Keystone 8/28

stphnmartin · Post by **stphnmartin** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:17 pm

Dereck, ScubaJess, DLH and I ventured out for a dive at Keystone today. The water was nice and flat with a growing current towards the end of the jetty. We got in one dive before fighting traffic home. I was delighted to see a large sun star fully intact and in hot pursuit of a cucumber! Here are some video screen grabs:

: The ferry departing.

: The jetty looking west-ish

: The jetty painted white with bird excrement.

: Top snails.

: Sun star in hot pursuit of a cucumber.

: I can feel you.

Scubie Doo · Post by **Scubie Doo** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:12 pm

Wow, the water looks very calm. Hope you are feeling better SM.

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stphnmartin · Post by **stphnmartin** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:23 am

Scubie Doo wrote:Wow, the water looks very calm. Hope you are feeling better SM.

http://www.jessemillerphotography.com

Thanks Jessie. I'm almost back to 100%!

ScubaJess · Post by **ScubaJess** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:58 pm

I had a great time diving with you guys yesterday! It was nice to see 5 Warbonnets & tons of shrimp out on the line

and huge schools of fish! We had great viz like 20 feet. Here are a few of my on land shots!
Great pics Stephen

derekcs · Post by **derekcs** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 3:58 pm

https://derekcs.smugmug.com/Underwater/ ... 016-08-28/

ScubaJess · Post by **ScubaJess** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:39 pm

Beautiful Pics Derek!

Now we need some from Dave (DLH).

dlh · Post by **dlh** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:20 pm

Thanks to everyone from meeting up at Keystone this weekend! It's the first time I've been diving in about two months, and what a great way to get my feet wet again!

Here are my photos to share from Keystone:

: Lazy Lingcod Lolling Listlessly

: Anemoies

: Brain Corals

: Plumies (Spot the warbonnet)

: Mosshead Warbonet

: Lingcod

: Alabaster Nudibranch

: Four Alabaster Nudibranch (upper left one laying eggs)

: Black Rockfish

ScubaJess · Post by **ScubaJess** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:46 am

Really nice shots DLH! It was so much fun diving with you!

I'm glad you are back in the water. Have a great time at Gods Pocket!!!

Gdog · Post by **Gdog** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:40 am

Dad gum it guys, I gotta get out there and dive that site. Great photos!

derekcs · Post by **derekcs** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:44 pm

Really like that first photo, DLH. Good color.

YellowEye · Post by **YellowEye** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:07 pm

Sounds like a great dive guys!

Cool photos!

Dave, I like your "Plumies (Spot the warbonnet)" shot. But I couldn't find the warbonnet!

Glad you got to go back out!

RVbldr · Post by **RVbldr** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:19 am

Nice shots, but be careful with UAS operations in that area. You're 2 nm from Coupville Navy airfield, within Alert Area A-680 and potentially within Restricted Area R6701, prohibited even under the new rules for Commercial operators.

stphnmartin · Post by **stphnmartin** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:23 pm

My understanding consulting the airmap app was recreational flight was permitted with permission from Coupeville NOLF. I see now that keystone is very close to the boundary of a national park--Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. I didn't think about that as Fort Casey is a state park. Apparently it's simultaneously a national park and state park. The jetty sticks outside of the boundary.

RVbldr · Post by **RVbldr** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:03 am

I didn't even see the National Park issue until I went back to Altitude Angle. That entire area is a mess!

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