Met up with Rob3, mpenders, and Charlie for Fox Island diving. Our first dive took us to Fox Island East Wall, and Penders timed this perfectly. We started with a slight current that nudged us north. This took us to a shallow slope toward the end of the wall. Once the current slacked and then turned we were gently pulled south to some really nice structure. We definitely want to try this dive again and explore the south side more. The highlight of this dive was a good sized opalescent squid out in the open. I managed to get two good shots of it. However, it was too large for my macro lens, so I failed to get the whole thing in one shot. I chased it a bit over to Penders and as soon as his camera came up, it shot up the wall. So he didn't get a chance to get a picture (however, he redeemed himself on the 2nd dive).
Speaking of the second dive, Charlie bailed and so the three of us drove over to Fox Island West. I have to tell you, this dive was fantastic! We must have seen 10 varieties of nudibranchs. Rob briefed us on where to find the small wall/ledge and we swam right over to it. As previously mentioned, Penders (inspired by Tom N.) got an awesome sequence of a giant nudibranch lunging at a tube-dwelling anemone. I was really jealous I did not at least see this. Rob also got his camera dialed in and captured some nudibranchs I have never seen before. Overall fantastic day, and Fox Island really delivered for us!
Rob and Mike, sorry for calling you out on the photos. Now you have to post them
