Okay folks, I have one more day with the camera, and I promised my grandchildren I would try to bring back a photo of a seahorse, their favorite! Can anyone tell me where my best chances would be?


Thanks! Sharon

Slim to less than zero if you are looking, now if you can have some one show you the spot, pretty much 100%. Seahorses hardly ever move and stay in one spot for long periods (I've heard tell...years), so the trick is to find that one spot. You're best bet is to hire someone, like Renee or Dee or many DM's, to show you the spot.

go to one of the diving schools.
They will give you directions.
I had great help from yellow submarine. They had (3 yrs ago) one in front of their operation.

I looked for years until I told a DM at the Divi and he took me right one. I'm too "noisey" of a diver so I was scaring them away.
The DM and guilds "live" on the reefs, so they know where all the "critters" habitat.
Even knowing where they might be, they are very good at camiflouge and a very fragile creature.
Hire someone to show you them,it's money well spent.

I saw 4 sea horses on dives during the December 27-January 3 period (the good news). All but one were pointed out by Buddy Dive dive masters on boat dives -- one over at Klein. The one exception was the sea horse at 43' just to the left of Buddy Dive's dock, as you faced the reef, on Buddy's Reef. It was there for several days, seen by many, and gave me a GREAT picture -- posted elsewhere on this message board.

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/1022/346622.html?1200398605

You'll have to scroll down through my repeated and failed attempts to post my photos. Sorry!

The bad news -- never saw any of the Spotted Eagle Rays or octopus (octopi??) seen by many on various dives there. But the sea horses made up for it! :o)

The DMs know where they are, you just may have to do some boat dives. Choose Klein or other no shore diving sites.

We almost always find more than one at oil slick. When you get in go north about 80-100yds and look in 20-40ft. There used to be an old tire there and a red sea horse just to the right of the tire.Happy hunting

Andrea 1 & 2 have been excellent dive sites to spot SH's