Early Morning Mission Point Dive

The ocean recently remained pretty calm so I decided to dive Mission Bay. It’s been a while since I came to Mission Point Park. The park was quiet at the dawn and the channel was beautiful. I entered the water when the tide just changed. The eel grass near the beach was less dense and the area became extremely shallow (2-3 ft depth). It’s impossible to walk or kick out so had to crawl a little bit. The visibility was bad for the first 30 min or so, most likely due to the tide change. I saw quite a few largemouth blenny. The picture was not good because the fish was shy and there were a lot of particulates in the water column.

Near the turn of the point was the home for the Spanish shawls. They were out this time. This one was posing strangely. After observing for a little while, I realized it was preparing itself to lay eggs.

Then I saw a pair of Chromodoris mcfarlandi.

A pair of MacFarland's Chromodorid
A pair of MacFarland’s Chromodorid

The nice thing about diving Mission Point is its shallow water, where I can spend as much time as I want to see creatures.

A few scallops were around as well.


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I turned from there and came across another Chromodoris mcfarlandi

On my way back, I passed again the home of Spanish shawls. This time I saw a pair, very cool.

A pair of Spanish Shawls at Mission Point
A pair of Spanish Shawls at Mission Point

Here are more pictures.

There were a lot of garibaldi tending the eggs. I was surrounded by a large group of black smith throughout the dive. Lots of fish! Cuthona rickettsi, Spanish shawls, San Diego dorid, and MacFarland’s Chromodorid were abundant. Also saw a few blenny, bat stars, brital stars, and huge black sea hares.

Toward the center of the channel there were a lot of bubble snails on the sand. On my way back, I noticed many hydroids in about 5 ft water with numerous tiny nudibranchs on it. I could not tell what kind and they were too small for my camera. Really nice dive!.

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