Tacoma dive shops offer many services to divers. You can get equipment and supplies as well as training and specialization classes. You can also take part in local scuba diving activities like Earth Day cleanups. Buzzing Scuba Dive Shop is an excellent place to start scuba diving. You can read on to learn more about Buzzing Scuba Dive Shop's various services.
Earth Day underwater cleanup
Volunteers from Tacoma's dive community have joined hands to improve the environment during Earth Day. The cleanup will take places at Point Defiance Boathouse. 810 lbs of trash was removed from the area's waterways during last year's cleanup. This effort is ongoing to preserve marine life and the environment. Scuba diving is an enjoyable hobby that can be promoted and shared with others.
Organisers plan to bring together kayakers and scuba divers to take out fishing gear from the Tacoma waterfront. Once the net has been removed from the water, divers will lift it out of there using a boat elevator. Wounded Warriors will also be available to help with large amounts of trash and other waste. Organizers are hoping the cleanup will help preserve our waters and provide a unique experience for the community.
Rockfish survey
Scuba divers have the opportunity to help save endangered rockfish species through participation in a community-based survey at Tacoma SCUBA. This dive is part the Harbor WildWatch citizen science partnership with the NOAA. The survey is open for all divers. No experience or qualification required. The dive brief is where the training takes place. Participation in night dives requires certification.
WDFW began a multi-year mark-recapture study near Westport, Washington, in 1998. This project involves a five-year annual release of black rockfish as part of a sport fishing tag-recovery system. These fish were released in pinnacles of the Westport charter boat fishing fleet. Two wire tags with codes were placed in the opercular muscles of the fish for individual identification.
Easy exit with pounds of trash
Consider the waters near Commencement Beach if you're looking to go scuba dive in the greater Tacoma vicinity. Volunteer scuba divers brought up 47 pounds of garbage from the water this Earth Day. Octopuses, fishing lines, and glass bottles were among the garbage. The Marine Science and Technology Center of Highline Community College (MaST) organized the clean-up. The waters around Des Moines were cleaned up by the MaST in a previous cleanup.
Observation and treatment of wounded bull sea Lion
Tacoma's dive group witnessed an amazing sight while scubadiving. Divers were shocked to see a bull sealion being wounded by an archer. The injured animal was reportedly blind and had a scar from a shark bite. Bjorn was then transported to the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles. Rescuers helped him gain some weight. Bjorn is now the name of the sea-lion after a character from the TV series "Vikings." This mighty creature, which now weighs almost 400 pounds, lives at the Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
A Tacoma dive group experienced this spectacular sight in October. It was the first time that the group had ever seen a sea lion on a dive, and they were so excited about it that they gathered in groups with other scuba divers to watch the creatures in action. Observations of the sea lions reveal their playful nature. The sea lion pups will often play in the water with divers and form groups of like-aged friends. The pups like to play with divers as well, jumping into the sea to give them toys or interact with bubble streams.