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Boat: Tri Tingira Fine weather. Wind 10 k. Smooth water. equipment Prep: o-rings, etc. suiting up BWRAF GS entry 5 weights/bouyancy check controlled descent regulator recovery clear partially flooded mask alternate air source stationary fin pivot underwater tour ascent, 5 m safety stop deep water exit equipment disassembly tanks on port side debrief bat fish, bat fish, bat fish coral: global (brain?), antler like, staghorn sonefish? (60 cm, sand color, spiky fins) whitish (30 cm) big fat one (60 cm) others big, fat, slimy sea cucumbers Concentrating more on Mark than flora and fauna. Must get key guide so one can write down the real names. Fanny good buddy--fire in her eyes--unlike the others who were "staring" w/o seeing w/o emotion. surf: - no-deco: F ss: 3@5 |
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Boat: Tri Tingira Fine weather. Wind 10 k. Smooth water. equipment Prep: o-rings, etc. suiting up BWRAF GS entry CESA cramp removal tired diver tows free descent w/reference clear completely flooded mask fin pivot w/oral inflator underwater tour alternate air source ascent deep water exit equipment disassembly debrief surf: 0:45 no-deco: C in, K out ss: 3@5 |
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Boat: Banjora Weather clear, wind 12 k gusting. Water calm. equipment prep: o-rings, etc. suiting up BWRAF GS entry 50 m surface swim w/compass snorkel/regulator exchange free descent bouyancy control flood and clear mask buddy breathing stationary/ascent underwater tour remove/replace weight belt and scuba @ surface deep water exit debrief jellyfish (diagram) Note: With exception of deep dive, bottom times are from surface to surface. surf: - no deco: J |
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Boat: Banjora Weather clear, wind 12 k gusting. Water calm. briefing GS entry free descent underwater navigation w/compass (bozo'd, should repeat) underwater replace mask (wore sunglasses and shook Peter's hand on completion of course) neutral body/hover underwater tour deep water exit Did a bit of snorkeling afterwards. Much better. Lots of fish and coral, more relaxed pace. blue damselfish moorish idol surf: 2:56 no deco: in A, out K |
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Boat: Banjora Weather good, light breeze. Water smooth. It wasn't as dark as I expected. In general, it was hard to concentrate on things and colors. Bouyancy at night is tougher--always trying not to hit coral. octopus, purplish parrot fish, bright green and other colors, most colorful item of the evening bright yellow, like lacy anenomies (diagram) lots of giant clams, boring clams with beautiful colored lips, green, blue, etc. Layed on backs and watched the stars w/Fanny on the swim back to the boat. surf: 3:00 no deco: in A, out G |
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First Multi-level Dive! Boat: Banjora Weather overcast, no wind. Water calm. Visibility quite good. Would have been super with sun. Great way to start the day. Bomy (bombura, or coral head in rest of world) is a knowl of coral, where we spent most of our dive. Unbelievable variety of life, corals. Could spend days on one bomy. yellow nudibranch (15 cm) a few pretty butterfly fish a few others (30 cm) silver/black stripes feather stars coral forests! Note: Using wheel starting with this dive. surf: - no deco: H ss: 3@5 multilevel: 2 12 H 116 20 1 18 B 46 10 |
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Boat: Banjora Weather overcast, light gusts. Water calm. Wow! Intense! Excellent! Back roll entry. Beautiful coral wall, crevices, plate corals. Lots of fish. Very interesting viewing. feather stars dark colored normal star large (~90 cm) grouper-like fih w/little fish swimming inside its gaping mouth various colored giant clam feather duster worms or christmas tree worms gorgonian corals yellow-tailed fusilier Also did compass w/reciprocal in deep water/no reference. Returned to exact position. Brilliant! surf: 4:45 no deco: in A, out J multilevel: 1 10 J 219 42 |
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Boat: Banjora Weather overcast, wind 5-10 kt. Water calm, 0.5 m swell/chop, spray from wind. brief suit-up BWRAF GS entry distance/time estimation natural navigation compass navigation w/reciprocol square w/compass ascent deep water exit debrief Visibility was shit and current strong and valve on tank was leaking so not all skills were done. 30 m -> 19 kicks/16 secs w/current Natural navigation was way off, but we did fine this afternoon on previous pleasure dive. Feel confident w/compass, but would like to do the square sometime. surf: 2:45 no deco: in A, out F multilevel: 1 10 F 219 25 |
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Boat: Banjora suit-up BWRAF GS entry compass and reciprocol (did it alone, blew distance, heading perfect) tour ascent deep water exit debrief Much better than the first night dive. More to see and bouyancy was much better. Excellent luminescence! Once shut off light, sat in darkness and watched others. FUN dive! red cray (30 cm) ghost shrimp, green flourescent eyes red creature, w/about 10 "sheets" running parallel, filter feeder? little feather stars with little feet (30 cm) surf: 3:20 no deco: in A, out H multilevel: 1 10 H 219 32 |
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Boat: Banjora Weather partly cloudy, light breeze. Water calm. timed task on surface (8 seconds) suit-up BWRAF GS entry descent along ocean floor timed task on bottom (10 seconds) tour ascent w/safety stop deep water exit debrief Fun stuff! Coming down with cold, but equalization no problem. Didn't really feel effects of narcosis, although I felt myself being extra cautious. Fanny "off her face", according to Peter. Deep diving good, bigger fish, different stuff, too bad it's so short. Huge crays. Thorax was 40x20. Estimated size 1 m. Big school of trevalli surf: - no deco: G ss: 3@5 multilevel: 1 30 G 20 12 |
