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Keystone 8/28

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:17 pm
by stphnmartin
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 ferry departing.
The jetty looking west-ish
The jetty looking west-ish
The jetty painted white with bird excrement.
The jetty painted white with bird excrement.
Top snails.
Top snails.
Sun star in hot pursuit of a cucumber.
Sun star in hot pursuit of a cucumber.
I can feel you.
I can feel you.

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:12 pm
by Scubie Doo
Wow, the water looks very calm. Hope you are feeling better SM.


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Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:23 am
by stphnmartin
Scubie Doo wrote:Wow, the water looks very calm. Hope you are feeling better SM.


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

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:58 pm
by ScubaJess
I had a great time diving with you guys yesterday! It was nice to see 5 Warbonnets & tons of shrimp out on the line :taco: :eric: :luv: :pirate: :popcorn: :partydance: and huge schools of fish! We had great viz like 20 feet. Here are a few of my on land shots!
Great pics Stephen :)

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 3:58 pm
by derekcs

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:39 pm
by ScubaJess
Beautiful Pics Derek! :)
Now we need some from Dave (DLH).

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:20 pm
by dlh
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
Lazy Lingcod Lolling Listlessly
Anemoies
Anemoies
Brain Corals
Brain Corals
Plumies (Spot the warbonnet)
Plumies (Spot the warbonnet)
Mosshead Warbonet
Mosshead Warbonet
Lingcod
Lingcod
Alabaster Nudibranch
Alabaster Nudibranch
Four Alabaster Nudibranch (upper left one laying eggs)
Four Alabaster Nudibranch (upper left one laying eggs)
Black Rockfish
Black Rockfish

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:46 am
by ScubaJess
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!!!

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:40 am
by Gdog
Dad gum it guys, I gotta get out there and dive that site. Great photos!

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:44 pm
by derekcs
Really like that first photo, DLH. Good color.

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:07 pm
by YellowEye
Sounds like a great dive guys! :taco: Cool photos!

Dave, I like your "Plumies (Spot the warbonnet)" shot. But I couldn't find the warbonnet! :dontknow: Glad you got to go back out!

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:19 am
by RVbldr
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.

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:23 pm
by stphnmartin
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.

Re: Keystone 8/28

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:03 am
by RVbldr
I didn't even see the National Park issue until I went back to Altitude Angle. That entire area is a mess!