Tacoma scuba diving shops offer a range of services for divers. You can get equipment and supplies as well as training and specialization classes. Participation in local dive activities such as Earth Day cleanups is also possible. Buzzing Scuba Dive Shop is an excellent place to start scuba diving. Read on to learn about the many services offered by Buzzing Scuba Dive Shop.
Earth Day underwater cleanup
Volunteers from Tacoma's dive community have joined hands to improve the environment during Earth Day. The cleanup takes places at the Point Defiance Boathouse near Tacoma. 810 pounds of trash were removed from the waterways last year. This effort is ongoing to preserve marine life and the environment. You can promote your business by getting involved and meet others who enjoy scuba diving.
The organizers are hoping to get kayakers as well as scuba divers working together to clean up 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 allow some participants to take large pieces of trash or other waste off the water. The organizers hope the cleanup will preserve our waterways and offer a unique experience for the local 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 Harbor WildWatch citizen science collaboration with NOAA. Participation in the survey is open to all divers, with no experience required. Training takes place during the dive brief. Night diving is permitted for those who are certified.
In 1998, WDFW started a multiyear mark-recapture program near Westport, Washington. The study includes a tag-recovery monitoring system for sport fishing that allows five annual releases of black rocksfish. These fish were released from pinnacles that were fished by Westport charter fishing boats. This survey involves placing two wire tags coded within the opercular muscle of these fish in order to identify individual captures.
Easy exit with only a few pounds trash
The waters around Commencement bay are a great place to go scubadiving in the greater Tacoma region. Earth Day was celebrated by 47 pounds of trash collected by volunteer scuba divers. Octopuses, fishing wire, and glass bottles were all part of the garbage. The Marine Science and Technology Center (MaST), a part of Highline Community College organized the clean up. The waters around Des Moines were cleaned up by the MaST in a previous cleanup.
Observation of wounded bull sea lion
Tacoma's dive group witnessed an amazing sight while scubadiving. Scuba divers were stunned to see a bull sea lion wounded by an arrow. The animal sustained a shark bite wound and was blind. Bjorn was rescued and taken to the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles. Bjorn, the sea lion's name is after a character on "Vikings", is now his new name. This mighty creature, which now weighs almost 400 pounds, lives at the Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
A Tacoma scuba diving group was fortunate to witness this dramatic sight in October. The group was astonished to see a sea lion in action for the first time. The lions' playful nature is also apparent during the observation. Sea lion pups often form groups with similar ages and play with divers in water. The pups also like to play with the divers, jumping into the water to give them toys and interacting with bubble streams.