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Went out with Jackie again today, hoping the condition at the shores improve. But it actually stayed pretty much the same: murky, cold, and the whole canyon was dominated still by a large number of tuna crabs. Critters that were out were all surrounded by an army of crabs. The crowd of tuna crab remained…
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I headed to the shores while the storm was looming. The beach was quiet and the water flat. The condition underwater was amazing. I dropped off at the main wall and swam to the north. Near the main draw, I spotted a tiny jellyfish. I think this is a juvenile Polyorchis penicillatus. The surge made…
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Another great night dive at the shores. I copied Jackie’s report below. I am processing dive pictures of this dive and came across this close-up shot of a skeleton shrimp. There was ‘stuff’ on the shrimp. I didn’t pay much attention and thought it was some algae growth (like those seen on decorator crab). Today…
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Headed out to the shores for a quick morning dive. I see different creatures during the day. Especially, the fish is awake during the day. I like this purple and yellow colors on this pair of baby blacksmith. Along the canyon there was a lot of juvenile sheepheads. They only come out during the day…
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Headed out to the shores for a night dive. I brought my compact camera and met up with Jackie. Dropped near the main draw. The water was a bit surgy. Took a few quick snapshots of the sea hares. The encounters were common critters. Toward the end of the dive, I came to the V…
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Encouraged by the great condition of last night, I headed out to the shores with Jackie for another night dive. We dropped off at our usual location (near the main draw). As the idea of looking for some big critters came to my mind, a large guitar fish suddenly appeared right in front of me.…
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