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<p>May I introduce: her majesty, the <a href="/tags/caddisfly/" rel="tag">#caddisfly</a> 🪰</p><p><a href="/tags/rottersee/" rel="tag">#RotterSee</a>, 3m “soup” visibility, typical for <a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#spring</a>. A closer look reveals some funny fellows, especially at this time of the year. Camouflage is everything! Although, if you walk through the lake with one of these cases...very inconspicuous 🙈 ! Everyone has their own architectural style!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddisfly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddisfly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddisfl</span><span class="invisible">y</span></a></p><p>@[email protected] <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/tauchen/" rel="tag">#tauchen</a> <a href="/tags/troisdorf/" rel="tag">#troisdorf</a> <a href="/tags/rheinsieg/" rel="tag">#RheinSieg</a> </p><p>Pictures: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@jens_schuette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jens_schuette</span></a></span></p>

<p>When you wait in vain for the <a href="/tags/traffic/" rel="tag">#traffic</a> light to turn green 😵 ...</p><p>The <a href="/tags/lake/" rel="tag">#lake</a> in the former limestone quarry near <a href="/tags/stromberg/" rel="tag">#Stromberg</a> was created in 2015 after a groundwater vein was blasted. Thanks to this source, the water there is never colder than 8°C, even in winter...good for a proper warm-up 😉 ! And as usual, you can find funny remnants of people in such a body of <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a></p><p>Picture taken by my buddy <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@jens_schuette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jens_schuette</span></a></span> in autumn 2024</p><p>@scubadivers <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#underwater</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/caddisfly/" rel="tag">#caddisfly</a> larvae everywhere. They are interesting insects. They live for a year or more in the water. There they are astonishing architects for their cases.</p><p>If you look close, you can see a lot of Hydras on the pondweed. They are indeed special creatures. They are not ageing and don&#x27;t die of age! They regenerate all the time. Very small but also very exceptional 🤩!</p><p>Pictures: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@jens_schuette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jens_schuette</span></a></span> </p><p>@[email protected] </p><p><a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#underwater</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a></p><p><a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/koln/" rel="tag">#koln</a> <a href="/tags/widdauen/" rel="tag">#widdauen</a></p>

<p>Diving with best buddy and photographer Jens 🥰. <br>I swear, I can hear him thinking underwater...there&#x27;s some form of wireless connection after more than 700 dives together.</p><p>Perhaps we&#x27;ve passed the point of no return of getting dive-freaky 🙃.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@jens_schuette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jens_schuette</span></a></span> @scubadivers </p><p><a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#underwater</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/koln/" rel="tag">#koln</a> <a href="/tags/widdauen/" rel="tag">#widdauen</a></p>

<p>Osama Gobara - <a href="/tags/cavediving/" rel="tag">#cavediving</a> Explorer</p><p>What I really like in Os is his humble manner. The guy does dives down to 150m in remote areas. Expeditions in caves without seeing light for weeks.</p><p>But he is also a very good teacher. And you can see from look in his eyes that he just loves <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a>. No matter what. </p><p><a href="https://thebigscubapodcast.libsyn.com/2025/03" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thebigscubapodcast.libsyn.com/2025/03"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebigscubapodcast.libsyn.com/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <a href="/tags/gue/" rel="tag">#GUE</a></p><p>@scubadiving</p>

<p>Hey scuba divers! 👋 </p><p>Someone has just set up a group for scuba diving discussion at:</p><p>➡️ @scubadivers </p><p>I had a request from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bonn.social/@tinca_tinca" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tinca_tinca</span></a></span> to feature the group as they want to get a diving community established here on the Fediverse 🙂 They will be posting in the group from time to time, and everyone is free to join in too.</p><p>(If you&#x27;re unsure how groups work, there&#x27;s a guide here: <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on</span><span class="invisible">-the-fediverse/</span></a>)</p><p><a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#ScubaDiving</a> <a href="/tags/scubadivers/" rel="tag">#ScubaDivers</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#Diving</a> <a href="/tags/divers/" rel="tag">#Divers</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#Underwater</a></p>

<p>Today’s post isn’t about a wreck – it is all about critters! 🐛🐠<br>First up: Hermodice carunculata, better known as the bearded fireworm. We’ve actually spotted quite a few of them this year. I didn’t recognize it at first and was very tempted to touch it with bare fingers – which would’ve been a painful mistake! 🔥🪱<br>Next: Scorpaena scrofa, the red scorpionfish. Fun fact: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bonn.social/@tinca_tinca" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tinca_tinca</span></a></span> has never spotted one on her own – she always needs a little hint. 😉🐟<br>And finally, we even saw a few nudibranchs. The photo shows an Edmundsella pedata taken on the shot of the wreck Vassilios T.<br>@scubadivers <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/critters/" rel="tag">#critters</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>From a diver&#x27;s perspective 🤿 </p><p>This is the entrance area of the <a href="/tags/cuevadelagua/" rel="tag">#CuevaDelAgua</a> an underwater <a href="/tags/cave/" rel="tag">#cave</a>. The view upwards shows you an impressive ceiling. It somehow reminds you of stalactites. But this cave wasn&#x27;t dry long enough for that. You think about how the water has created this work of art over thousands of years... </p><p>What will you discover around the next corner? </p><p>Picture: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@jens_schuette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jens_schuette</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/tauchen/" rel="tag">#tauchen</a> <a href="/tags/cavediving/" rel="tag">#cavediving</a> <a href="/tags/spain/" rel="tag">#spain</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#Underwater</a> </p><p>@scubadivers</p>