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Boat: Banjora Weather partly cloudy, light breeze. Water calm. briefing suit-up BWRAF GS entry drift dive ascent w/safety stop deep water exit debrief Not too much current. could swim against it. Nonetheless, fun to just glide up and around the bommes. First bat fish since the Tri Tingira. Some kind of worm, looked like tinsel. Green. (diagram) Sigh, last dive of the trip. surf: 2:45 no deco: in A, out J multilevel: 1 14 J 90 28 |
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Weather overcast, 15 kt wind. Sea rough, 1 m swell. Visibility very poor so we had to dive to the bottom to see anything. Much of the coral was covered in seaweed. black and yellow eel, small head and body (~3 cm diameter) yellow butterfly fish (~10 cm) lots of small (~3 cm) black fish w/yellow on the tips of fins and tail fluorescent green brain coral various plate and spindle? corals almost no soft corals |
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Weather overcast, 15 kt wind. Sea not so rough. Bright green and blue fluorescent coral, ball-type structure (diagram). This structure was prevalent here, but mostly white, some pink. plate corals and these "spindle" corals also. what looked like a puffer fish (~10 cm), dark w/green highlights, large eyes, slow swimmer. many silver and black striped fish (~20 cm). yellow butterfly fish bright blue fish (~5 cm), huddled around a single "spindle" coral for protection some of these dark fish w/yellow tails as well. |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather cloudy. Sea calm. Diagram. Water *so* clear! huge (1-2 m) gorgonian light green corals under overhangs swam through large school of trevallis long-nose butterfly fish parrot fish lots of other fish I didn't have time to identify feather stars surf: - no deco: 0 multilevel: 3 10 O 132 10 2 18 M 28 15 1 30 E 20 10 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather cloudy. Sea calm. Diagram. Quantity of fish quite good. Missed the main tunnel mentioned above. Did manage to get in a small tunnel or two though. Fun stuff. grey reef shark (1.8 m) ray, blotchy white (2 m wingspan) parrot fish two-banded anemone fish various angelfish and butterfly fish old glory, goby duffer, mostly silver surf: 1:56 no deco: in B, out R multilevel: 3 10 R 132 30 2 14 M 52 10 1 24 I 19 10 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather cloudy. Sea calm, increasing swell. Not such a hot "drift" dive, ended up swimming *against* current, and then had to swim through chop back to boat. Well, they picked us up after a bit. Lots of fish and interesting little corals though. Must have bumped into something, right cheek started to burn midway into dive. surf: 2:07 no deco: in B, out S multilevel: 3 10 S 101 3 Should have dropped below 12 (not 14) according to wheel 2 14 R 55 29 1 20 H 29 11 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather cloudy. Sea calm, increasing swell. Full moon, could see the coral w/o light just fine. Current fairly strong. Someone dropped a lamp, it glowed from the ocean floor. Excellent dive, if not for the current. crayfish (50 cm) algae bubble, looks like glass chicken egg red sea urchin w/pencil-like needles, darker in color, ball 5 cm diameter, needles .5 cm x 1cm red scorpion fish (15 cm) sleeping parrot fish in cocoon phosphorescence surf: 2:50 no deco: in A, out N multilevel: 3 10 N 143 15 2 12 K 104 20 1 20 E 33 10 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather partly cloudy. Sea calm. Diagram. Visibility awesome! Dropped like a stone going down, no problems with equalization. Most fish seen at once on this dive. Most of the coral dead through. black-tipped reef shark (2 m) another smaller shark toad fish (15 cm) puffer fish (60 cm) anemone fish (15 cm) spider shell w/snail (50 cm) grouper surf: - no deco: K ss: 10@5 multilevel: 2 10 K 174 28 1 42 C 8 6 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather partly cloudy. Sea calm. Diagram. Wall just dropped and dropped and dropped and ... Excellent! grouper shark green fan coral (2 m) soft corals, gorgonian surf: 1:56 no deco: in B, out Q ss: 5@5 multilevel: 3 10 Q 114 5 2 12 P 91 25 1 24 I 20 10 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather partly cloudy. Sea calm. Gorgeous corals of countless varieties and colors. Gazed down wall to dark depths below and to sunlight above. Would have loved to have a stationary dive at this place, although a drift dive is a good way to appreciate the immense scale. surf: 2:02 no deco: in B, out M ss: 5@5 multilevel: 2 10 M 156 21 1 20 H 30 10 |
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Boat: Rum Runner Weather clear. Sea calm. Sat in shark net and viewed feeding. Mostly black- and white-tipped reef sharks, grey whaler, ranging from 1-2 m. Observed tearing maneuvers, and some quick, excited swimming. Lots of other large fish and remoras present, not much bothered by sharks. surf: 0:52 no deco: in E, out J multilevel: 1 10 H 168 20 |
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Weather clear. Sea calm. Diagram. Beautiful little pinnacle in the middle of a sea of sand. Small seaweed, multi-colored corals of various types. nudibranch, black w/brown spots yellow coral w/black trip, quite a trip to the eye gorgonians and stuff Dinner and head to the barrier reef. surf: 1:35 no deco: in B, out N ss: 5@5 multilevel: 2 10 N 160 32 1 18 G 35 10 |
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Weather clear. Sea calm. Below 10 m, all dead. Above, spectacular!! Saw where crown of thorns had killed staghorn coral, but there was a 15 cm tips of new growth at the ends. New theories suggest that the crown of thorns is OK, a natural occurrence, the GBR will survive! epaulette shark, sleeping under the coral (1.2 m) crown of thorns starfish (5) red fire fish (40 cm) blue starfish giant clam (1.2 m!) Underwater garden. staghorn corals, blue, purple, red, green, orange plate corals soft corals anemones surf: - no deco: M multilevel: 2 10 M 180 47 1 24 B 27 5 |
