Morning Dive at the Shores

In the past a few days, I have been wrestling with a very bad cold. Finally, the cold subdued and I was getting ready for a dive. Sitting behind wheels by six in the morning gave me a sense of accomplishment, and the morning breeze felt refreshing. Mike was even earlier, and thanks for his effort I could easy park my car close to the shores.

The wind was gone, but the swell had picked up a bit. The waves were pounding the shores loudly. It’s again one of those days when entering the water needed skillful maneuver, but once we passed the surf zone, the sea became quiet and flat. We swam out leisurely and dropped down at the sandy flat. The morning light gave the ocean a deep emerald hue and the water in front of me was surprisingly clear.

We headed to the grassy patch. Once we got there, the search of cool nudibranchs immediately started. But maybe it’s still early in the morning, or the water was too surgy, the patch was quiet. A lonely hemi was crawling on a branch, and following Mike’s light I got to see a Janolus. I made a few circles but didn’t see much more. So my attention was turned to a few baby sea hares hanging on the red algae. Some sandy areas within the grassy patch were occupied by hornyhead turbot. They buried their bodies under the sand but left the protruding eyes above. A few red octopus were awake, stretching their bodies behind the tall grass.

While turning south toward the V-point, a school of baby rock fish came close. They were following the surge and dancing. We passed the draw down below the point – a small rocky structure less visited because of its off-the-course location. There, the crevices were filled with the same baby rock fish we saw earlier.

We slowed down once we got to the point. There were a lot of sea lemons, which were common at the point, particularly in the early morning. But today the true beauty was the chestnut cowry. Normally I saw one or two on the canyon wall, but this time there were quite a few of them, crawling on the wall and behind the tubes.

Before, when I approached this beautiful snail, they always stopped crawling and retreated into their shells. But this time, they somehow ignored my approach – the first time I got to see their tentacles. I thought it was really cool.

Also got a video of one.

https://vimeo.com/91194045

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Now our deco limit had approached and we turned to the shores. Following the sand dollar slope, we were heading to the shallow water. Among the dense algae, suddenly an adult horn shark emerged. Although baby horn sharks were seen anytime but adult ones were rare during the day. After a few pictures, the shark turned back to me and swam away.

Slowly we headed to the shores. The waves were big but manageable. I wish the condition on the surface were easier, but the dive turned out to be really fun.

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