LCF wrote:If you do the Alki pipeline dive and miss the inshore portion of the pipeline to the north on the way back, you will swim over more sea pens than you could ever want to see... We did the "sea pen swim of shame" over the eelgrass and the Dungeness crabs and the striped nudibranchs, and the whole way, I was humiliated and fuming over having gotten lost.
Alki Pipeline was a great place to see sea pens. Since the bottom is shallow, flat, and light-colored sand there is a lot of ambient light and natural color.
About that dive:
My first sea pens.
My first penpoint gunnel. A big one. And we had a lot of face-time. It was great.
My first dive in good trim. Recent gear adjustments were a success. I was ecstatic.
My first excellent ascent.
We surfaced to a gorgeous sunset across the water.
Even a dive that goes all wrong can be an enjoyable experience.
"The place looked like a washing machine full of Josh's carharts. I was not into it." --Sockmonkey
