Guy Foster and I dived with the Silver Prince last Saturday. Seas were a bit rough so, unfortunately, the boat stayed inside Point Pinos (there were small craft advisories for higher winds later in the day). We unfortunately dove Ball Busters for the first dive but the boat missed the peak, which rises to around 70 ft, so our entire dive was at 93-97 ft, 51 degrees. It was reasonably clear under the plankton layer that was from the surface to about 50 ft from a week of sunny weather....the winter blue water dive season is over. Also on the dive was Bruce Watkins, an author of several diving books centered on California.
https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Diver_s_Guide_to_Monterey_County_Calif.html?id=rS_IrQEACAAJ
None the less, the short, deep, Ball Busters dive was enjoyable, we saw several lingcod, a couple of them were guarding their egg masses.
Guy shooting a video of a Copper Rockfish
Bruce Watkins, comfortably taking photos at 93 ft in his DUI dry suit.
A striking Vermilion Rockfish
Female Kelp Greenling
A lingcod guards its white egg mass.
San Diego Nudibranch
For more pictures from this dive and the following one off the Monterey Aquarium please go to:
https://goo.gl/photos/2Yuc7194Ee8GEJjo7
Aquarium Intake Pipes
Guy shoots a video of a beautiful Sand Rose anemone.
Guy shoots some video of a fish eating anemone on the rusted out pipe to an abandoned sardine factory.
Guy with Sand Rose Anemone
Behind the tube anemones you can see a lingcod sitting beneath the white egg mass he is guarding.
Guy with lingcod guarding white egg mass above it's tail in the crevice.
White -Plumed Metridium anemones
Blue Lined Sea Perch
Back to the Silver Prince
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