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Fridays dives at Blue Grotto, Williston FL
Here are a few pictures from todays dive. The strobe connector from the Nikonos dual port to the hot shoe on the camera disconnected in the decent. No strobes were available to me during the dive. All shots are taken without strobe and with all natural light. … Read entire article »
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Friday dives at Blue Grotto, Williston Fl
Want to work off that meal from thanksgiving? A number of divers are headed to Blue Grotto this Friday Nov. 25. to work off the meal we just finished from Thanksgiving. Come on out and scare the crocs and yourself. The turtles fine and so is the vis, cause I bet we’ll be the only three out there… Hope to see ya there. … Read entire article »
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Happy Thanksgiving from ScubaExtreme
Filed under: Featured, Open Water, Report, Training, Travel
Brinicle, Underwater Icicle, Captured Forming By Time-Lapse Camera
New video has been released that shows the formation of a brinicle on the ocean floor. Essentially an underwater icicle, the brinicle, or “finger of death,” freezes everything in its path. Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson filmed the stunning time-lapse clip below, which is apparently the first of its kind. Shot for the BBC’s “Frozen Planet,” the clip was recorded using a special time-lapse camera that caught the brinicle’s entire formation process. What’s really going on here is the freezing of warmer waters as sub-zero brine slowly sinks to the ocean floor. The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it.Where the so-called “brinicle” met the sea bed, a web of ice formed that froze everything it touched, including sea … Read entire article »
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Wesley Chapel man gets presidential pardon
Dennis Bulin arrived in Zephyrhills as a skydiving bum in the late ’70s. He quickly moved to a new hobby, scuba diving. The inventor and entrepreneur combined those two passions into Zeagle Systems Inc., one of the leading scuba gear manufacturing companies and a pillar in the east Pasco business community. The company turned 32 this year. An owner of several patents, Bulin turned his company into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. It’s nothing short of a small business success story. This week Bulin, 61, celebrated another milestone in a lesser-known chapter of his life. Against the worst of odds, he received a full pardon from President Barack Obama. The rare decision from the president stemmed from a crime that happened more than two decades ago. Bulin was sentenced in March 1987 by a federal court … Read entire article »
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ScubaExtreme Sports and Travel Black Friday Deals
Here is our Black Friday Cyber Monday Special Email…If you aren’t on our email list check it out on our website, www.scubaextreme.com email us to be put on the list jason@scubaextremellc.com, give us a call at (904) 269-8021 or come in to find out more about the specials! … Read entire article »
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Blue Grotto, Williston Fl. 11/27/2011
For those who are in reach of this dive site, a team of Divetalking divers are heading to Blue Grotto Sunday Nov 27, 2011 to enjoy the peace and the visibility that come to the springs this time of year. If you are available and willing to dive with us, please plan on joining us this Sunday Nov 27, 2011 at Blue Grotto in Williston Fl. We should be arriving shortly after 8AM. Look for the Black Toyota Tundra with the messed up bumpber. The Divetalking team will be setting up and hitting the spring as soon as eveyone present is suited up and ready to go. We plan to perform a couple of dives, shoot some film, hit the bottom and get narced out on Nitrox. If it’s been awhile … Read entire article »
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Ginnie Springs
Spent the day diving Ginnie Springs testing out and practicing with my new camera gear. Here are some of the shots from todays dive … Read entire article »
Filed under: Adv. Open Water, Cavern, Diver, Open Water, Photography, Trip Report
Venice Florida Magladon Shark tooth hunt
It was Friday Nov 18 when I began the trip towards Venice, Florida. Stopping to pickup the owners of Scubaextreme and one other diver, the four of us in two vehicles begin our adventure. Along the way, we pit stop in Zepherhills to eat dinner at Outback Steak House, mmm mm mm. After dinner, I put the truck in cruise and we sleep the rest of the way there. Now, after checking in 6 of us head out to find a place to … pahtey… Finding most places close at 9AM on a Friday night we find the Pineapple Express. Two live bands that played until Midnight. At 2AM, they tell us it’s time to go. Was it because we reached our limit? No… Because they are closing. We all head back to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Open Water, Reefs, Report, Sharks, Trip Report
