Sentences with phrase «underwater canyons»

As you expect with such a great underwater canyon, the currents are often strong.

Deep underwater canyons start around 35 feet deep and drop off to approximately 3000 feet, giving divers plenty of room to see a startling array of marine life.

The scientists also discovered huge underwater canyons dating back to the same period, hollowed out by rivers running over land that is now submerged, suggesting that the sea level was much lower at the time.

The researchers handed the devices over to sea - bound fishers, who dropped the hydrophones into a North Atlantic underwater canyon more than 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep.

This section of the Great Barrier Reef offers sensational wall dives as well as underwater canyons, caves and gullies.

Eden Rock and Devil's Grotto — Just South of the George Town Harbor, a maze of shallow, meandering underwater canyons and tunnels make for an interesting shore dive at any time of year, as there's always a chance of running into a tarpon.

Here, the near - shore water is generally shallow and, at reef's edge, underwater canyons provide ample opportunity to explore.

Options include large spur - and - groove formations that resemble underwater canyons, deeper drops, stand - along coral heads and one wreck.

Divers can descend more than 400 feet as they explore a series of underwater canyons created at the end of the last Ice Age more than 10,000 years ago.

The area of Portuguese coast is known for the enormous winter swells, with underwater canyon running right up to the shoreline cliffs, amplifying the waves that are created.

Technically, Shark Ray Alley is a zone inside the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, but the abundance of nurse sharks and rays on the prowl for fish in this unique underwater canyon make Shark Ray Alley one of the most spectacular places to snorkel in Belize.

The deep underwater canyons help the hunters sneak up on prey, including gray whales now passing through the bay on their annual migration.

If you're looking for an adrenaline rush, there is a huge underwater canyon, north of the middle islet, that leads to a tunnel connecting the northern and southern part of the islet.

The most dense accumulations of litter were found in deep underwater canyons.»

Hoving and his colleagues sent down subs to observe two species of the Gonatus genus of squid in an underwater canyon of Monterey Bay, off the coast of California.

According to the researchers, the presence of Osedax at these latitudes could be related to the contact with the deeper and colder waters in Blanes» underwater canyon, an area where they think more abundant and stable populations of the new Osedax species could live.

The underwater canyon of Seal Island boasts some of the region's best diving and chances to interact with sea lions, sea turtle, sharks and other marine life.

This place is known for its underwater canyons, corals, drift dives and pelagic fish watching.

This protected natural paradise combines wetlands with dunes, coastal forests, coral reefs and underwater canyons and offers many adventure opportunities and excellent accommodation.

Fill your logbook with adventures from shipwrecks dives to the exploration of underwater canyons and steep walls, excursions on shallow reefs, underwater sculptures and marine animal encounters.

The underwater canyons of the Big Creek marine protected areas provide habitat to a variety of deepwater rockfishes such as cabezon and bocaccio.

Some of these channels are 80 feet deep or more and form a maze of underwater canyons that rise to the surface in the form of shoals, atolls and cayes (islands).

Feeding The Cassin's auklet feeds offshore, often relying on upwellings of cooler nutrient rich waters and associating with bathymetric landmarks such the continental shelf and underwater canyons.

The waves gather up their strength from Scripps Canyon, which is an underwater canyon that's just offshore in the San Diego - La Jolla Underwater Park.

The reefs off Townsville provide a unique dive experience with a variety of scenery such as swim - throughs, underwater canyons, caves, gullies and sensational wall dives.

Reaching a maximum depth of 50 + meters these giant boulder formations are home to a mind boggling variety of marine life, underwater canyons, and massive caverns.But wait, it doesn't end there as the east coast of the islands provides a completely different and distinct under water landscape.

Pure Adventure's dive sites feature colorful reefs, shipwrecks, pinnacles, walls, a rich variety of marine life plus underwater canyons — all on the daily dive menu!