Pulali Point and The Pinnacle: Pacadventure Dives

[Gooch]

We dove this weekend with Pacific Adventures Charters (http://www.pacadventure.com/) with Capt. Don and it was (as always) a great set of dives. It began with a drive from the Portland/Vancouver area in the wee hours with Steve and Jean Zetiger and we hooked up with a few more divers from the Portland area for a couple of dives. The weather was perfect and we headed out to the wall at Pulali for the first dive. At the anchor, we saw a big wolf eel swimming around free (a first for me and Dea) and we managed to see a few more wolfies, lots of nudies, jellies, vermilion rockfish and a lot more as we swam around the wall. I was hoping to see the gigantoid octo we had seen a bit ago on our first dives with Don but it was not to be. The viz was pretty good; maybe 20' or more and we all had a great first dive.

The pinnacle is a great seamount and we got to see some more wolfies in the open water and in some hideouts too. A lot more vermilion and other rockfish. Lots of nudis on this dive and the jellies were abundant as well. I saw a huge star fish- I don't know the name but it was white and really big. A lot of decorator crabs hanging out- I was taking a picture of one and as I snapped another moved where my hand was I didn't even see and spooked me. It was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed the gorgeous weather and great viz. Don runs a nice boat and has all the extras; the dives with him and his crew are always a lot of fun and we get to see the best stuff. Great dives!

[selkie]

Thanks for the report. friends and I are diving with Pacific Adventure on Thursday the 23rd. I just hope the vis holds and we don't have a bloom before then.

[LCF]

I need to get out there and dive the pinnacle. Vermilion rockfish are my favorites, and I understand there is a big SCHOOL of them there -- I've only ever seen them in ones or twos.

[Sounder]

I need to get out there and dive the pinnacle. Vermilion rockfish are my favorites, and I understand there is a big SCHOOL of them there -- I've only ever seen them in ones or twos.

Email me your work schedule. I'd love to come too!

[Tom Nic]

Love diving with Don!

That pic of the Lion's Mane with all the tentacles spread out is scary!

[Gooch]

Jellies are from another planet, I think. But that planet must be close to nudibranch planet and a short hop to octo-squid planet too.

[don]

Thursday should be a great day, vis should be at least as good as last weekend. I have open seats on Saturday if anyone is interested........seems really strange to have open seats on a Saturday with diving as good as it is in The Hood...
don

[Gooch]

Maybe you can talk Bassman into diving with you on Thur---seems to be his day of choice :biggrin: