Dive #1:
Location: Pt Loma Kelp Beds
Time in: 8:46 am
Time under: 53 min
Max depth: 78 ft
Ave temp: 57 F
Vis: 15-20+
Waves: Flat
Mix: 33%
Buddies: Kim, Mike H, Marla, Virginia
Giant Spined Star (Pisaster giganteus) and Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) nudibranch in the kelp forest off Pt Loma, CA.
Dive #2:
Location: Pt Loma Kelp Beds
Time in: 10:46 am
Time under: 59 min
Max depth: 64 ft
Ave temp: 55 F
Vis: 15-30+
Waves: Flat
Mix: 33%
Buddies: Kim, Mike H, Marla, Virginia
The fate of the blue planet is in my hands.
Photos: http://www.underpressurephoto.com/Dive-Reports/20130216-Scuba-Pt-Loma-Kelp/
Older dive reports/photos: http://www.underpressurephoto.com/share/y8kKlJq8A5w4g
Highlights: 1st dives in 2 months! Pimped my drysuit with dry gloves and a new silicone neck seal, which were awesome. Great conditions, great weather and great company.
I joined my dive buddies on a local charter boat (thanks Anita and Ryan!) and enjoyed beautiful topside and under sea conditions in the kelp beds off Pt Loma. Everything went right on this trip - I was able to get suited up with dry gloves for the first time by myself (being self sufficient getting suited up or unsuited is important). No leaks in the drysuit or in my camera housing. The first dive was spent playing with my camera underwater and just enjoying being warm and dry. During the safety stop, we were treated by a school of mackerel hanging out in the top 5 feet of water.
Three Lined Aeolid (Flabellina trilineata) on the reef off Pt Loma, CA.
I switched to macro for the second dive and remembered why I love hunting for treasure on the reef. Marla, Virginia and I hung out around 55 ft on the reef looking for nudibranchs and other reef creatures. Some of the highlights included a porters chromodorid, many three lined aeolids, a yellow spotted cadlina, my first sea spiders (with eggs!) and a pair of moray eels who seemed annoyed at each other. At the end of the dive, Marla and I saw a large jellyfish (not sure of the ID) just floating by underneath the swim step.
Scott
Three sea spiders (Anoplodactylus species) carrying eggs off Pt Loma, CA.
A pair of California Moray Eel (Gymnothorax mordax) in a crevice off Pt Loma, CA.