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Weather clear. Sea calm. Very relaxing dive. Just cruised around and checked out fish and coral. A little fish feeding (pancakes), practised breathing on free-flowing regulator, buoyancy excellent this time Great last dive of the trip... surf: 1:22 no deco: in C, out O multilevel: 1 10 O 174 52 |
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Boat: Reef Magic Weather cloudy. Sea calm with slight swell. Orientation dive w/Brett. Saw the toilets, bottles. cod grouper bull ray w/rope hanging out of its mouth trevally barracuda Diagram. A: Anemones & clown fish B: Bathtub T: Toilets L: Leg bones and bottles N: Name of wreck surf: - no deco: 0 ss: 2@10, 3@5 multilevel: 2 18 O 30 21 1 26 O 24 10 |
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Boat: Reef Magic Weather cloudy. Sea calm with slight swell. Tried to find name of wreck (unsuccessfully). Swam through upper deck of ship on way back (going against current swimming to bow-whew!) Under there saw a sink and thick glass porthole. Corals most soft, fresh, full of life. Fish, fish everywhere! Huge schools of em. It was most excellent! Too short though--should have done a 2 dayer w/night dive. surf: - no deco: in B, out 0 ss: 2@10, 3@5 multilevel: 2 10 O 132 5 1 20 M 29 20 |
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Weather clear, hot, westerly breeze. Sea calm. Really gorgeous spot. White sand beach, clear water. Water a bit cooler than what we've dove in before, but wore long sleeve, pant wetsuits for first time--nice and cozy! 5 weights provided neutral buoyancy at 4 m. Evident cyclone damage to coral, but new bits sometimes only 20 cm long protruded past dead bits. staghorn coral forest, also some plate and cone corals, mostly blue with some yellow, green and purple colors. scorpion fish (25 cm) pipe fish (also, one black, one with more feather fins, like a sea horse) catfish (70-80 cm) with thick whiskers and tail like an eel, black lots of wrasses and parrot fish giant clams, of course one black sea urchin Diagram: B: Boat path buoys I: Starting to get deeper and interesting out here |
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Weather clear, hot, westerly breeze. Sea calm. More of the same. Saw another scorpion fish, and for the first time, 3 squid! Getting psyched to dive this place! |
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Boat: M.V. Ningaloo Computer: Suunto Companion (not as nice as Uwatec, max and cur depth alternated, very annoying) Weather clear. Sea calm. Lots of surge drove up sediment so viz poor, but fun to bob about in surge. large lion fish (60 cm) huge turtle (1 m). She had her head stuck in a hole so all we could see was her bum. large angle fish of several shapes, colors and sizes sea whips and gorgonians, otherwise coral was fairly dead cave with lots of fish silver-yellow with black longitudinal stripes (40 cm) Actually, my dive buddy was Lee (Leonia?) but she wasn't around when I pulled the log out. She works in a dive shop on the High St. Mall in Perth called West Coast. |
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Fair weather clouds, very light breeze. Sea calm. kelp ranging from (diagram 1) to (diagram 2) to (diagram 3) several small crayfish (40 cm) red crabs (2, 10 cm at the horns) shrimp (5 cm), white/clear w/red latitudinal stripe a few mid-sized (20 cm) wrasse or parrot fish, grayish, otherwise not many fish lots of snails couple of live abalones surf: - no deco: L multilevel: 1 10 L 218 61 |
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Fair weather clouds, very light breeze. Sea calm. Diagram. absolutely gorgeous location for diving campsites available Swim into the heart of the forest and the lights go out. Spread a wall of kelp with the hands, and slowly, a new scene is revealed. common sea dragons (4), like long seahorses, with lots of color, most excellent white seahorse (30 cm) lots of crayfish and abalones sting ray, w/blue spots orange kelp colored fish with kelp-like fins, very cool heaps of shrimp huge dead octopus big gear surf: 2:25 no deco: in A, out Q multilevel: 1 14 Q 90 50 |
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Sea calm, high tide to avoid strong current Conditions better then Loretta had led me to believe. Mostly clear except for patches of floating kelp bits, or "corn flakes."Also dove w/boyfriend Dave, the dive prostitute from the dive club. Bottom was rocks dumped when channel formed and sand. Steel things, bars, and pipes, Thai papers, bottles, caterpillars. Quite a lot of fish life including: thornback skate (60 cm) yellow and black catfish w/eel-like tail (60 cm) longtom eastern fortesque, lots (10 cm) heaps of stripeys (10 cm) green moon wrasse leatherjackets Diagram: S: Shipping channel R: Rocky rubble surf: 2:25 no deco: J multilevel: 1 10 J 218 50 |
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Sea calm. Great to be back in water. Ken showed me forehead immersion and talking through snorkel to get used to cold water and relax. Corn flakes (< 1m vis) close to shore but clearing up further out and deeper down. football-sized rock crab thumb-size red crab that blended into straw-like kelp ling cod? a couple of dead jellyfish white fish that blended into sand (dead?) few smaller versions (alive) decorator crab totally covered with dead kelp red and white starfish galore large 20 arm starfish kelp forest, iridescent blue on kelp leaves, beautiful! surf: - no deco: I |
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Sea calm. Much like the first. Ditto on starfish. More shrimp, translucent with black stripes More fish (diagram). Rolled over on backs and enjoyed the sun streaming through the kelp. Got regulator suck in kelp. Fortunately Ken saw me quickly. Totally need compass here since it is easy to become disoriented. surf: 3:45 no deco: in A, out M |
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Weather sunny except for brief fog end of dive. Sea calm. Diagram: S: seal Almost high tide. Great visibility. Entered to far right of north side of beach. Nice easy entry. Smooth descent down to wall which dropped into infinity. huge (1-2 m) sun star dungeness crab sheephead crabs (2, 30 cm) white, orange nudibranch (10 cm) Harbor seal swimming between fins for free back rub. Saw about 6 altogether. Another closeup (1 m) and another nibbled on my fin after getting a belly rub from Ken. Our 2nd seal started eating a egg yolk jellyfish after we left, along with some sheephead juveniles. surf: - no deco: 4 avg: 15.1 |
