California Diving!

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California Diving!

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Howdy All
A bunch of us just back from a great trip of diving and underwater photography in the Channel Islands in California. It was a great trip!

Here were some of my snaps!
Garibaldi, Gregorian corrals and kelp -- Icons of California diving!
Garibaldi, Gregorian corrals and kelp -- Icons of California diving!
Feather boa kelp!
Feather boa kelp!
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Andy making his way back to the boat
Andy making his way back to the boat
We got to dive off an oil rig!
We got to dive off an oil rig!
Unfortunately, the life above 70' on the rig was recently scraped off! :(
Unfortunately, the life above 70' on the rig was recently scraped off! :(
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Imperial Stormtrooper divers!
Imperial Stormtrooper divers!
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Checking gauges before the final ascent
Checking gauges before the final ascent
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Brittle stars plastered the seafloor of some of the dives on Catalina!
Brittle stars plastered the seafloor of some of the dives on Catalina!
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Andy Lamb, geekin' out over a huge field of sand dollars!
Andy Lamb, geekin' out over a huge field of sand dollars!
Andy being Andy!
Andy being Andy!
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It was a great trip!

Also seen were dolphins, lots of cool seabirds, amazing purple bright hydrocolals, lobster, octos, a fleeting moment of a ray, Spanish shawls, etc

Seen by others included horn sharks, huge kelp sea bass, frigeheads, banded shrimp and a wolf eel(!)

We got to meet a bunch of great people, old and new friends.
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Very nice, YellowEye! Sounds/looks like it was a great trip.
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Pure awesome west cost for best diving
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Had the best time ever. Saw so many new creatures! I loved watching the Garibaldi and kelp bass, my favorites :joshsmith: I also really loved the kelp forests, those were cool. Ooooh! And the sea lions were epic! They were so cute!

Got to see some neat lobsters. There were not a lot of shrimp, crab or nudis! Only 1 shrimp, a few nudis, and a few hairy hermit crabs were to be found.

I hit dive #200 on this trip! Now up to 211, Calvin!
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Those sealion shots were on a macro lens!! :)
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I noticed several pictures of brittle stars, how about other seastars? Were they present?
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Hello Curt,

No not really, we saw a few leather stars and maybe 5 other stars total the whole trip. Only the Brittle stars were thriving. It was strange that there weren't many nudis around either. There were some pretty big purple urchins, but not as many as the urchins at Keystone.
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Outstanding pictures. I might have to give this a try later this year.
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Neato.
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Spectacular pics as usual - love the sand dollars!
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Awesome shots guys!!
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I'm totally jealous. Your pix are great. I look forward to hearing more about this trip during a visit to Billy McHales.
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