Greg Hoberg and I had a second good day of diving on Thursday. The swell was down to four feet and the wind chop vanished by mid-day. We had 30 feet plus visibility at the Pinnacles and easily 25 feet at Mono-lobo. Water temperature was 52 degrees.
Greg with blue rockfish and typical large rock structure at the Pinnacles.
Diving in a kelp forest with clear water and sunny weather is magical!
A colony of salps.
Greg getting a salp photo.
To see more photos from our Pinnacles dive please go to:
https://plus.google.com/photos/110159573286645489662/albums/6066198095707927105?authkey=CLjV27qZk6b_rQE
This lingcod at mono-lobo was sitting near our anchor line as we started the dive. Our dives start with going down the anchor line to insure that the anchor will stay in place and also be retrievable from the boat after the dive.....usually this works out for both needs....usually.
Greg getting some lingcod shots.
A blue-ring topsnail grazing on kelp.
Greg with a lingcod.
I'm seeing a lot of kelp holdfasts pulled free from the bottom this year, I think this is due to more sea urchins but holdfasts do get pulled free when storms or big swells come in.
To see more pictures from our second dive at monolobo please go to:
https://plus.google.com/photos/110159573286645489662/albums/6066194525770339249?authkey=CK-TkdCfiYTHYg
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