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Sea calm. On the way to low tide. Visibility significantly decreased. Result of sediment in outgoing tide? Very tired and a bit cool in fingers towards end of dive. Wet suit quite sufficient though. Very shallow close in to shore. Low tide also. Large schools of brown fish (50 cm) and orange fish (10 cm). No seals. Lots of kelp. Red and white striped sea perch? (20 cm) rock cod? (50 cm) mini flounder (6 cm) well-camouflaged in sand gobies? (10 cm) surf: 3:42 no deco: 53 |
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Weather sunny. Sea calm. surf: - no deco: 19 |
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Weather sunny. Sea calm. Diagram: P: go straight out from pump house and road surf: 3:26 no deco: 27 |
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Sea calm. Diagram. Dove with Troy, girlfriend Julie and Kevin. Troy is Lynn's instructor. Need to buy yoke light. hermit crab colony, hundreds in a small region, partially covered in sand, a few left on top thornback sand dabs surf: - no deco: 94 |
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Weather foggy. Sea calm. Diagram. Visited by a bit over a dozen large sea lions at end of breakwater. Very fast, very graceful, very *big*! (3 m) Three appeared together. Communicated w/grunts, could hear them barking above. Closest 1 m. brittle stars red rock shrimp egg mass of triopha maculata nudibranch surf: - no deco: 69 |
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New Steel 72 Tanks Weather sunny. Sea calm. 3 tows (find push, dosido, behind) 3 tows in kelp Extraction. Carry out of water: overhead drag, crab crawl. Dive without weights. Could just barely do it, but touched bottom. Rescue, gear strip (at depth). Tow to shore (twice). Edward dropped my mask. Frank said to drop and drift with tide and you may roll over it. We found it. Skin diver rescue w/assistant. 2 person carry up beach. First dive with new (old) steel 72 tanks. Weighted with 20 lbs. Heavy initially. Don't know how it would be when out of air. |
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Weather sunny. Sea calm. Skin diver rescue without fins and mask. Beach rescue techniques-if flat, don't need victim high on breach to do CPR. Rocks: walking vs swimming vs lunging. Best routes through rocks to victim and back to shore. Currents. Panicked diver evasion techniques. Floating victim on board or tube. Flipping flotation under victim. |
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Sea calm. kelp sheepshead crab (body 30 cm) sunflower star (body 30 cm) sea cucumber senoritas (10 cm) kelp rockfish (30 c) ugly eel-like, dark grey, fish (60 cm) starfish lemon nudibranch surf: - no deco: - avg: 6.0 |
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Weather sunny. Sea calm, swell. First boat dive out of Monterey. Worth every penny. Vis great. Lots of life. Boat diving a breeze. "Captain Phil" is Phil Sammett, who went to La Entrada, Woodside. Shared air training while ascending to safety stop. California hydrocoral (stylaster californicus) white-plumed anemone (metridium giganteum, lots on southern wall) strawberry anemones (gobs) feather duster worms (eudistylia polymorpha) blue-ring top snail (calliostoma annulatum) chestnut cowry (cyraea spadicea, a great find, descended right on it, only one we saw) surf: - no deco: 20 ss: 3@5 avg: 16.7 |
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Weather sunny. Sea calm, swell. Ken tried out the camera on this dive. strawberry anemones giant acorn barnacle (balanus nubilus) crowned sea urchin (centrostephanus coronatus), black, long spines bat star (asterina miniata) ochre star (pisaster ochraceus) sunflower star (pycnopodia helianthoides) nudibranch: white, brown spots, fine hairs lenght of body (12 cm) nudibranch: similar with purple, reddish hairs surf: 1:07 no deco: 27 ss: 3@5 avg: 12.5 |
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Weather sunny. Sea calm, swell. What usually is the best dive of the day was our "worst." Played in the swell, soared through crevices. bull kelp blue rock fish California hydrocoral (stylaster californicus) moon jellyfish (aurelia aurita) surf: 0:55 no deco: 24 ss: 3@5 avg: 12.9 |
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Chuck, Sherman and others (total 10) Weather sunny. Sea calm. Crawl out. High tide @ 10:53, low tide @ 15:15. sun star (1 m), central section bright red, arms purple/blue, colors came forth w/light harbor seal or two Lots of kelp. When we first dropped, it got very dark. Lots of starfish. More than I've seen. small sea urchins (5 cm) rockfish, blues and yellowtail, lots senoritas sanddabs white nudibranch (15 cm) masking crabs surf: - no deco: 39 |
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New Vest Chuck, Sherman and others (total 10) Weather sunny. Sea calm. Walk out. High tide @ 10:53, low tide @ 15:15. Fantastic dive, lots of life, good viz, good buoyancy. orange/yellow nudibranch eggs (diagram) lemon nudibranchs (2 dozen, from 40 cm to 20 cm) smooth brittle stars (6) hydrocoral vase sponge? stalked tunicate? (diagram) harbor seal surf: 1:13 no deco: 33 |
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Weather sunny. Sea 2-3 m swell. Quite excellent viz. No brainer to find anchor line. No kelp. Lots of fish. Definitely have to dive more often since first few minutes of dive uncomfortable. white starfish (diagram, actual size!) yellow star (12 cm) hydrocoral surf: - no deco: 16 |
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Weather sunny. Sea 2-3 m swell. Dive aborted because I could not equalize right ear. Perhaps because of poor equalization on first dive? Could see Ken on bottom clearly (20 m). surf: 1:14 no deco: 123 |
