Guy Foster and I had two very good dives in Carmel Bay last Saturday off the Silver Prince at Ghost Tree Wall and Fire Rock. We had extremely calm seas, 15 ft visibility at the surface, 20-25 ft below 25 ft, 52 degrees. On the way back we were entertained with Risso's dolphins and a Humpback off the Monterey Aquarium.
Below are some photos from our dive on the Wall off Pescadero Point, many more can be seen at:
https://goo.gl/photos/sqDhu8i7gfKncmyY6
Male Kelp Greenling on the Wall
Guy at the "Wall"
Guy coming through the cave on the wall.
Chestnut Cowry with sea urchin. Still way too many urchins but kelp is starting to recover.
White Spotted Yellow Dorid Nudibranch
Yellow Edged Cadlina Nudibranch -
Cadlina luteomarginata
Horned Nudibranch aka Opalescent Nudibrank - Hemissenda Crassicornis
Prominent "horns" of the Horned Nudibranch are apparent here
Another big, healthy, well fed Spiny Sea Star, wonderful to see!
Beautiful Cabezon, sequence to follow. Guy finally had a good Cabezon encounter.
Here's a natural light photo with the Cabezon well camouflaged in the left of center foreground with Guy approaching from behind it.
Here's the Cabezon illuminated by my strobe with Guy getting close to take a photo.
Guy getting a Cabezon shot.
By popular vote Silver Prince remained anchored at the Pescadero Point Wall. Guy and I snorkeled over to the nearby wash rock, frequently called "Fire Rock" for the dense, colorful invertebrate life on it for our second dive. Below are some photos from this dive, for more please go to:
https://goo.gl/photos/GSLWYZzMam84152r9
Large Blue Rock Crab getting crabby at my close approach
An amorous pair of Red Rock Crabs
Kelp Rockfish
Crab in a field of Strawberries (Anemones)
Red and Purple Sea Urchins
Large Sea Lemon Nudibranch - Peltodoris Nobilis
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