A Night Dive to the Canyon

After having worked for the whole day, I decided to take a break and do a night dive at the shores. The condition looked great. The weather was warm so there were a lot of people on the beach. The street was a bit hectic. But after the sunset, people gradually left. It was nice and peaceful.

I started from the crap patch and cruised toward the canyon wall. The crap patch area was full of algae. It started to grown on the decorator crabs.

A decorator crab covered with algae.
A decorator crab covered with algae.

I am not sure if the crab would love such thick armor. It looked horrible to me.

Right at the beginning of the canyon wall, I spotted a scorpion fish, and next to it was a juvenile sea hare.

A juvenile sea hare

It was the size of ordinary nudibranch. It was a lot fun to watch.

Near the Vallecito’s Point, the visibility opened up and the surge disappeared.  It was nice and quiet. A sea anemone stuck out from the tube bushes.

A tube-dwelling sea anemone hunting on krill.
A tube-dwelling sea anemone hunting on krill.

I just loved its looking.

Before the point on a small ledge, I saw this hermit crab. It was sitting there, as if just waiting for me to take picture.

A hermit crab near the Vallecito's Point.
A hermit crab near the Vallecito’s Point.

A nice setup!

Near the V point, I spotted this nudibranch (White Spotted Porostome). The interesting thing was the many tiny baby crab on its back.

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A white spotted porostome with baby crabs on the back.
A white spotted porostome with baby crabs on the back.

Also near the V point, a small mantis shrimp was riding the kelp. It was fun to watch.

A mantis shrimp (Pseudosquillopsis marmorata) riding the kelp.
A mantis shrimp (Pseudosquillopsis marmorata) riding the kelp.

Once I passed the point, the creatures were not uncommon. I was trying to kick out to the pipe but it was a bit to far for me. However, near the south wall, I saw a quite large mantis shrimp.

A mantis shrimp (Pseudosquillopsis marmorata).
A mantis shrimp (Pseudosquillopsis marmorata).

Compared to my earlier encounters, this particular mantis shrimp was not shy at all. I followed it in and out of the algae. It was such a fun to take some pictures.

I turned from there and had a long slow swimming across the sand dollar field. A lot of interesting creatures, such as this little thing, which I could ID.

An unidentified creature.
An unidentified creature.

I was taking pictures of a sarcastic fringehead, and this little thing just dropped from the water column and landed on the back the fish. The fish was scared away. Look at it – the big black eyes are amazing.

When I got to the very shallow water, I saw a globe crab.

A purple globe crab.
A purple globe crab.

Normally this type of crab is very shy, but this one is not. But I didn’t have much air left and I was light, so had to head in to the beach.

What a beautiful dive!

[info] The unidentified creature was later found to be a Cirolana harfordi [/info]

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