I am sure many people have heard of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico now but what a lot of people do not know is that the oil rigs that are just off the coast of Louisiana are loaded with SPS corals and clams. We have a big boat that we use to go diving on these rigs to explore the corals and clams that have been growing on the rig legs and metal structures on these massive rigs for the last few decades. This has been a great secret of many hobbyist along the gulf coast that would arrange chartered dive trips just to explore the corals and marine life growing on the rigs. Many people were of the thinking that they had to book a trip to the keys or out of the country to see some great coral reefs, I can personally tell you that the coral reefs below these oil rigs in the gulf of Mexico are some of the most beautiful I have seen and I have been all of the world diving. I can only imagine that all of these animals are dead now. This is just another part of the disaster that BP and the media will not tell the rest of the world.
