Northwest Dive Club

What a great night dive at redondo tonight. Got to swim with a six gill for about 10 minutes. Here's some pics.
...and a little video

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Ryq-gT_OanM[/youtube]

You the MAN !!!!

Awesome! Sixgills, now in fun-size!

[sarcasm]No fair chumming with PSL's and baby grunt sculpins.[/sarcasm]



Way cool, perhaps this will be the year that folks start seeing six-gills on a regular basis again.

Awesome! About how big was it? That's really cool, but also scares me:)

Very Nice, thanks for posting..

If it had been me, I would have been too excited to maintain my presence of mind and get the video.....

You are definately the man....

That is awesome, what a great dive! I am really jealous. Thanks for the pics and the footage.

Totally cool! Congratulations!

This is good news! If there have been some pups dropped then perhaps the sightings will pick up and divers will see them as they grow and before they leave the sound. I believe Mr. Rawlings posted a link to some very interesting research - don't have time to look up and repost but worth your time to look for.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing pics AND video!
One more reason to dive @ Redondo more often.
Guess where the next " Thursday Ssouth Sound Dives" will be, next week

Awesome video!

Tom Nic wrote:This is good news! If there have been some pups dropped then perhaps the sightings will pick up and divers will see them as they grow and before they leave the sound. I believe Mr. Rawlings posted a link to some very interesting research - don't have time to look up and repost but worth your time to look for.

This is probably what you are referring to, Tom: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... 10#p210810

Very cool! How deep were you?

thefeve wrote:Awesome! About how big was it? That's really cool, but also scares me:)

Only about 4 foot, just a baby so not scary at all

spatman wrote:Very cool! How deep were you?

We were at about 90 feet (Near the carousel boat) when we spotted him. Ended up at about 110 so he took us out west a ways....

John Rawlings wrote:

Tom Nic wrote:This is good news! If there have been some pups dropped then perhaps the sightings will pick up and divers will see them as they grow and before they leave the sound. I believe Mr. Rawlings posted a link to some very interesting research - don't have time to look up and repost but worth your time to look for.

This is probably what you are referring to, Tom: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... 10#p210810

Yes!!!

In particular John's second post re-capping the conference.

If the speculation is correct and some sixgills have pupped in the Sound we may be in for another round of sightings as they mature before leaving. Males reaching sexual maturity at abt 3.5 meters and females at abt 4 meters - those are big fishies anyway you slice it! Hopefully we will have the privilege of a few more sightings as they grow.

Great video ! Right place. right time

BASSMAN wrote:Awesome! Thanks for sharing pics AND video!
One more reason to dive @ Redondo more often.
Guess where the next " Thursday Ssouth Sound Dives" will be, next week

If so... I'm in

Way cool. Definitely a dream for me. I would love to see one. Great pics and vid!

Outstanding. Some of my favorite memories are swimming with sharks of various kinds. But, I've never seen, let alone swam, with a Six-Gill so I counted gills in the first image. I only counted five, not six. What am I missing?

Perhaps you're counting the flaps of skin between the gills? Count the vents...there are six

ArcticDiver wrote: I only counted five, not six. What am I missing?

I thought the same... till I clicked on the image to zoom in...

Awesome video! Also, a very even respiratory rate. Just like a walk in the park for you.

KneeDeep wrote:

ArcticDiver wrote: I only counted five, not six. What am I missing?

I thought the same... till I clicked on the image to zoom in...

That did it. Thanks.

Shark puppies in the sound! Woopee!

Nice job guys.