Cypress Point, Outer Rock 5-13-14

Greg Hoberg and I dived the outer rock off Cypress Point last Tuesday.  The swell was very low and this was the first time we had encountered conditions for comfortable diving off Cypress Point in quite a while.  We had 20 to 30 ft visibility and the dive ranged from as shallow as about 20 ft to over 60 ft.

 Giant Green Anemone are common on this "wash rock".  Green Anemone like turbulent water and this is a very turbulent dive site under all but the calmest conditions.  Turbulent conditions go down to 50 ft on this rock!

 The orange bat star to the left of the Giant Green Anemone is about 6 - 7 inches across so you can see this is a large anemone.

 Greg is hovering over a scattered group of Giant Green Anemones.

 Greg recently added a cool GoPro video to his versatile still photography rig.

 Greg found a Umbrella Crap, just above his pointing finger.

 Seldom do I intentionally touch critters, I like to be minimally intrusive (beyond my doubtlessly alarming bubble blowing and strobe flashing).  But this time I couldn't resist picking up the Umbrella Crab to show the small body and legs hidden beneath the over sized "helmet".  These ridiculous looking crabs always remind me of "Lord Dark Helmet" (Rick Moranis) in Space Balls.

For more pictures from this dive please go to:
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