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Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:41 pm
by YellowEye
Howdy
My friend Keith and I headed out to the San Juans yesterday on his boat. As it was a mild exchange with a flood, and winds were behaving, we got to do a nice set of dives out in the outer san juans... Long Island Wall, Whale Rocks, Deadman's Island... Doesn't get much better than that!

PS King crabs, tons of brooding and painted and snakelock anemones. Keith saw Candy Stripes and dozens of nudibranch as well (I missed most of them due to being on wide angle)

What a great day!
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Hope you all had a nice tide window!

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:06 pm
by Vjw
Amazing photos - so colorful!! - wish I could have gone there too!!

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:48 am
by ScubaJess
Wow so beautiful! So much life! Love the PSK crab & all the color. You guys are awesome! :)
I hope I can go soon. I'm in Candy Stripe Shrimp withdrawal!!

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:36 am
by stphnmartin
Love the PSKC shot! Glad the winds cooperated.

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:43 pm
by Tom Nic
Love it! Well done!

We are a privileged bunch to get to dive our amazing waters!

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:19 pm
by bradmond
great shots Eric!!

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:33 pm
by Sharkb8
Nice photos as always. So glad that the San Juan's charter season is here! Long Island wall was my intro to boat diving in cold water when I was still really new and it completely sunk the hook for my obsession. I had only done a handful of local shore dives up until then and had no idea that the sound could compete with the tropics for quality and quantity of life.

Re: Neap Tide in the San Juans

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:38 pm
by YellowEye
Yes, Long Island is amazing. It is quite difficult to photograph though, as there's so much going on! I forgot to mention the huge carpets of strawberry anemones too :)