This Morning at The Dond

[cardiver]

I met up with Rich, Keith and Mike at 0900 this morning for one dive at Redondo. The sun was shining and the water was like glass. It looked like a morning for an epic dive and it was!
Viz was easily 35-40' below the halocline and we had no current for the entire 72 minute dive.
There were octos, gunnels, wolfies, dorids, and warbonnets to be photographed and the site looked like a disco with strobes popping off every couple of seconds.
A great time with old and new buddies alike.
Thanks guys!

[LCF]

Oh, thanks for posting these! One of my buddies from Sunday evening was absolutely sure he had seen a young wolf eel, but he didn't get a photo, and none of the rest of us saw it, and none of us had ever seen one there. (Personally, I thought he might have seen a big gunnel or warbonnet!) Now we have proof!

[gutholmj]

Apparently your camera is working. Great photos of the wolf eel, especially the second one. The exposure and focus is spot on.

[cardiver]

Apparently your camera is working. Great photos of the wolf eel, especially the second one. The exposure and focus is spot on.

I probably took 15 pics of that little guy! It was way back under the pipe and would only venture out for a few seconds at a time.

[cardiver]

Oh, thanks for posting these! One of my buddies from Sunday evening was absolutely sure he had seen a young wolf eel, but he didn't get a photo, and none of the rest of us saw it, and none of us had ever seen one there. (Personally, I thought he might have seen a big gunnel or warbonnet!) Now we have proof!

SW end of the big pipe.

[BASSMAN]

I got very few pictures on this dive, but here are a couple...

Mmmmm, Shrimp?

The only half decent pick of this little guy!

My best picture of the Dive! "Fall is here!"

Looks like a MAST science, project, thing?

[mpenders]

My turn!

Ron nailed it: beautiful day, fantastic vis and great new dive buddies this morning. Here's a few shots I was able get:

Mosshead Warbonnet

Hooded Nudibranch

Hooded Nudibranch

Opalescent Nudibranch

Opalescent Nudibrach

Nanaimo Dorid

Young Wolf Eel

Thanks for letting me hang out with you guys today. I look forward to doing it again very soon.

Mike

[Dusty2]

It was nice meeting you Mike,
We couldn't have chosen a better day. Sunny, clear, not a whisper of a breeze. High tide, glassy smooth and great viz! And to make it even better we were the only divers there!
A few of mine from today.

And a couple from the alien galaxy

[BASSMAN]

The picture just before the jellies, that's no a gunnel, is it?

[cardiver]

The picture just before the jellies, that's no a gunnel, is it?

If it is, it's in pretty bad shape.....

[Dusty2]

It's a cockcomb. Which one I won't say cause that's a good question. It's the first one I have seen with this coloration. It was down around 90'
I'm assuming it's a breeding male because they are usually very well camouflaged.

[DiverBob]

Jeez, you guy's are knock'em out of the park! Great shots everyone!

[cardiver]

A couple more pics from the dive.

[Dusty2]

Wow that second one is sure an ugly lookin fish!

[BASSMAN]

Wow that second one is sure an ugly lookin fish!

That would be a Bass-Manfish!
Usually found on Thursdays. So to see this on a Tuesday is a very rare sighting!