Divetalking Official Logo
[singlepic id=445 w=640 h=280 float=center] The logo above is the official logo to Divetalking.com. Divetalking is offering an official Divetalking patch and a Divetlaking wrist band to the first individual that identifies the meaning of the 5 silver stars on the logo. Good Luck … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard cutter Mohawk set to be sunk off Lee County, Fla
The 165-foot Coast Guard cutter Mohawk, now a floating museum in Key West, should be an artificial reef off Lee County by June 2012. Mohawk was involved in 14 attacks on German U-boats during World War II. / Photo by Brian Lapointe/Special to The News-Press By mid-2012, a significant piece of maritime military history could be resting on the sea floor 15 miles off Lee County. Miami-Dade Historic Maritime Museum Inc., has agreed to donate the 165-foot World War II Coast Guard cutter Mohawk to Lee County to be scuttled as an artificial reef. Lee County has also been awarded a $1.5 million grant from West Coast Inland Navigation District to pay for towing the vessel from Key West, cleaning and sinking it. The preferred destination for Mohawk is the ARC Reef site in … Read entire article »
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Florida approves shark protections
Florida wildlife managers approved a ground-breaking shark protection measure on Wednesday that will make it illegal for anglers fishing state waters to keep tiger sharks or three species of hammerheads. The measure is intended to reverse a sharp decline in populations of the four species, which use coastal waters as breeding and feeding grounds. Scientists say sharks, despite their dangerous reputations, serve important roles in maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems. “Sometimes the appropriate measures of conservation are the problems we avoid, not the problems we have to fix,” said Brian Yablonski, a member of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in a release. The new rule, which will take effect Jan. 1, prohibits the possession, sale and exchange of tiger sharks and great, scalloped and smooth hammerhead sharks harvested from state … Read entire article »
ScubaExtreme Sexy Scuba Calendar
Sexy Scuba was introduced to the world in 2009 as an idea of Jason and Tara Johns, owners of Scuba Extreme Adventure Sports and Travel in Orange Park, Florida. [singlepic id=1 w=440 h=360 float=center] It began as a project to market their own business and has expanded into its own entity for promotion and print. [singlepic id=3 w=440 h=360 float=center] Sexy Scuba can also create calendars, promotional materials and events for you, your shop, dive club or for trade shows. [singlepic id=2 w=440 h=360 float=center] Calendars and posters are available for sale by contacting Scuba Extreme at (904) 269-8021 or by email, Jason@scubaextremellc.com. … Read entire article »
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Ocean Art Photo Competition 2011
Ocean Art Photo Competition 2011 Over $82,000 in prizes Winners choose their own prizes 3 Categories dedicated to Compact Camera users, 12 categories total Deadline: November 20th, 2011 Submit underwater photos taken anywhere, anytime Judges include world-renowned underwater photographers Martin Edge, Marty Snyderman, Tony Wu, and Bonnie Pelnar New Category for 2011! ‘Cold/ Temperate Water’ Open to all photographers Categories Wide-Angle • Macro • Marine Life Behavior • Portrait • Cold/ Temperate Nudibranchs • SuperMacro • Underwater Model/ Fashion • Novice dSLR Compact Camera Wide-Angle • Compact Camera Marine Life Behavior • Compact Camera Macro Entry Form Link • Entry Fee Info • Rules • Category Details • Judges • Prize Details Contest Sponsors We are proud to have Kungkungan Bay Resort, Walindi Resort, SMY Ondina, Rocia Del Mar, Kararu Liveaboard, Nai’a, Wananavu, Maluka Divers, and Nautilus Explorer as Platinum Sponsors … Read entire article »
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Red Digital Cinema releases Scarlet-X
Red Digital Cinema has released the Scarlet-X professional video camera with Canon EF or PL mount. With burst modes up to 12 fps at 5K resolution and 4K video from 1-30 fps, it enables users to capture motion footage and still content simultaneously. Available for pre-orders, the basic kit (which is primarily the body, or as Red calls it “The Brain”) is priced at $9750 while the Scarlet-X AL Canon Mount Package is priced at $14,015 and includes such essentials as a power adaptor, a 5″ touch LCD, and a hand grip. Launched the same day as Canon’s new EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera, clearly the folks at Red have put some thought into their spec-list and price point. Whether an amateur or professional film-maker should use the C300 or Scarlet (or … Read entire article »
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