Salt Dome Scuba Dive near Horizon Oil Spill - 6May2010

Scuba Diving on the Salt Dome. This is on the Contenental Shelf about 60 miles South of Pascagoula, Mississippi. It rises to a depth of 195' from about 485'. Good Abundance of Amberjack and Sharks. It is 30 miles north of the Horizon Oil Spill Incident. This is the closest diveable spot to the Horizon Oil Spill besides Rig VK-817. I have also seen this spot called "Flat Top" as part of the Gulf Pinnacles Reef system along the continental shelf. Nothing dead from the oil here. This is extreme diving, but even a 12 year old can do it.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Scuba Diving
• Extreme Diving
• Diving
• Fishing
• Sharks
• AmberJack
• AJ
• Deep Water Diving
• Deep
• Oil Spill
• Horizon
• underwater diving
• water sports
• scuba

[MarkPrimo]

Yes, I was cause he had his back to him. It is 195' deep. Yes, I know - too deep. But a cool quick dive.

[MarkPrimo]

There are more red snapper here than any other kind of fish. This particular spot does not have many. Starting to get too deep. What you saw were Mangrove Snapper. The Full Report shows a picture of a nice red snapper we caught on the way out there.

[LiuetenantDan93]

@ducksmasher lol

[josephcderer]

5*****...

[TheSolowShow]

WOW! This is some awesome footage. 5 stars all the way! I wish there were 10 stars available to make my appreciation official. I LOVE the Ocean.

[LoveOneAnother1]

Nice video. Were you yelling for Luke when that shark was approcahing you? How deep is it at the salt dome?

[ducksmasher]

red snapper on the bottom? I thought they were extinct!

[BOHUNTER]

Man thats a thriving spot! Ya know around those salt domes is a great place to drill!! Salt is impremiable and the oil just gets to the edge and pockets!! Awesome video and great visual study of the site location. I enjoyed it and will pass them along. Steve in Florida