10 outrageous things happening deep in the Ocean @ma3route

1. THE SAMAESAN HOLE 

It is the deepest dive site in the Gulf of Thailand, plummeting 280 feet. The hole is in Samaesan Bay, where there are very strong currents, and it’s also an inland waterway with heavy daily tanker traffic.

2. THE YAP AND PALAU TRENCHES

The Yap Trench is an oceanic trench near Yap Island in the western Pacific Ocean. The trench forms the part of the Pacific Ring of Fire between the Palau Islands and the Mariana Trench. It is 650 kilometres long and 27,976 ft deep.

3. THE MAELSTROM

A.k.a. whirlpool or an oceanic black-hole, they are powerful natural phenomena that have struck fear into the hearts of seamen for centuries. A maelstrom is a strong rotational current that’s created when weather and conditions with currents are just right.

4. PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS 

In the last five years, between 36 and 48 attacks were carried out annually against ships in the Nigerian waters, and between 26 and 49 piracy attacks were committed in the Indonesian waters in the same period.

5. THE DRAGON HOLE

The local fishermen call it the “eye” of the South China Sea, and according to legend it is where the Monkey King, depicted in the novel Journey to the West, found his golden cudgel. Dragon Hole is about 100 metres (330 ft) deeper than Dean’s Blue Hole.

6. THE SUNKEN CITY OF CUBA

The remains of what may be a 6000-year-old city immersed in deep waters off the west coast of Cuba was discovered by a team of researchers. The Cuban underwater formation is a site thought by some to be a submerged granite structural complex.

7. ICELANDIC SNEAKER WAVES

Sneaker waves are a natural phenomenon which happens when several smaller waves combine their energy to create one bigger wave. It can happen because of ocean currents, or because of an underground cliff just offshore.

8. SEA PICKLE

Sea pickles are pelagic ocean dwelling pyrosomes: colonial tunicates. They may look like one organism but they are actually made up of many. These squishy invertebrates are echinoderms, making them distant relatives to starfish and urchins.

9. THE MARIANA TRENCH

It is located in the western Pacific Ocean about 200 kilometres east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. Only two people have descended to the planet’s deepest point, the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench.

10. THE POOL OF DEATH

Originally called Depth Pool, locals coined the term “Death Pool” because it suited the site’s thrilling effect. The Death Pool is a natural pool or a lagoon located on the far right side of the beach.

SOURCE: @Jayysen_