I just came back form another great trip to God's Pocket. A buddy of mine cancelled his spot, so I jumped on in the last minute for a deep discount
It was a great week of diving as usual, with probably 8 of the divers I've dove with previously, and some nice new folks were met as well. There were a bunch of photogs on the boat, and the whole week was focused on photo discussion, so it was a ton of fun!
Weather and tides were a bit iffy at times, so we didn't hit any of the remote spots (Hunt Rock etc), but we hit all the classics like Browning Wall, Butter Tart, Snowfall, Ruth's Rock, 7 Tree Island, etc! Epic diving!
And I got to see my first rock greenlings!
I've been looking for these guys ever since I first read about them on seaotter.com (now www.emeralddiving.com) over a dozen years ago. I saw 3 females on 7 tree. They were super shy! (no sitting in my hand like Jody L C had the privilege of!). I got no pics but I was very happy and can't wait to go back again this fall!Average depth of the dives was probably less than 30'... so much to see in the shallows!
Here were some of the snaps!
- Orange peel nudibranch basking in Snell's Window
- Browning Wall
- Browning Wall
- Basket Stars a plenty!
- Dr Seuss Landscapes
- Vermillion
- My Buddy Darren workin' it!
- Cool anemones in the shallows
- Boa kelp twirling in the surge. Note the rain on the surface
- Rockfish hiding in the kelp
- Brooding anemones!
- Finger sponges
- Surreal red soft coral
- A leather star feeding on a current swept passage
- Kelp blowing in the current
- Surge Zone
- Ochre stars were looking mostly healthy
- Another ochre beneath the kelp
- Brooding anemones!
- My buddy Darren
