Dolphins and Hammerhead Shark February 12, 2008
Posted by cbs in : Aquatic Wildlife Tenerife , 1 comment so farThings have been a little quiet here, always is after Christmas, especially since my camera and housing has gone walkies…aghhhh! New one arrives five days time
Having said that this video was shot a few days ago do enjoy
Canarian Lobsters April 27, 2007
Posted by cbs in : Aquatic Wildlife Tenerife , add a commentMost people are familiar with the clawed lobsters found in many parts of the world. If you havn’t chased them on a dive you may well have eaten them with egg yolks, sherry, and an oven browned cheese crust in Lobster Thermidor.
Much rarer is the Canarian Lobster a looking strange creature which more resembles a giant wood louse and has lost it’s claws. They are really difficult to spot having a carapace that resembles rock. On a recent dive we were lucky enough to spot on and have a camera.
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Diving with Manta Rays September 7, 2006
Posted by andylovie in : Aquatic Wildlife Tenerife, Customers , 2commentsHaving spent the last 3 and a bit years diving here I still get a trill every time I get in the water you just never know what you are going to see. One the first dive of the day to the dive site “Roncardores de Palm Mar”. There are some fish farms there and occasionally dolphins will come in for a quick snack and they were there this morning. What was decided was to change the dive plan slightly and head out under the fish farms to see in the hope of getting some snaps of dolphins underwater. Under the fish cages were thousands of sardines in it’self spectacular but then turning around there was a passing MantaRay…..!!!! and I had a camera !!!! Mantas’ are far more common in El Hierro and not often seen here in Tenerife…..We just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Then to cap it all we spent 20 mins on the surface watching dolphins ….what a dive !!!
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I’ll get some larger pickies up on the main website as soon as.
Females are more promiscuous-Seahorses that is ! August 29, 2006
Posted by tenerifescuba in : Aquatic Wildlife Tenerife , add a commentThe sex life of the female seahorse is being investigated in a research project under way at a sea life centre.
The spotlight is on tropical seahorses at Great Yarmouth Sea-Life Centre as scientists examine whether females are more promiscuous than males.
The seahorses have been fitted with tiny coloured necklaces so researchers can see who is pairing up.
It had been thought seahorses mated for life but early results show the females being more promiscuous.
Seahorses at the centre mate frequently and researchers have enlisted the help of visitors to tell them which coloured tags are pairing up, giving a date and time.
The survey will then be added to eight others taking place across Europe.
Terri Harris, one of the researchers, said: “Early results are showing us that the males stay faithful to one female.
“However the females may have more than one male partner so they are the ones who are more likely to stray.”
Turtle on the Wreck August 25, 2006
Posted by andylovie in : Aquatic Wildlife Tenerife , 1 comment so far2 mins outside Las Galletas Harbour there is the dive site “Los Chuchos” the Stingrays. For a number of years there was a resident turtle unfortunatley it died a couple of years ago. Over the last couple of weeks we have been lucky enough to have a turtle come back to the dive site. Two customers, Franck and Christine Doguet, here doing their PADI Advanced Open Water course were in the right place at the right time and had a camera!!
