Different Reefs, Different Animals

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Merry

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While Phil, Kevin, and I jumped "Kevin's Reef" for the second time yesterday. Scott and Margaret Webb anchored inshore from us. We were all of the same mind, that is, we're giving Golf Ball Reef a rest.

Kevin's Reef is an oval reef bounded by sand that rises from ~72 feet to ~55 feet. A few smaller reefs dot the sand near there, and it's a short swim to check them out. Not much kelp, but there's a nice "gully" running east to west, with lots of ledges for marine life.

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Limacia cockerelli
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We found that Kevin's Reef is a great spot for worms and nudis, so we weren't too surprised when Phil found a Peltodoris mullineri.

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Polycera tricolor
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Resort Point Reef is a mere 268 feet north of Kevin's Reef. A dense kelp forest is in the making. The large resident moray eel wasn't home, but I found a young one in a vertical crack on the east wall.

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Giant spined star
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World's smallest proliferating anemone.
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