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Warm weather, bright sunshine, and flat ocean. See six whales (including one swimming by right down the boat) to two great dives – amazing San Diego. Our first dive was at Hogan. As the current was strong, I didn’t stay too long. From Hogan to the train wheel the ride became a fun whale watching…
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The big swells finally passed. Headed out to the shores for a night dive. The surf was small but the water a bit hazy and surgy. The crap patch is a nudibranch zoo. With a closer look at the grass, I can see all kinds of nudibranch with various sizes. The first encounter was a…
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Headed out to the Crap Patch for another “nudi” dive. Crap patch has been a wonderland for nudibranchs. Tonight it was no exception. The first encounter was this Santa Barbara Janolus – always like a diamond in the grass. Look how many pictures I took. I just did not want to leave. I turned back…
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The condition at the shores is incredible. I headed out to the crap patch for a night dive. The crap patch becomes a wonderland in the winter, as all the nudibranchs emerge from grass land. The dive feels like a treasure hunt. The first interesting encounter was a black dorid. This creature was so tiny…
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Headed out to the secret garden for a morning dive at the shores. The surf picked up. I figured that the visibility might be poor and dropped down to shallow sandy flat. To my surprise, the water was super clear. So I surfaced and kicked out more, all the way to the edge of the…
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Today was a Thursday routine dive at the shores. The winter has been rough with winds and rains in the past a few days. Finally the surf became smaller. The winter sunset at the shores was breathtakingly beautiful. Headed out to the crap patch. It was bit surgy but the visibility was fantastic. The winter…
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