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Tonight the shores, the waves were pretty small but a lot of movement in the shallow. I even felt hard to walk straight in shallow water. The visibility in the shallow was basically none. But finally it opened up pretty clear in the canyon. What a nice change! Decided to check out the south wall…
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The dive condition at the shores has been pretty bad lately – big surf and horrible visibility. Today there was a window of the calm sea. Although I know the visibility was going to be bad, I decided to give it a try. It took a little bit timing to get through the surf. They…
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Headed out to the shores for a night dive. The surf was low and the condition at the canyon remained pretty much the same. I was practicing wide angle shots and it was nice to see an adult horn shark surrounded with many tuna crabs. The tuna crab was still super strong throughout the canyon.…
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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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The water remained murky, but much calmer. The highlight of the dive was this big Aeolidia papillosa. I could not believe my eyes when I saw it because of its huge size and much darker color. So it turns out those I saw before were smaller, whiter, and probably younger. It was such an exciting…
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Finally the storm passed and the ocean calmed down. I headed to the shores with Jackie for a night dive. We dropped the main wall and in the grassy area, I spotted this critter at the shores near the south wall. The area has had lots of grass/algae/broken kelp sediments and it reminds me the…
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