Greenbank, March 30th.
If you like sandy beach and long walk, this might be dive spot for you. Public access to the beach is only 22 feet 8 inches wide, there is no parking at all, only narrow road to beach to unload and load, you have to drive off to parking area at Greenbank Farm, park your car while your buddy guards your gear at the water edge. Then walk back to the beach. Repeat after the dive in reverse order. The public access was fought over about few years ago in the court, the owners of neighboring property lost and access was restored, but I am told, the owners don't like divers, so consider yourself being warned.
I was invited to join a friend Ken Collins, who surveys sea stars here regularly and of course, when he mentioned Pycnopodia haven, I gladly accepted the invitation. We were joined by another Whidbey diver, professional videographer Florian Graner.
Underwater? Lot of sand. The reward? Sunflower stars. For some reason, they seem to like it here...
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