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There was a heavy fog at the shores this morning and I had to guess where to drop off to the canyon. I ended up north of the point near the beginning of the wall. There were quite a few flatworms on the wall. I spent much time filming them yesterday so wasn’t planning to…
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There have been lots of polyclad flat worm at the canyon lately. Today as soon as I descended to the north wall, I came across a few and spent the whole dive with them. Condition-wise, flat ocean with clam water. Vis in the shallow sandy flat 5-10 ft 55-60F. Mega bait ball was cool. At…
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The canyon has had lots of crabs. I came across two brown rock crabs around the point on the north side, sitting a few feet apart at the bottom of the wall and looking down the canyon. When I swam by, one was alerted by my presence and started to move, not knowing another one…
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Giant feather duster worms (Eudistylia polymorpha) live in translucent tan tubes made of protein. Seeing one with the “feather duster” sticking out of the tube is common. But most times they are super shy and will retreat when approached. I came across one this morning down the canyon wall. When I approached, it retreated. It…
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The shores was even flatter this morning. A mild current going north on my way out. Viz at the sandy flat was about 5 ft on average. The thermocline was pushed deeper at the canyon wall, where the cold and warm water was mixing from spot to spot. It was clear in the cold but…
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The shores was super flat under the cloudy sky. The sandy flat was dark and had 0-3 ft vis. But at the canyon edge and down below, the water turned darn clear with a solid 15-20 ft viz if not more. It had this yellow brown color, dark, but nice and calm. For the whole…
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