Day Island Wall- ThThTh 9/28

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Day Island Wall- ThThTh 9/28

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DIW? never done it. Weather? perfect. Tides? great.

Was taking the day off work anyway so I planned to leave Bellevue early and try and beat traffic. Got to Federal Way anddd realized I forgot my STA at home... :angry: ran back home and got the damn thing then booked it south. 1hr45in later I made it. Met up with dlh, Gdog, Scubie, scubak, suited up, waited till 6:15 and made our way down to the water. Having never done DIW before I was super stoked.

A fantastic 70min dive was had by all, posiden cooperated and currents were marginal. Shockingly didnt come across any wolfies but did see a few Grunt sculpins, few octos and tons of buffalo scuplin.

Much thanks to Gdog I had a super great dive. I WILL BE BACK!
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Awesome!!!
Thanks for helping me on my slippery fall...
No Wolfeels??? Where were you??? There was a ton!!!!
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Another great ThThTh outing! The drive was a bit long, but well worth it. The three separate wrecks on I-5S seemed excessive however...

Here are a few of my pics:
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Great dive everyone. I will post my pics soon.

DLH, I looked at my pics and the tiny fish I spotted was a baby Red Irish Lord. I have never seen a baby :) I was super stoked.


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Great shots... a bit bummed about missing this dive but I was still recovering from Silfra.
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Here are the photos of the juvenile RIL. As I mentioned, I had never seen one smaller than 6-8". This one was about 2" in length.

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Wow, I love the baby RIL. You can even see the start of the "stars in the eye". I need to look up the lifecycle of the Red Irish Lord now to see where the juveniles usually get their start.
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Cool snaps guys! I'm loving the baby RIL! How neat & nice octo action!! :-)
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Great pics guys! Im getting some serious camera envy... hahaha
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Really nice work! It was a great dive, and as always good to see everyone.
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