Mola Mola - Point Hudson

[PeninsulaDiver]

I read the post by Ron and James about all the critters and good vis off Hudson (Very nice pic's by the way! ) so I finished my Friday chores early and decided to hit the afternoon slack. Man was I glad I did. Not only was the vis great but the critters were out. However, I spent most of my time with this Mola Mola. I apologize in advance for the blurry video, as I had the video setting on macro, and didn't realize it until I was watching it on the beach. The Black's and Yellowtail's were very interested in him for some reason.

The only other Mola Mola I have seen in the wild was on the surface while Albacore fishing off La Push.

I didn't realize it at the time but the other diver (seen very briefly) in the video was Dusty. I think he got a nice still image of it.

Enjoy!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0q8XbsEG8I[/youtube]

-Mark

[nwscubamom]

Just WOW!!!!

Had Valerie and Dan not seen one a few years ago at Redondo, I never woulda believed it!

Even on macro setting the video turned out really well! And yeah, those Rockfish sure do seem pretty curious about it.

So, first a Yelloweye Rockfish (adult) and now a Mola Mola. What will you do for an encore???

- Janna

[Jan K]

Great ! Lucky you

[WylerBear]

Very cool!

[gutholmj]

Just amazing. I would have loved to have seen that.

[Dusty2]

Unfortunatly by the time Mark pried my attention away from the two GPO's out in the open that I was shooting I was way low on air and didn't have allot of time so I only got one shot but I made it count! Too bad it didn't happen on thursday when the whole crowd was here. Today was calm and everything was out for photo op's. Including these guys

[Jan K]

Dusty, that is a superb shot of the Mola Mola, nice addition to your critter collection

[nwscubamom]

I think the Mola mola is actually SMILING in Dusty's photo!!!

- Janna

[Chenari]

*whine* WANT!!! *reaches out for Mola*

[PeninsulaDiver]

...I only got one shot but I made it count!

Yes you did. Way To Go!

By the way, the timestamp on my video says 2009. I noticed the typo too late in the process.

What will you do for an encore??? - Janna

I am thinking a Puget Sound Hawksbill Turtle would do the trick.

-Mark

[olyvtx]

I think the Mola mola is actually SMILING in Dusty's photo!!!

- Janna

....or taunting him?

[dphershman]

Dusty, that is a superb shot of the Mola Mola, nice addition to your critter collection

Yes!! Very cool!

Dan

[Scubak]

Very,Very Cool!!!
Kirsten

[Blaiz]

I'd never heard of a Mola Mola, so I just wikipedia'd it. Pretty interesting beastie. The one in the video would you guess it was about three to four feet long? The swimming motions were a lot more --- predetermined--- than I had expected from the writeup.

Way cool!

[PeninsulaDiver]

....The one in the video would you guess it was about three to four feet long?

I would like to tell you that it was THIS BIG (stretching arms as far apart as I can), but it was just a little guy. If I had to guess, I would say somewhere in the 1.5 to 2ft range.

-Mark

[H20doctor]

why is this fish in our waters ....?

[cardiver]

We had one at Redodo two summers ago......

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[Dusty2]

why is this fish in our waters ....?

Maybe his GPS is broken??

From what I understand they are wanderer. Pretty much go where the currents and winds carry them. They are seen off the pacific coast often and there have been sightings at neah bay so it's no big leap for them to drift thru the straits and Hudson is only a couple of miles south from the straits. I mean we do get Grey whales and even an occasional white shark so why not these guys.

[Blaiz]

....The one in the video would you guess it was about three to four feet long?

I would like to tell you that it was THIS BIG (stretching arms as far apart as I can), but it was just a little guy. If I had to guess, I would say somewhere in the 1.5 to 2ft range.

-Mark

that was my guess too but i didnt want to hurt your feelings.....

[Tom Nic]

Wow Wow Wow!

[ktb]

This is just sooo cool!

Mark--I don't dive with you enough . . . well technically, I guess we've never actually had the chance to dive together since you've been the captain, so dammit, we need to dive together and you need to show me some of this cool stuff you've been seeing!!

[Pez7378]

Hola Mola!

Congratulations to both of you for an amazing sighting!

[PeninsulaDiver]

....we need to dive together and you need to show me some of this cool stuff you've been seeing!!

Pure dumb luck Kelly and a simple case of "right-place-right-time". That said, by all means, let's go dive! No promises on out of the ordinary critters though.

Let me know when.

-Mark