<p>Looks deadly boring? 🥱</p><p>Yes, on the surface! But take a look at what can be hidden underneath...</p><p><a href="/tags/köln/" rel="tag">#köln</a> <a href="/tags/leverkusen/" rel="tag">#leverkusen</a> <a href="/tags/widdauen/" rel="tag">#widdauen</a></p><p>🧵 1/2</p><p>@scubadivers </p><p><a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#underwater</a></p>

<p>Some more shots from our amazing dive to the wreck of the B-24 Liberator &quot;Tulsamerican&quot; close to Vis Island, Croatia.<br>June 2025<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://bonn.social/@tinca_tinca" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tinca_tinca</span></a></span> <a href="https://libranet.de/profile/konni" rel="nofollow">@konni</a> @scubadivers <br><a href="/tags/wreckdiving/" rel="tag">#wreckdiving</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/underwaterphotography/" rel="tag">#underwaterphotography</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a></p>

<p>Ben Burville has been diving with wild seals for 20 years. His interactions are heartwarming.</p><p><a href="/tags/seal/" rel="tag">#Seal</a> <a href="/tags/seals/" rel="tag">#Seals</a> <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#Dogs</a> <a href="/tags/dog/" rel="tag">#Dog</a> <a href="/tags/dogsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#Dogsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/zeehond/" rel="tag">#Zeehond</a> <a href="/tags/hond/" rel="tag">#Hond</a> <a href="/tags/honden/" rel="tag">#Honden</a> <a href="/tags/fauna/" rel="tag">#Fauna</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#Animals</a> <a href="/tags/cute/" rel="tag">#Cute</a> <a href="/tags/hund/" rel="tag">#Hund</a> <a href="/tags/chien/" rel="tag">#Chien</a> <a href="/tags/perro/" rel="tag">#Perro</a> <a href="/tags/hunde/" rel="tag">#Hunde</a> <a href="/tags/animales/" rel="tag">#Animales</a> <a href="/tags/canine/" rel="tag">#Canine</a> <a href="/tags/wildtier/" rel="tag">#Wildtier</a> <a href="/tags/wildtiere/" rel="tag">#Wildtiere</a> <a href="/tags/tiere/" rel="tag">#Tiere</a> <a href="/tags/tier/" rel="tag">#Tier</a> <a href="/tags/foca/" rel="tag">#Foca</a> <a href="/tags/phoque/" rel="tag">#Phoque</a> <a href="/tags/deepsea/" rel="tag">#Deepsea</a> <a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#Diving</a> <a href="/tags/sea/" rel="tag">#Sea</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/zee/" rel="tag">#Zee</a> <a href="/tags/seehund/" rel="tag">#Seehund</a> <a href="/tags/meer/" rel="tag">#Meer</a> <a href="/tags/sealsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#SealsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/hunde/" rel="tag">#Hunde</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/wildanimals/" rel="tag">#Wildanimals</a> <a href="/tags/precious/" rel="tag">#Precious</a> <a href="/tags/lovable/" rel="tag">#Lovable</a> <a href="/tags/lovely/" rel="tag">#Lovely</a> <a href="/tags/adorable/" rel="tag">#Adorable</a> <a href="/tags/adorbs/" rel="tag">#Adorbs</a> <a href="/tags/sweet/" rel="tag">#Sweet</a> <a href="/tags/precious/" rel="tag">#Precious</a> <a href="/tags/schattig/" rel="tag">#Schattig</a> <a href="/tags/cuddle/" rel="tag">#Cuddle</a></p>

<p>Dear divers and interested people!</p><p>Unfortunately our group on gup.pe was discontinued.</p><p>Today I created a new group for us:<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@scubadivers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scubadivers</span></a></span> </p><p>You&#x27;re all invited to follow along 🙂!</p><p>Nice diving!</p><p>Thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.cat/@vivia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vivia</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.cat/@slomo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>slomo</span></a></span>!</p><p><a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#underwater</a> <a href="/tags/underwaterphotography/" rel="tag">#underwaterphotography</a> <a href="/tags/tauchen/" rel="tag">#tauchen</a></p>

<p>The Orkneys are a beautiful place ❤️! </p><p>The nature is stunning. But there is also a rich history to discover. The German high seas fleet was scuttled here after WW1. </p><p>Diving history!</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@scubadivers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scubadivers</span></a></span> <br><a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> <br><a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#scotland</a> <a href="/tags/orkney/" rel="tag">#orkney</a> <a href="/tags/stromness/" rel="tag">#stromness</a></p>

<p>A big spanner down at the turrets of the SMS Bayern.</p><p>The Bayern was scuttled on 21 June 1919 by the Germans themselves. The scuttling ended the interment of the German high seas fleet, which began in November 1918.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_at_Scapa_Flow" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_at_Scapa_Flow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttlin</span><span class="invisible">g_of_the_German_fleet_at_Scapa_Flow</span></a></p><p>Thanks to Sergej for the picture and Harvey for pointing out ❤️ !</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@scubadivers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scubadivers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@jens_schuette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jens_schuette</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/diving/" rel="tag">#diving</a> <a href="/tags/scuba/" rel="tag">#scuba</a> <a href="/tags/underwater/" rel="tag">#underwater</a> <a href="/tags/scubadiving/" rel="tag">#scubadiving</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#scotland</a> <a href="/tags/orkney/" rel="tag">#orkney</a></p>