Two Good Dives on Mono-lobo and at Cypress Point July 26, 2022

Greg Hoberg and I caught a very calm day on Tuesday, July 26 and took his boat to Carmel Bay where we dived at Mono-lobo for the first dive and then on the inner wash rocks off Cypress Point. Visibility was very good at Mono-lobo, 25 to 35 ft, more like 15 to 20 ft at Cypress Point. Below are some photos from our first dive, to see the rest go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/B2fnGUdK3UCXiAQb8

This Gopher Rockfish posed nicely!

The kelop forest continues to recover at Mono-lobo but there are still too many urchins on part of it, creatin small "urchin barrens". Our second dive was on the inner wash rocks off Cypress Point. Below are some photos from the dive, for more, go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7uio2myimV1vjqL46

I was pleased to see several large Spiny Sea Stars, they should help with sea urchins

Kelp Rockfish

Nudibranch laying eggs, wish I could have gotten a better picture, I took several, this was the best....

Below: We were buzzed by a curious sea lion. Greg had a visit from a really big Sea Otter but I didn't get close enough to get a picture.