I headed out north directly to the grassy patch tonight, with the hope to find other rarer nudibranchs. The water was milky at the sandy bottom but the vis opened up when I got to the patch. A sea lion was with me all the time, stirring up the sand and sand dollars. Therefore to…

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Ventured out to the La Jolla Shores tonight. I was hoping to get to the north of the Vallecitos Point but it turned out I wasn’t north enough. So still had to follow the canyon wall. The octopus was out and about, and here is a cute one. To shorten the swim, I climbed over…

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Headed out with Steve to Point Loma today. The dive site Steve picked was ‘Main Channel’. Basically it was a big horse-shoe shape cliff. The unique structure at this site was magnificent – long deep channels with gigantic vertical walls. The visibility was not superior and it was pretty surgy near the channel. As a…

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Despite the strong waves, Sam and I ventured out to the shores. We decided to go to the north and headed south to the Valecitos Point. At the sandy shallow and the grassy area near the V-point, the surge was very strong and the visibility was only about 5-10 ft. As the goal of going…

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Despite the intermittent swells, the surf was manageable at the shores. I headed out tonight to the Vallecitos Point. The dive seemed ordinary at the beginning but it turned to be multiple exciting encounters. Once I dropped down onto the sandy shallow bottom, this octopus was right in front of me. With its flamboyant color,…

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