Outer Otter Cove 9-17-13

Greg Hoberg and I dived on outer Otter Cove on Tuesday, September 17th.  We dived inside Monterey Bay because a sharp swell with some breaking waves was hitting Point Pinos and the west wind was already picking up.  We'd heard from some other divers that visibility inside Monterey Bay was pretty good and we found that to be the case.  We enjoyed 20 to 25 ft visibility at depths of 55 to 30 ft with scattered rocks up to 20 ft high.  Great bottom life and we saw lots rock fish and a couple of cabezon as well as the usual pacific and painted greenlings.  We were joined by a camera shy harbor seal for the last part of the dive.

 This cabezon patiently let me come close enough to get a picture with my 60 mm macro lens.

 A "smiling" Hilton's nudibranch grazing on hydroids.

Orange sea cucumber with filter feeding tube worm.

For more pictures from this dive please go to:
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