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Sea calm. 60-80 ft viz reported further out. Sheepshead, bat ray, horn shark? Ken's computer out, my ears wouldn't clear, so we missed it. blue rockfish (12, 25 cm) painted greenling (2, 25 cm) treefish? garibaldi? blacksmith? damselfish? brown, orange, faint, greenish stripes northern ronquil (2, 15 cm), single dorsal, silver/white, no markings few anemone, babies (1 cm) on kelp smooth brittle star (3) lemon nudibranch surf: - no deco: 101 |
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Sea calm. blue rockfish (12, 25 cm) tiger rockfish (50 cm!) ling cod (50 cm) sea cucumber Hopkin's rose (20 cm) California sea hare (4, 50 cm) surf: 1:48 no deco: - |
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Sea calm. Cleaned the boat. No fins. Feet tended to bob up. Hard to move around. Use fins and ankle weights next time. surf: - no deco: - |
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Sea calm. Cleaned the boat. No vest, still warm. Ankle weights and fins the way to go. surf: - no deco: - |
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Sea calm, toasty. Cleaned the boat. No vest, no gloves. Still toasty. Low tide, scraping bottom, viz sucked. surf: - no deco: - |
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Sea calm, warm. Cleaned the boat. Also spent half an hour in the silt at bottom looking for sunglasses. Found wire, tape measure, screwdriver, but no glasses. No vest, no gloves, toasty. 18 lbs in belt, 4 lbs on ankles, buoyancy good. surf: - no deco: - |
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Sea 11 ft swell reported at buoy, 5 m waves, surgy. Toasty warm. Diagram. Little viz. Chunky. Dark. Able to clear this time. 18 lb in belt, 2 lb on tank, 20 lb total. Too light. At 10 m and end of dive, surge shot me up, leg cramps kept me from kicking down so got Slow warning, missed safety stop. Rocky/sand, no kelp. Not far enough out. jellies (4, 50 cm bell, 1 m tentacles) sculpins rockfish (15 cm) white nudibranch (10 cm) yellow nudibranch (10 cm) pink fluffy anemones, like feather metridiums (15 cm) white/red shrimp (5 cm) surf: - no deco: 71 |
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Weather mild, mostly sunny. Sea calm, cold. Cleaned the boat. Looked for safety goggles Ken had dropped. Did not find. Found bags, tops, socks and '92 Dry Creek (Chardonnay by taste). Still good! Much cooler, of course, but hands, without gloves, warmed quickly. Lost plunger at beginning. Dove for it. But came up with 10 m copper diesel line instead. Hard work finning to keep contact. Hit dock coming up, mini anxiety attack. Needed air, not desperately, but nice to catch breath above water. One final search for plunger (3 min) Could actually see bottom, a little crab. 20 lbs on belt, 4 lbs on ankles. Plenty, but no vest, no gloves. surf: - no deco: - |
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Weather sunny. Sea swell NW 10-12 ft., ebb tide, surf at Beach St., very surgy in shallows. Huge surf at primary spot--Beach St. Long surface swim to Metridium Field. Dropped down to 21 m. Very dark. Could barely see metridiums. Swam directly back to shore. Ground sandy with few stars. Around 10 m, got more interesting with rocks and kelp. nudibranch eggs golf ball gumboot chitons whelks sting ray surf perch 20 lbs in belt, 4 lbs around ankles. Ankles *way* too heavy. Bad idea. Had to work to keep feet out of harm's way. Next time, just 2 lbs around yoke, 20 lbs in belt. surf: - no deco: - |
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Sea flat, slight surge in shallows. Got to use training in mom's pool. Used slate. Pocket, to hand weight off to Andrew and collect garbage. cobalt and urn sponges white finger sponges jelly fish (10 cm) tube dwelling anemone gumboot chiton (10s) Kellet's whelk (4, 15 cm) California cone (100s, 5 cm), multiple pairs mating, 2 orgies of 10 individuals hermit crab (10s) sand dollar sheep crab (2, 50 cm, 2 20 cm that were either mating or fighting) shell of butterfly crab purple sea urchins sunflower stars (10, 40-60 cm) stalked tunicate Hilton's aeolid Now run console over shoulder. Can even read it now! 20 lbs in belt, juust right. surf: - no deco: 110 |
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Sea flat, slight surge in shallows. Actually interesting snorkeling! bat ray (2, 1 m) tubesnout or pipefish (3, 20 cm) pile surf perch (2, 30 cm) rockfish (10s, 30 cm) rockfish juveniles (10s, 10 cm) cabezon (2, 60 cm) ling cod (70 cm) Pacific staghorn sculpin (10s) wrasse, silver, black longitudinal stripe, black band on tail (100s, 20 cm) surf: 1:17 no deco: - |
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Weather sunny. Sea 6 ft swell. Diagram: M: metridium field Hit metridium field, but turned around before hitting third rock. Lots of surge, especially in shallows. Very, very, cold. metridium orange rock fish strawberry anemone sakuraeiolis enosimensis nudibranch (all cilia, purple, 20 cm) caduna limbaughorum or diaulula nudibranch (white, plain, black spot at head, three small branches at tail, 20 cm) ling cod lemon nudibranch pockets of brine shrimp, shrimp, baby fish surf: - no deco: 44 |
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Weather sunny, 10 kt wind. Sea 10 ft swell. huge starfish hydrocoral (glad to have light, was white without, bright red with) Lost light taking off BCD. Need to clip it on BCD at safety stop next time. 20 lb weight continues to be perfect. surf: - no deco: 6 |
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Weather sunny, 10 kt wind. Sea 10 ft swell. Majestic! Canyons, rocks, walls, kelp. Worth more visits. surf: 3:01 no deco: 48 |
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Sea calm. Wimped out and wore gloves. Felt much colder than 18. Most growth seen yet. 2 cm long? 7mm barnacles on propeller. surf: - no deco: - |
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Boat: Ian's Weather alternating sunny/foggy. Sea calm mostly, w/surge in shallows. Diagram: S: sand channel P: pinnacle w/kelp Ian dropped off Paul and I, and we swam along the western wall. Paul is a fast swimmer. Also very patient when one is one hour late. 21 people. Party at Joy's afterwards. Home at 2. Great day. solitary tunicate (cnemedocarpa finsmarkiensis) surf: - no deco: - |
