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Underwater Pier

 For people who'd rather watch fish than catch fish
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This would be similar to the clear plexiglass tubes some theme parks already have, only instead of creating an artificial environment around them they'd be built close to fishing piers that are already in existence. You'd just walk straight out for a hundred yards or so, going down a gentle slope. At the bottom there would be a viewing room so you could sit around and watch what swims by.
—longshot9999, Nov 24 2004

Pacific Undersea Gardens http://www.pacificu...m/getting_there.htm
with hourly diver shows... [csea, Nov 24 2004]

Aquarium of the Bay http://www.aquariumofthebay.com/aboutus/
(2) 300-foot tunnels with moving walkway [csea, Nov 24 2004]

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       for there to be enough activity around the viewing room to make it worth while it would have to be built near a reef or a wreck. conservationists might have a thing or two to say about this.
—etherman, Nov 24 2004
   

       I always felt the best part of being on a pier was being able to look down through the gaps in the planks and see the waves underneath you. Would this also be part of the underwater pier experience? If so, then it's a cool idea. Also, at the risk of getting too involved in the actual design of one of these things, I really fancy the idea of having the old, eroded iron pillars of the original pier coming down through the glass roof so you can walk round them. That would be fab. Perfect place for a fish restaurant.   

       Hmm... calls to mind the story of the guy who used to eat at the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place in Paris where he didn't have to look at the thing.
—moomintroll, Nov 24 2004
   

       There's a place in Victoria, BC, Canada with similar characteristics. [link] I always enjoy visiting there.   

       Hmm, just recalled another in San Francisco. [link] Haven't been there (guess it's too close to home, haven't had guests from out of town for a while...)
—csea, Nov 24 2004
   

       I rather like this idea [longshot], it must be a croissant not a fish.
—jonthegeologist, Nov 24 2004
   

       No, no, it's definitely fish, croissant don't swim in schools like that. Unless we've just built a glass tube through a bakery...   

       ...that would be weird.
—moomintroll, Nov 24 2004
   

       The problem I see is with the upward pressure from the air, causing the bubble to want to rise. There has to be a way to fight against this force. It seems to me that the best way for this to work is to have a down tube at the end of the pier vs. a tube all the way from the shore.
—TREOdeJaneiro, Dec 22 2007
   

       Have the bubble in a raised tip at the end of the tube. Then, even if there is a leak there will be a bubble out at the viewing room on the end of the tube.   

       Or pressurise the tube. Remember, one atmosphere = 10 metres of water.
—UnaBubba, Dec 22 2007
   

       //Or pressurise the tube. Remember, one atmosphere = 10 metres of water//
And make sure all your visitors sign a bends waiver before entering (or rather, before exiting).
[for reference, a diving buddy of mine had a cerebral bend after diving to no more than six or seven metres]
—AbsintheWithoutLeave, Dec 22 2007
   

       How long was he down?
—UnaBubba, Dec 22 2007
   

       //How long was he down?//
She was assisting on an Open Water qualifying session, which means a maximum of three dives in a day, so probably no more than 50 minutes to an hour total.
She woke up next morning with a baaad headache, and spent most of the rest of the week in the chamber.
—AbsintheWithoutLeave, Dec 23 2007
   

       Wow, that's quick. I've never seen someone get seriously bent but my girlfriend got badly narced on a dive in Truk Lagoon. She was offering her air to the fish when the dive leader stopped her. Three hours on the ascent, just in case she also bent. Scary stuff.
—UnaBubba, Dec 23 2007
   

       I know a diver who got a cerebral DCS hit, after a brief dive on nitrox at forty foot. He had short term memory issues for a few weeks. DCS is an odd thing, it doesn't always have to be courted.
—normzone, Dec 26 2007
   

       What would make this idea really cool would be if there were some kind of little airlock ports through which you could release helium baloons with hooks and bait attached to stout fishing line. Seagull fishing! (birding?)
—saxman, Dec 26 2007
   


 

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