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Headed to shores for a night dive as the first of May. The tuna crab finally retreated and visibility was slowly opening up. In the shallow on my way out to the canyon, I saw an armina (Armina californica). I had not seen them for a while so took time for a close-up. I dropped…
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Finally the storm passed and the angry sea settled down. I heard mixed reports of the condition, but decided to go for a dive. Although the surface was calm, I also felt lots of movements at the canyon. The water was also very cloudy. The cloudiness did not look like due to the sediments stirred…
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I am behind the journal entry so just copied Steve’s report. Weiwei an I headed out to Deans Maze on my lil red boat. The swells were in the 2-6…INCH range and we left the Mission Bay channel doing 30 mph.. With the seas that smooth we were hopeful of getting good vis and we…
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Headed out to the shores and came across this nudi tonight – another OMG moment when suddenly something new appeared on the slope of the canyon. Under the dive light it had a blue hue. On my way back, I thought it was some variations of a Stearn’s Aeolid, but the rhinophores are different. Turned…
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2016.12.7 Just to second Jackie’s report with a few cool creatures from tonight’s dive. The flatworm had a pink hue that I never saw before. The shrimp with unsymmetric claws – likely a pistol shrimp. I have been seeing more and more nudibranchs recently. Also a heart urchin – it’s been a long time. More…
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