Mr. Ed with Beachhopper II August 26, 2023

Tessa, Guy, and I had a very good dive on the Mr. Ed site yesterday with very calm seas despite small craft warnings. We had 20 to 30 ft of visibility and it was 58 degrees at the bottom in 64 ft of water. I had to rent a BC, regulator, and dive computer because I had forgotten mine in my car when I moved my gear over to Guy's van at 3:45 am....The rented computer seemed to be very conservative, I was out of no decompression time at 71 ft and I still had nearly half a tank of air left...Below are some photos from the dive, to see more, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gZxVg9rp51d9Vbfs8 Below: the site is large bolders piled up in sand with tube anemones, beautiful Metridium (aka Plumrose Anemones).

Below: There goes one kelp devouring sea urchin into a waiting anemone!

Below: Gopher or possibly Copper, Rockfish with Metridium

Below: My favorite local fish subject, a Cabezon.

Above: Treefish are a rockfish with prominent vertical stripes and lipstick lips.

above: lingcods below: another Treefish

Below: a passing school of Senoritas

Rockfish with long lost anchor chain

Just above: Vermilion Rockfish, next up, Guy in action. I had to abort my second dive at Cabrillo Point because I had a very painful sinus squeeze, I remember having this once before, over 50 years ago, in high school.... I was pleased to try out my new replacement Scubapro Seawing Nova fins. Design has been modified to address the failure mode I had on my last pair. They worked great, I was surprised how much resistance they offered and thrust they generated, obviously my old pair have been gradually degrading...