Sentences with phrase «like deep reefs»

The species doesn't respond well to bait and usually lingers in hard to reach areas like deep reefs, meaning each fish has to be speared by hand.

Not exact matches

«And because the deep reefs there are so unknown, even grabbing random invertebrates like we do, we find new species all the time.»

Areas like the North Atlantic and South Pacific are particularly fertile habitats for deep - sea scleractinian reefs, but a combination of factors led scientists to believe that the accumulation of deep - sea coral colonies into healthy reefs was exceedingly unlikely in the deep waters of the North Pacific.

The reefs are dominated by stony, reef - building corals in the genus Leptoseris, a plate - like coral specialized for deep - reef environments.

The Russell Islands are known for deep, cave - like clefts in the reefs that extend shoreward into the jungle canopy.

It has two types of reefs, a shallow reef that extends to 30 ft and a very wide, deep reef beginning at 40 ft and extending to 80 ft.. The shallow reef features mature elkhorn and huge masses of lettuce coral that look like loaves of bread densely covered with a growth of lettuce leaves.

Snapper and bonefish provide a recreation to sport fishermen, and the deeper waters oft the reef, especially to the south, provide a challenge to those seeking billed fish like marlin.

The set up is like a point break with the first section being little steeper and softening up the further you get down the line.The deep reef and the obvious channel make this spot perfect for feeling out how to surf over a reef.

Large waves have the power to snap bones on direct impact, drive one hard enough into a reef or sand bottom to cause carwreck - like injuries, or even drive one deep into undersea caverns and ledges where panic can lead to drowning.

Offering cathedral - like deep coral formations, stunning walls, shallow reefs and even a few wrecks, Cozumel scuba diving caters to divers at every skill level.

On dive sites like Shark Point, Manta Point, Deep Turbo and Gili Air wall we often see reef sharks, manta rays (in season January - March), turtles, eagle rays, moray garden and ribbon eels.

This course includes 5 Adventure dives, 2 of them are mandatory - Deep and Navegation dives, for the other 3 dives we can choose any adventure dive like peak performance buoyancy, drift, boat, fish id, underwater naturalistic, to name... Tulum has perfect dive sites to achieve this level of certification, deep reefs in the caribbean sea of Tulum and also deep cenotes in the Mayan JunDeep and Navegation dives, for the other 3 dives we can choose any adventure dive like peak performance buoyancy, drift, boat, fish id, underwater naturalistic, to name... Tulum has perfect dive sites to achieve this level of certification, deep reefs in the caribbean sea of Tulum and also deep cenotes in the Mayan Jundeep reefs in the caribbean sea of Tulum and also deep cenotes in the Mayan Jundeep cenotes in the Mayan Jungle.

The cut itself is about 9m deep and the occasionally strong tidal currents of Ambergris Caye provide a constant stream of food for the waiting filter feeders like the gorgonian sea fans and sponges that adorn the walls of the reef, which rises to the surface on either side sheltering turtles, crabs, morays and hundreds of small reef fish.

The deep walls (Hob Na, Punta Gavilan) in the north end of the park are ideal for deep technical dives, with the advantage that you can swim up from any depth (we've never seen the bottom) to 10 ft without ever leaving the reef; with 250ft tall walls filled with huge black coral colonies, and massive fluorescent - colored sponges that will change your take on what a dramatic wall looks like.

Look close to the reef to see number of colourful Nudibranch, tropical reef fish and even pelagic like Manta Ray and Eagle Ray in the deep water.

Barrier reefs, like fringing reefs, run parallel to the coastline but are separated from land by a deeper, wider body of water.

Fitzroy Island is a large tropical continental island surrounded by its own fringing coral reef in an area that is a known underwater highway for migrating marine life on the Great Barrier Reef with currents in the deeper water that allow them to move along at a faster pace just like you see the turtles in the movie Finding Nreef in an area that is a known underwater highway for migrating marine life on the Great Barrier Reef with currents in the deeper water that allow them to move along at a faster pace just like you see the turtles in the movie Finding NReef with currents in the deeper water that allow them to move along at a faster pace just like you see the turtles in the movie Finding Nemo!

At Hatchet Caye private island resort near Placencia, Belize, you can access a variety of adventure tours like deep sea diving, whale shark snorkeling and fly fishing on the Belize Barrier Reef, only minutes away.

Options here are a short sleep over on a reef like Hardy Reef with Cruise Whitsundays Reefsleep adventure, a liveaboard that moves around a little but stays in the same general area such as the Ocean Quest from Deep Sea Divers Den, or the full - blown liveaboard that travels across the Coral Sea and visits only the best sites on the reef like Hardy Reef with Cruise Whitsundays Reefsleep adventure, a liveaboard that moves around a little but stays in the same general area such as the Ocean Quest from Deep Sea Divers Den, or the full - blown liveaboard that travels across the Coral Sea and visits only the best sites on the Reef with Cruise Whitsundays Reefsleep adventure, a liveaboard that moves around a little but stays in the same general area such as the Ocean Quest from Deep Sea Divers Den, or the full - blown liveaboard that travels across the Coral Sea and visits only the best sites on the way.

The dive at Mexico Canyons was also pretty interesting as it involves a 40m long tunnel (more like a deep gully) running between 2 reef spurs.

But the main reason you want to go diving in these conditions is because it is ideal for seeing deep - sea pelagic, like the mola (seasonal), tuna, black tip reef sharks, white tip reef sharks, barracuda's and rays.

From the surface it looks like a long, yellow is oblong in shape under the surface, with a shallow reef and then deep drop - offs to the sides.