Convict27

Wow! Thanks for sharing and serving.

Color me jealous. That's a great locale, to be sure. How often do you dive? At what depth? What camera and housing did you use? Thank you for all the images!!!

How large were those feather basket starfish and gorgonias about two-thirds down the page? Is that just an illusion or are they huge?

Wow, that is amazing and you are lucky. I've vaguely heard of reefs in Japan but I don't think I've seen photos and it gives me a destination once I finally get scuba certified. Is the bright green thing a sea lily? Great photos.

Those are some nice shots, brings back back some memories when I was stationed there from 96 to 98, thanks for sharing.

fantastic!

Thanks for sharing and taking such great shots.

Originally Posted by gerbilbox

Wow, that is amazing and you are lucky. I've vaguely heard of reefs in Japan but I don't think I've seen photos and it gives me a destination once I finally get scuba certified. Is the bright green thing a sea lily? Great photos.

I can not remember what that is called. I know that I avoid them as much as possible because they are ultra-sticky and they will grab onto you or your wetsuit and go for a ride. That plus the fact that they burn the skin is another reason why I dont mess with them. They actually have a foot and move around quite easily. We normally find them down at or below 40 feet.

Originally Posted by melev

Color me jealous. That's a great locale, to be sure. How often do you dive? At what depth? What camera and housing did you use? Thank you for all the images!!!

How large were those feather basket starfish and gorgonias about two-thirds down the page? Is that just an illusion or are they huge?

Thanks M! I normally try to go diving at least once a week, sometimes more and sometimes less. It seems like lately it has been a lot less due to work and family commitments. The dives range anywhere from 20ft to well over 100 ft. The visibility here is just amazing. When we are diving from shore it is about 40+ feet of vis and if we are diving from the boat it is unlimited.

I was using a canon powershot sd770, but recently the camera itself went belly up. Not from Diving but from being in my wife's purse. Something got lodged in the automatic lense and now it will not extend. I still have the waterproof case and it worked great, but I have to get a new camera. I am thinking about getting a housing for my Canon 7D DSLR as I love the pictures I take with it and would love to use it underwater as well.

The gorgonias and the feather star basket in the pics were not illusions. I have seen some that are well over 5-7 feet. The ones in the pics were easily in the range of 3-5 feet.

Thank you for your answers. That's really interesting to know... SCUBA is in my future, that's for sure.

The whole reason I got into Scuba was because of having SW tanks back in the states. Once I came here and I knew how good the diving was, I immediately went and got SCUBA qualified. After I got back into diving, I realized how much I missed having tanks, so I got back into reef keeping. It is one big catch 22 but I have not regretted it since.