What’s up at Deep Blue?

from January 2004

In this section you will find Photos, videos and stories from some of our 
most memorable events.

=> Click here for pictures from 2000 to 2003

August  2006

March 2006

As we had some problems again with people who didn´t do their safety-stop
we can only highly recommend to really do the safety- and the deco-stop.
If you do not follow these instructions we cannot be held responsible for any
problems which might occur!

December 2005

23.November 2005

And thank god they exist - sharks in our area.
Unfortunately this little specimen of a DORNHAI  didn`t get very old, but at least
also here we could investigate and and examine. And we now have the proof that
we have sharks here, what, until now, was only a not proved rumour.

16. November 2005

During the preparations for the VDST-Instructor-Course the guys showed us 
again that they really know how to behave with women. Annie did`t complain
and finally Lothar showed us what is in a woman.

14. November 2005

Nearly a unique fotograph: mating angelsharks.

Unfortunately they were so busy with the overture...

...that we didn`t have the chance to take a picture of the
copulation itself...

...because humans, contrary to angelsharks, have to check their divecomputer
and the pressure gage from time to time - what a pity!

Beginning of November 2005

Another stranded squid gave us the chance to take more detailled pictures:

End of October 2005

A little sensation! For those sceptics who thought the pictures of the seahorses in our
diveschool-video were taken from somewhere else - here is the proof that these tiny
little guys really live here, at least from time to time.
With a very good camouflage, but in different colours.

         

In the course of the year 2005

Ben did some excellent pictures over the summer that
we would like to show you. 
First there was the lizardfish that finished with the little scorpionfish:

Apart from this the octopus that took a mouthful of fish:

and the octopus eating a china shell:

And because it was so nice, one more riddle - what is that?

A cuttlefish, holding its siesta

Summer 2005

Wanted - who is that?

Could it be this good-lookking, sexy guy?

18. März 2005

Unfortunatley we had to save again a turtle rom the swimming waste that humans throw
into the sea.
Without the help of the team, that could take in the turtle and free it from the rope that was
wrapped around here, she would probably not have survived.

13. November 2004

Once again, we were visited by a manta ray. This time in Barranco.
Although the photos are not the best, we wanted to share them with 
you just the same:

September 2004

After their official wedding in Germany, regular guests Wolfgang and Marion 
decided to renew their vows here…underwater! Because we took so many 
photos of the “wet wedding”, they have their own page.

=> Click here to see the wedding shots

10. August 2004

Here in the Canary Islands NATO frequently carry out manoeuvres in our waters. Nobody
normally pays any attention to these exercises but we have found that sometimes these
manoeuvres coincide with a number of whales and dolphins being washed up dead on 
the shore.

28. July 2004

Now….more whales decompressing!

29.Juni 2004

The sea-urchin plague is back and every once in a while we go out to kill them off. Before you call project aware, this is a government-sponsored event, as large numbers of our spiky friends can seriously damage the ecological balance of the seabed. The rest of the reef fish seemed quite happy for the free meal too.

Our safety stop was also monitored by a group of amberjacks.

=> Click here for pictures from 2000 to 2003