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SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:40 am
by YellowEye
We just went to the San Juans on Lu Jac's Quest. The sites were Dinner Rock and Eagle Point. What a beautiful day!

Dinner Rock had poor viz but we saw candy stripe shrimp, Kincaid shrimp, and swimming scallops.

Eagle Point had good viz, and was covered with red urchin, kelp, yellow tail rockfish, baitfish, and clown nudis.

Top side, we saw minke whales, porpoises, bald eagles, rhino auklets, and many other seabirds.
Urchins in the sun
Urchins in the sun
Kelp reaching for the light
Kelp reaching for the light
Urchin fields
Urchin fields
Big rocks with urchins
Big rocks with urchins
Swimming Scallops
Swimming Scallops
Kelp
Kelp
Baitfish
Baitfish
Beautiful forests in the shallows
Beautiful forests in the shallows
Nice to see a few stars
Nice to see a few stars
Over under
Over under
T'was a great day! Gotta love the San Juans!

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:39 pm
by Gdog
Awesome report and pics!

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:31 pm
by ScubaJess
Hello Everyone!
I hope you all had a fun weekend! :eric:
I had my first ever boat dive with a camera & it was spectacular! :partydance: My awesome dive buddy and photo mentor YellowEye let me use his macro camera! :taco:
I had a blast in the San Juan Islands aka Candy stripe heaven! Here are a few of my pictures! Enjoy! I can't wait to go back!

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:19 pm
by KeithBoll
Lovely pics! Thanks for sharing! You never, ever get tired of taking pictures of candy stripe shrimp!

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:20 pm
by taylortex
Yelloweye, love the sunburst urchin shot #9480 !!

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:30 pm
by ScubaJess
One more from my starring contest with a shrimp... Mr. Coonstripe won! :hah: :bye:

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:52 pm
by YellowEye
Great job ScubaJess! That's pretty impressive lineup you got on what, your 4th/5th photo dive!?

Re: SJI 6/7

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:05 am
by LCF
Looks like a beautiful day! The photo of the swimming scallop made me smile with memories -- the first time I ever saw them, I was diving with Bob Bailey off Deception Island, and Bob startled one after another into the water. I laughed until my mask flooded. I still find them hysterically funny, like animated dentures in a Saturday morning cartoon.

Jess, most of us had to wait a lOT longer to get our first candy-striped shrimp picture -- lucky you!