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Boat: Black Dog Skipper: Chuck Diagram: see previous dive, #2. Weather alternating sunny/foggy. Sea calm mostly, w/surge in shallows. Great location! Apparently good for leopard sharks. lots of baby shrimp and fish (1 cm) in sandy channel guitarfish swimming in water column surf: 2:33 no deco: 34 |
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Boat: Ian's Weather alternating sunny/foggy. Sea calm mostly, w/surge in shallows. Diagram. Big, beautiful wall on ocean side of pinnacle. Slow warning on computer. Another awesome dive! hermissenda crassilornis (10 cm, 20 cm), beautiful nudibranch with fluorescent orange cilia strawberry anemones lots of hydrocoral, some big specimens too (1 m diameter) blue-ring top snail (calliostoma annulatum) sheep crab (coxorhynchus grandis) family of brittle stars (ophiopteris papillosa) chestnut cowry (cypratea spadicea) surf: 1:46 no deco: 21 |
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Weather partly cloudy, later sunny. Sea swell NW 6-9, wind waves, surge in shallows, calm at depth. Got cold this dive. gray puffball sponge (craniell arb) white finger sponge (toxadolia) ling cod (ophiodon elongatus, 60 cm) hydrocoral (stylaster californicus) school senoritas (oxyjulis californica) lots of jellies at surface, one 5 cm w/crab. moon jellyfish (aurelia aurita) blue-ring top snail (calliostoma annulatum) Pat saw 30 cm octopus, dungeness crab, sheep crab. surf: - no deco: 8 ss: 5@5 |
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Weather partly cloudy, later sunny. Sea swell NW 6-9, wind waves, surge in shallows, calm at depth. Not cold at all this dive. orange puffball sponge (tethya aurantia) dying purple jellyfish being eaten by stars (pelagia nocticuca) red abalone (haliotis rufesiens, 10-15 cm) surf: 3:23 no deco: 44 ss: 5@5 |
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Bruce Watkins on board. Weather morning fog, later sunny, light breeze, nice. Sea large waves so stayed in bay, surface rough, no surge, slight current. Lots of Metridiums! Many new nudibranchs Really need to write down descriptive details. Pete ruptured eardrum going down, so had to pass on second dive. Blood coming from ear but no pain. Still getting a bit chilly at depth, but balmy in warm surface layer. Plankton enjoying warmth too. Viz down to 2 m there. Embarrassing: Mask strap fell off just as I was going in. Weight belt so loose it felt like it was coming off. Mask fixed on board, belt tightened in water. Pete took photos. Fun to spot things for him. surf: - no deco: 14 |
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Boat: Monterey Express Weather morning fog, later sunny, light breeze, nice. Sea large waves so stayed in bay, surface rough, no surge, slight current. Saw first wolf eel on this dive. Very cool. Hung out and watched for several minutes. Eel just hung out though. metridiums lots of strawberry anemones (corynactus) ling cod cabezon striped sea perch surf: 2:03 no deco: 35 |
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Weather foggy. Sea swell 2-4 ft, wind waves 0-2 ft. Diagram. Seas pretty flat, almost going 40 kts all the way. Phil found these anchors recently near Briggs Rock. Wants to pull them out. Found anchor #1 because Phil had tied buoy to it. Missed anchor #2 but Pat said it was nicer. Buzzed by 4 sea lions coming back. ling cod (huge, 1 m) vermillion and other rockfish (huge, 80 cm) surf: - no deco: 32 ss: 5@5 |
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Weather foggy. Sea swell 2-4 ft, wind waves 0-2 ft. Caught up with Pat towards end of dive. Saw another huge ling cod together. Dove too quickly without clearing so had some problems with ears during dive. Watched little. Hung out w/Ed Cooper on Beach Hopper II in Bluefish Cove. Hung out w/Phil Sammett at parking lot. Went sailing with Bruce Person immediately after. surf: 1:03 no deco: 15 ss: 5@5 |
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Skipper: Chuck Weather foggy then sunny. Sea great, swell 1 ft, wind waves 1-2 ft. Diagram. Just off Yankee Pt. near PTP (Pinnacle of Tremendous Proportions). Just SE of mesa at 22 m. Arch top 25-27 m. Bottom of arch ~35 m. surf: - no deco: 2 ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Skipper: Chuck Weather foggy then sunny. Sea great, swell 1 ft, wind waves 1-2 ft. Tons of life. Wonderful, enchanting, magic dive. strawberry anemones nudibranchs bull kelp large schools of rockfish lots of jellies near surface: egg yolks, comb another tall and skinny (30 cm) with orange dots and four lobes surf: 1:26 no deco: 1 ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Sea calm. Cleaning the boat. Spent 18 min on bottom (3.3 m) after cleaning. Hovered above bottom which was surprisingly clear. bucket misc parts engineers triangle The plunger I had lost! surf: - no deco: - |
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Boat: Black Dog Skipper: Chuck Weather foggy, then sunny. Sea calm. Diagram: M: metridium W: wolf eel Led the diving singles on the barge trip. Chuck Tribolet and Glenn Davis on boat duty. Wooden timbers from 1-3 ft. above sandy floor. Swam around barge twice. High silt potential. lots of rockfish striped shrimp triopha catalinae (p. 56) surf: - no deco: 25 |
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Boat: Black Dog Skipper: Chuck Weather foggy, then sunny. Sea calm. Diagram: S: sand. A: huge wall of corynactus C: cabezon L: pair of ling cod Strong current NW near surface Opaque surface layer opened up to stunning visibility at 6. Great dive! Swam around rock twice. lots of hermissendas corynactus surf: 2:22 no deco: 33 ss: 5@5 |
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Just a little dive parallel to beach to kill time while waiting for Lynn, Barbara, and Andrew who were at Aquarium. large school senoritas monterey nudibranchs hermit crabs sand dollars female sheephead? nudibranch eggs on kelp long (20 cm) rows of eggs on kelp surf: - no deco: - |
