
I went on my first dive of 2007 in the Marina yesterday, and I’d like to share some of my photos with you.
Thought I’d start with something you can see without having to get wet :-)
This time of the year, all areas of Sovereign Harbour are awash with jellyfish like the ones in the picture below:
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Some of the Jellyfish in North Harbour |
Read on to hear what it’s like to dive with them…
As you can see from the photo, the visibility in the marina was quite good (for the marina at least). You can just about see my dive buddy Chris in the background; he’s about 5-feet away.
The jellyfish varied in size from tiny ones about the size of a 50p piece, to the largest which were around the diameter of a CD.
What about the sting I hear you ask…
Well fortunately, although they do sting, it isn’t a very powerful one. With the protection of my scuba gear (dry suit, gloves and hood), the only exposed part of my body is my face, and after a 50-minute dive, my cheeks tingled a little, something like mild stinging nettles.
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Hi I was wondering if you could help me identify a jelly fish i saw in the harbour on 19th april 2008 . My Son and I spotted about 8 of them around the harbour, they were only small the largest was about an inch in wide in total and they were black, with a small pointed body and short tenticles. We have tried to goggle them and had no luck as the only black jellyfish we found should only be found in deep water. It would make my sons day if he could find out what he was looking at. thank you in antisipation