There are some really great places to see the ocean in this country and if your days are full of necessary but non-oceanic tasks like researching direct tv business or calling the doctor you deserve a vacation! Here are a few of our choices for seeing the ocean this fall:
Virginia Beach, VA: It’s still plenty warm to swim in VA Beach and there’s a lot to do here outside of taking (more…)
If you are new when it comes to sailing, you have come to the perfect place. I have created below the top five safety tips that you should follow if you are a beginning sailor.
1. The first thing that you should before you sail is to check the weather. You should check with your local weather center in order for you to determine whether the weather will be perfect for sailing or not.
2. You need to check that all the equipment and materials that you will need are already prepared. You have to make sure that the (more…)
For many centuries, people have wondered why the sea has different colors. With the help of scientific research, answers to this mystery have been found.
In most cases, reflected sunlight determines the color of the sea. Tropical islands have turquoise seas because the water absorbs blue and reflects the red in the sunlight. If you go diving, you will notice that the water become bluer the deeper you go. This is because only the blue light waves (more…)
It can be fairly difficult to find poetry that reflects oceanic themes and points of view. However, there are ten great poems about the sea that many people can read and enjoy. These poems deal with such themes as pirates, fishing, mythological sirens and ocean adventures. Such poems appeal a great deal to people who enjoy the sea; for they can make even a very long boat ride more enjoyable because they can even be sung as sea chanties. Even a lone fisher can find themselves having a great deal of fun (more…)
Everyone has probably heard or read about the giant squid which was recently caught off the south Florida coast. The squid measured 23 feet from head to tentacle tip. Big, yes, but giant? In February 2007, a New Zealand fishing crew caught a colossal squid off the Ross Shelf of Antarctica; the squid measured 33 feet in length when caught. From evidence found inside sperm whale stomachs, scientists believe that deep ocean (more…)
When one thinks of carnivorous ocean creatures, the Great White shark immediately comes to most people’s minds. For pure ferocity and the continual, but unintended, predation on man, makes the Great White one of the most feared carnivores on earth. The Great White is a mammal eating shark with seals and sealions being its favorite fare.
The Tiger shark is another ocean carnivore that quite often mistakes humans for its marine cuisine and although its attacks are also a mistake on their part, the end result is often tragic.The full explanation can be found at http://blog.kleincollection.com/2011/07/04/diving-with-great-white-sharks/ Tiger sharks tend to come into shallow water to (more…)
The Mexican island of Cozumel offers some of the best diving on earth. The reef is huge and on the brink of a wall that plunges to the abyss with caves, swim-throughs, coral spires and a plethora of marine life.
East of the Great Barrier Reef, in the Coral Sea, lies Osprey Reef where visibility can reach 200 feet, there are lots and lots of sharks and large coral heads that overlook walls that drop straight down to 4000 feet. This may (more…)
The following lists of the Underwater Wonders of the World is not terribly official, and is in no particular order.
Yonaguni-Jima (Japan) – Over eight thousand years of history and meters of water lay between the modern world and the mysteries of this ancient and expansive underwater city.
The Mariana Trench – A wonder on land or sea, the Mariana Trench is the deepest point in this world’s ocean. The pressure there is over a thousand times the pressure at sea (more…)