Mono-lobo June 22, 2017

Greg Hoberg and I took advantage of reasonable sea conditions to take his boat down to Carmel Bay.  Seas from the SW caused us to go across the Bay to get shelter from Point Lobos.  Though we saw some clearer water at the north end of the Bay we only had 15 ft at Monolobo water temp was a chilly 49 at the bottom.  We were very pleased to see that the Giant Kelp and Bull Kelp are finally starting to recover at Monolobo.  Below are some photos from this dive, for more from this dive please go to:
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A sea lion barked at us several times on the dive, I managed to catch this shot of him buzzing past.

                        Greg in the green water we had on this dive, but look, kelp!

                        Anemones and orange sea cucumbers

                                  Healthy Spiny Sea Stars, fewer sea urchins, more kelp

                         Ohdner's Nudibranch

                                   Anemone and Black and Yellow Rockfish