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Skipper: Chuck Sunny. Calm. surf: - no deco: 3 ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Skipper: Chuck Sunny. Calm. surf: 3:03 no deco 18 ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Boat: Black Dog Skipper: Chuck foggy -> rain -> sunny calm Dropped at entrance. Dove along wall at sand channel. Quite interesting, until freeflow. It stopped when I shook reg, but we headed back at shallower depths. Blew off second dive. anemone eating eggyolk jelly tritonia festiva surf: - no deco: 28 |
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Swell and wind out, so stayed in. Bit of Swell Got a bit cold, bit of surge. Glenn forgot his mask so Therese and I dove together. Viz sucked, dark with kelp and fog, but nice spot! tons of blue rockfish yearlings vermillion rockfish kelpfish/painted greenling hermissenda dendronotus albus? Northwest of actual Fire Rock by 100 m actually. Surf: - no deco: 12 ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Boat: Glenn's Sunny, beautiful! 2-3 m swell. No viz at surface but opened up very nicely below. Did a clockwise spiral of pinnacle this time. Dropped to see gorgonians ~5 cowry shells Beautiful dive! Great anchorage in flat sandy spot. Chuck always hits east of it. Drawing: G2 - gorgonians seen dive #67. surf: - no deco: 4 ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Boat: Glenn's Sunny, beautiful! 2-3 m swell. A magic dive. With sunny skies, light in kelp forest at saddle was positively magic. One of our best dives. Ran quite low on air this time. Need to start ascents slightly earlier > 60 bar, or not mess with kelp ;-). surf: 2:53 no deco: 22 ss: 5+@10, 3@5 |
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Sunny, warm, calm. Recovering unconscious diver. Towing diver through kelp. Throw bag and ring. O2 intro. Surf: - no deco: - |
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Sunny, warm, calm. Large (1 m) ling in pipe. Fish being eaten by starfish covered by shrimp. lug worm sunflower stars (1 m) |
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Sunny, calm. 3 hours after high tide. Great viz! Best ever. Could see Ken at prop clearly from amidships. Retreived square of fiberglass that K&S will use as backing. Garden hose |
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Sunny, warm. Sea calm. Keith was late due to traffic/accident. Then my alternate air source leaked. Couldn't fix, so rented BC. Launched from Breakwater. Watcr smooth so motored all the way to Carmel. Top very clear-10 m. Then got less. Beautiful hydrocoral garden. Keith bouyant in his drysuit. Keith lost fin at surface. Glenn couldn't find it. Keith donned second tank and found it! Decided enough was enough and headed for El Toritos. |
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Skipper: Chuck foggy->sunny, warm calm, 2-4 ft swell, light current & surge ling cod Thick wall of sea nettles down to 5 m. hermissenda surf: - no deco: 32 ss: 3@5 |
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Boat: Black Dog Skipper: Chuck Viz opened up. Corynactus everywhere. Carpet. ling cod (2) couple of fishing hooos attauhed to fishermen. Sea cucumber that looked like nudibranch (15 cm). White, 2 rows cilia lining body 2 large fist-sized lemons rainbow nudibranch Saw mola mola on dock! Surf: 1:47 no deco: 45 |
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w/Robin No vis. Dark at bottom. San a couple of large, red anemones, stayed w/chain and then split. Surf: - no deco: 14 avg: 16.9 ss: 3@10, 3@5 |
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Check Mooring Wreck of fishing boat. Not much left. Took pictures. Lots of fish. Dave salvaged rope, cable, bilge pump (works). surf: - no deco: 22 avg: - ss: 3@10, 5@5 |
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Boat: Dominion (Lahaina Divers) Skipper: Becca Branum Cavern swim-through. finger, lobe, plate coral peacock grouper (50 cm?) moorish idol triggerfish surf: - no deco: 24 avg: - |
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Boat: Dominion (Lahaina Divers) Skipper: Becca Branum Large fields of coral, fingers only 30 cm thouqh. Large schools of juveniles. moray eel devil scorpionfish (which I didn't see until it moved) whitemouth moray pincushion sea star slate pencil sea urchin surf: 0:48 no deco: 31 avg: 10 |
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Boat: Endeavor (Lahaina Divers) Skipper: Jason Back side drods straiqht down into the abyss. Becca leading. white-tipped reef shark moray barracuda (100 cm) gobs of fish pyramid butterflyfish trevally wire, finger corals surf: - no deco: 21 avg: 15 |
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Boat: Endeavor (Lahaina Divers) Skipper: Jason Photographed by Becca Gobs of fish white-tipped reef shark (1 m) manta rays (2) eagle ray w/o tail which dropped straight down when it saw us yellow frog fish dragon nudibranch, looked like a worm triggerfish lots of great finger and small plate coral surf: 0:54 no deco: 13 avg: 15.3 |
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spiny lobster (dead, 30 cm) freckled sea star slate pencil urchin spiny urchin cone shell helmet shell yellow margin flatworm yellowfin goatfish yellowstripe goatfish porcupine pufferfish Picasso triggerfish whitespot damselfish yellow tang surgeonfish Hawaiian cleaner wrasse racoon butterflyfish cauliflower, plate, lobe coral 5 large 1+ meter pyramids of plate coral in a group. Cool! |
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Sputnik urchin surf: 4:29 no deco: - avg: 6 |
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Shot shore references and objects (boulder field, overhang, arch), and fish of course! Orange-banded hermit crab Moorish idols Spotted eagle ray surf: - no deco: - avg: 3.9 |
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Unidentified eel, white whiskers (20 cm) Conger eel Lots of sputnik urchins barber pole shrimp spanish dancer w/eggs stareye parrotfish trying hard not to be seen Hawaiian squirrelfish peacock grouper surf: 2:04 no deco: - avg: 5.5 |
