Here's a few of my pics from that day, crossposted on the trip reports section.
Thursday Pics
are here.
We dropped on this little
Red Octopus hiding in the engine block at the bottom of the buoy line.
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I found this bright little
Mosshead Warbonnet. I don't usually see many of them here.... Cove 2 seems to be more Warbonnet city.
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This
Slender Cockscomb was a fun "accidental" find, and was a real treat sitting on his little shell. I touched part of the vertical "junk" at the site and it just fell over. I didn't intend to do it, honest! And there he was, sitting in this shell. I know I'd have never seen him if the structure hadn't fallen over.
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This fat Penpoint Gunnel was hiding in a cinder block.
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I noticed more
juvenile Painted Greenlings than I have ever seen on a dive. It's cool to look at their face and see how they are less elongated than their more mature kin.
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This
Lion's (or Hooded) Nudibranch was a real treat. I haven't seen these guys very often. I saw him "swimming" in the water column, and followed him until he "landed".
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We were "buzzed" by a
Kelp Greenling on this dive protecting it's eggs. I've seen several large Kelp Greenlings here (particularly on the tire piles) that never let me get close to them.
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This
Red Rock Crab was NOT in a sharing mood!
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And last, but not least, the ubiquitous
Alabaster Nudis, AKA Whitelined Dironas were everywhere!
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Great dives, great conditions, great dive buds, great critters, great time!
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