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That's the day we had today, when myself, blackwater, gutholmj and cardiver did a couple dives at Flagpole. It was a perfect day for it, with glass-calm water and mild current for the surface swim, 25+ foot visibility, and well ... octocity.
We descended at the WSA buoy and headed south and down the wall. At about 90 fsw I found a rather large clump of cloud sponges.
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After snapping off a few pics, I signaled to Bric, who was about 15 feet away, to come over so I could get him in a picture. But he wasn't coming. So I swam over to see what he was looking at. Well ... this ...
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I took quite a series of this fellow, as he was huge and very active. I found myself wishing I'd brought my wide-angle lens, as I had to back up quite a ways to get all of him ... and he was stirring up the silt pretty good as he was on the hunt. So here's a few pics of the first octo ... I'll post a few from the others as I have time ...
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... Bob (Grateful Diver)