Question for Talley Ho or anybody else

While out paddle boarding we often see these fluorescent blue dots below the surface. Any idea what they are? The quality of water on this trip has been the best it has been in years. Thanks.

While out paddle boarding we often see these fluorescent blue dots below the surface. Any idea what they are? The quality of water on this trip has been the best it has been in years. Thanks.

Periodically, lots of little bluish jellyfish wash up on La Ropa. Maybe when they're alive and in the water, they fluoresce?

The round ones, maybe half an inch across are little jelly fish. If you look really closely at them, you can see tiny tentacles coming out of the sides.

We suspect that you are asking about the "mystery" stuff, that is below the surface, really shines, and is usually reflective blue. Our best guess has been that they are debris from fireworks.

We would love to know what they really are, but they aren't marine life,

Glad you have clear water. In November, December and January, the water wasn't very clear, probably because it was so warm. It started clearing up mid-January to what we consider normal, and in February and March was great.

Those little suckers are called blue bottles and can carry quite a sting even when dead and dried up on the beach.

Gracias to everyone. I will try not to fall off.

The items that we suspect you are talking about are little squares, maybe quarter to a half inch across, usually below the surface.

Nature rarely produces squares.

Great postings on jelly fish, Keith. Hopefully that's not what he is seeing!

I found the Facebook link from Dive Zihua's Facebook page that mentions Sea Sapphires which may be the wee beasts in question from Hashem Al-Ghaili from February 18th.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=dive%20zihua

The non facebook link below offers more.

http://www.deepseanews.com/2014/02/the-most-beautiful-animal-youve-never-seen/

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Please be happy always

Good thought, but way wrong ocean, and the shape is wrong. We still don't think it's something from nature, but man made.

They were round dots. They appeared to be able to move when you put the paddle in and one day on the way to Las Gatas there were thousands of them. Back home and the weather is in the low 30's Celsius....so why am I so depressed. Thanks everyone.