Two good dives at Otter Cove, Pacific Grove May 15, 2016

I enjoyed two dives with Guy and Tessa Foster yesterday.  We had 30 to 40 ft of visibility and water temps from 50 to 54 degrees.  I was again very pleased to see growing numbers of healthy sea stars and to only see sea urchins in crevasses like they were before the sea star wasting disease wiped out so many sea stars, a sea urchin predator.  The kelp bed at Otter Cove is healthy and recovering from its low point last year but is still far smaller than in the past (maybe 60% of what it was).  Below are some pictures from our two dives, there are many more to see at:
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 Here's the view we had as we snorkeled out to the kelp bed.

      Tessa in the kelp bed.  After her many dives in the Turks and Caicos she now matches me on air consumption.

          An Olive Rockfish above one of the many large rock structures found at Otter Cove.

                            A beautiful sand rose anemone.

                         Tessa's on the left, Guy with his spotting light right of center.

                                         Tessa found a large crab.

                             Guy gets a picture of bat stars devouring fish.

    Guy getting a picture of fish-eating urchina sea anemones.

                         Guy getting another picture.

Cone shells laying eggs.