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Crane Crew Leader Picked up cable, stainless kitchen equipment, BBQ, sinks. Lots of starfish, octopus, corynactus' metridium. Too bad there wasn't time to tour. Bounce diving. Bottom time may be higher if not registered on computer. surf: - no deco: - avg: 7.3 m |
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Another magic dive. Sharp pinnacle rising from sandy floor w/kelp on top. Huge school of blue rockfish + yellow rockfish. Thousands? We swam through the middle. Cowries (6). Ling cod (70 cm). China rockfish (30 cm). Corynactus. Hydrocoral. Overcast. Swell too large over pinnacle which ls why we came in. surf: - no deco: 12 min avg: 16.3 m |
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Permit (80 cm) Yellowtail snapper (30 cm, lots) yellowhead jawfish (20 cm) scrawled cowfish (30 cm) spotted drum (20 cm) sting ray surf: - no deco: 64 min avg: 7.2 m |
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moray eel Pederson cleaner shrimp (5 cm) shrimp (20 cm) nudibranch, white w/brown squares lobster (80 cm) surf: 2:04 no deco: 71 min avg: 8.0 m |
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barracuda (3.5 cm) lobster Atlantic spade fish Creole wrasse juveniles at cleaning station by juvenile Spanish hogfish surf: - no deco: 27 min avg: 13.7 m |
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Lori lost weight belt. Star coral, pillar coral green moray eel flamingo tongue 2 prs of juvenile spotted drums nurse shark surf: 2:04 no deco: 40 min avg: 10.5 m |
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Check weight. 19 lbs heavy. Joe thought 26 good for ocean. Foot up recovery. Free flow. Swim around, bouyancy check. |
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Dropped before end of pipe and swam out to Metridium field. Disconnect and reconnect air hose. Flounder (1 m) sea lion harbor seal getting his chin scratched white spanish dancer swimming mid-water surf: - no deco: 32 min avg: 11.6 m |
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Headed out from beach, turned right and headed towards Breakwater then turned right and headed towards shore. Russell shot pictures and I navigated. Sea lion hermissenda surf: 1:15 no deco: 78 min avg: 8.2 m |
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Lava bottom, no coral, few invertebrates like slate pencil urchin, anenomes, one star. moray eel (pal...enose and jewel?) (70 cm) diamond sting ray golden pufferfish Mexican hogfish, also juvenile azure parrotfish Moorish idol yellowfin surgeonfish sea lions At Isla Espa?ola: turtle (female-short tail) porcupinefish |
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Gobs of fish king angelfish razor surgeonfish Moorish idol Panamic graysby cabrilla azure parrotfish triggerfish trumpetfish white-tipped reef shark Plus tons of unidentified silvery fish w/several large (almost 1 m) individuals. |
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LOTS of turtles (20) golden grouper (king cod) |
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Sea turtles eating Visibility socked but got very close to turtles and observed them eating. |
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white-tipped reef shark (1.5 m) turtles wrasse, rainbow initial phase mostly giant/hieroglyphic hawkfish dusky chub? large schools of small salema? mullet damselfish, various parrotfish, varioug hogfish, lots fry (silver and red) |
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white-tipped reef shark penguin yellow-tail surgeonfish sea lions (large) |
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Got a bit chilly, mostly hands. Need to close down valve and inject air before removing kit. Also need to use mid-weight undergarments (top and bottom). Originally going to try to go Lobos Rocks to find Glenn's gear that got away. However, wind and waves kept us from heading south. 7 XXX whales from 100 meters. Rock emerges from 35 m floor. Wall covered with corynactus, hydrocoral, cowries, lemon and white nudibranchs. Lots of rock fish hanging out. Metridium bunch on north side. Egg yolk jellies kept us on our toes. surf: - no deco: 5 min avg: 18.4 m |
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surf: 2:12 no deco: 4 min avg: 16.8 m |
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Also dove with Chris Rasmussen and Theresa, who got seasick despite the Dramamine and Scopalamine. Foggy. surf: - no deco: 3 min avg: 19.8 m |
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Some corynactus and small hydrocoral this far in. Some egg yolk jellies. Lemon nudibranch, white nudibranch with green phosphorescent trim. surf: 2:29 no deco: 16 min avg: 14.6 |
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Dropped down to a garden of red gorgonian corals at 34 m--at least a dozen. Huge (20 cm) lemon nudibranch, tritonia festiva?, clown nudibranch, huge (40 cm) white translucent tunicate like a glassy tunicate (ascidia paratropa) except my ID book says these only grow to 15 cm. Lots of little white claws appearing from behind algae belonging to either shrimp or kelp crab. Corynactus. Large hydrocoral garden mixed with short kelp fronds on top of rock at 20 m. surf - no deco: 4 min avg: 19.8 |
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Corynactus, cowry, sheep crab, huge (70 cm) copper? rockfish. In canopy egg yolk jellies, including one that caught a fish, blue rockfish juveniles with a few yellowtail rockfish tossed in, magic kelp swim-through. Even saw one tiny annatiara affinis jelly blown in from the depths. surf 1:38 no deco: 9 min avg: 12.7 |
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Diving with new fleece pants and dry gloves. Was significantly underweighted at safety-stop. surf: - no deco: 7 min avg: 12.7 |
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surf: 2:14 no deco: 2 min avg: 16.7 |
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