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Registered: July 2004
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These sardines came by in a school of at least hundreds! They seemed to decide I was a threat and formed the swirling ball that schooling fish often form when threatened, a "Bait Ball". Unfortunately, fish aren't very smart, and they formed the ball with me inside! I spent several minutes doing a decompression safety stop surrounded by this swirling mass of silvery fish. Taken at 15' underwater off of Santa Catalina Island, CA.
ˇ Date: Sat July 9, 2005 ˇ Views: 2711 ˇ Filesize: 168.1kb, 237.8kb ˇ Dimensions: 1024 x 768 ˇ
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Sat July 9, 2005 1:16pm

What a trip! I couldn't tell on the thumbnail what this was, and what a surprise! Cox in the belly of the whale, so to speak! I don't know why, but I just think this one is kinda of cool.

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Sun July 10, 2005 8:57am

It was a fantastic experience. I was the last one up to the boat that dive, and was alone when this happened. I figured none of the other divers would believe the story, but when I hauled out onto the boat, I found out everyone was hanging over the railing watching the fish wrap around me!

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