Redondo - 7/27/13 - Six-Gill

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Redondo - 7/27/13 - Six-Gill

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It has been a while since I have been in the water. So I decided to run up to Redondo tonight. As I was gearing up, I heard someone say there was a six-gill sighting. I was excited, considering I have never seen one in over 400 dives. I headed down the main line toward the carousel boat to about 80'. I found a cool little nudi and snapped a few shots.

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At about 84' I headed north. My plan was to head upslope to the large pipe. Right when I turned east there it was! A six-gill swimming the opposite way. It was about 4-5' and was one the move. I quickly checked my air and headed after it. It was moving so I only managed a couple shots. Not to mention, I had my macro lens on. Here are two that managed to come out okay. Not great, but for my first six-gill ever, I'll take it. :taco:

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Very cool!
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Congrats !
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Awesome! Did you report your sighting on Lundy's web page? http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18953
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Awesome, congrats!
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Wow! Way to go! Glad you had the opportunity to see one - and you can even prove it with your pictures!
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Congratulations! Very cool!
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Very nice, Jesse! We need to get together for a dive or two.
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Fantastic! Congratulations!
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SUPER glad you finally saw one buddy :)
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Thanks everyone, it was a treat for sure. Funny, you take a ton of pics and your favorites are the ones from encounters like this.

Yes, I posted the sighting on Lundys thread.
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YIPPEE!!!
I love Summer when the six gills return!!!
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Scubie Doo wrote:Yes, I posted the sighting on Lundys thread.
There a link to a survey in the first post of that thread.
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Hey! Very cool, you even managed a shot of all six gills! How cool is that? :joshsmith:
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spatman wrote:
Scubie Doo wrote:Yes, I posted the sighting on Lundys thread.
There a link to a survey in the first post of that thread.
Okay cool, thanks.
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That's awesome,Jesse!
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Schweeet!!!
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Something tells me Redondo night dives are being scheduled as we speak! :taco: :taco:
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That's awesome Jessie! Let's go find him/her again soon!
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YES! Good to see they are back. I missed my chance to see one last year. I will for sure be planning some night dives there asap
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Too cool, congrats.
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