Wow! I think that is the first time I have heard of anyone getting bitten in
the face.

There have been times lately that Sunfish have been seen in the straits
north of Neah Bay WA., but, I had never heard of anyone seeing Blue Sharks.


Russ

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From: "Avril" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] DIVE MASKS


> Can anyone relate to this?
>
> I SCUBA dove for many years when younger and an accident took this hobby
> away from me.  I have very poor vision and always used an optical fitted
> mask.
>
> A group of us were wreck diving in Thiepval Cannel, BC.  That year elnino
> came well up into British Columbia and we saw many different fish
> species -
> one being the Blue Shark - a fabulous looking shark when seen.
>
> Well as usual visibility was not great and we were at about 30 feet.  My
> partner spotted them first.  3 gorgeous blues paralleling us.  We stopped,
> took the vertical position as taught; but, I guess one of the blues didn't
> read the manual.  It came straight at us, it grabbed me by my mask and
> regulator.  I guess I tasted bad as he released me just as quickly as he
> bit
> me.  Back to the subject - He ruined my $300.00 optical mask and my
> regulator - I was NOT a happy diver.  I also sport a few scars on my face
> from this encounter (but that didn't bother me as much as my ruined
> equipment). One tooth mark right above the eye (I guess I was lucky that's
> all it did) - it was a good thing I had on a big, deep, strong mask.
> Fortunately I always brought two masks and an extra regulator plus a good
> first aid kit so the rest of our diving that weekend wasn't ruined
> Of the 13 of us diving 6 of us saw these sharks.  Fortunately I had a good
> partner - it's hard to see in salt water without a mask and he saw me
> safely
> back to our boat.
>
> Now to bring this to shells.  The wreck (which if I remember correctly sat
> at about 40 feet) had more Ceratastoma foliatum amongst the anemones than
> I
> have ever seen.  They were small and most had a lot of iron rust staining
> on
> them so none were collected.
>
> Avril Bourquin
>
> BTW: .  I continued to dive for several more years.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] DIVE MASKS
>
> Susan
>
> A mask that the prescription lens is attached (glued) to the inside gives
> you more choices in masks.  One that has the lens built in will limit you
> to just a few styles.  I use the former.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rick
>
>
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