The continuing sagas of the Blue Heron Bridge

[jet126]

Treasure Hunt!

The Video Dude and I had a nice two-hour dive this morning. Water temp 77, viz was a good 40 ft - the best I've seen in a long time. There was a really strong current at the beginning that had me kicking a bit, probably why viz was so good. With the warm air temps I think it's almost time to hang up the 5mm for season - almost didn't need it again today.

Happy to see some familiar faces in the parking lot on a random Tuesday morning!

Our goal was to find Puff, look for frog fish and sailfin blennies. Instead of Puff I think we found Mrs Puff (Puffette). Same area but she(?) did not appear to have an egg pouch and the markings look different from last week's find. Video Dude shot lots of footage so hopefully we'll be able to tell. Sailfin blennies were there but I don't think we got an extended sail. No luck on the frog fish but I did find an extremely rare Saw Buck Fish Dollarus Hamiltoni X and right after a Fin Fish Dollarus Lincolni V!!

I did snap a photo of the Saw Buck Fish:


I have to admit even though I am a purest ... I collected these two:

(If anyone thinks they are yours please provide detailed descriptions )

Lots of octopi around and some are getting quite friendly:


Fully nekkid horse conch:


And Puffette (maybe) side by side with Puff (from last week):

 

[djtimmy77]

Yeah that looks like Puff Mamma. On saturday we saw both her and Puff Daddy, within 10' of each other. I didn't put up pics of her since none of them were "good enough" to spend time processing them.

Also, have seen the saw buck fish while snorkeling before, but not yet at the bhb.

 

[fisheyeview]

nice pics

 

[jet126]

nice pics

TY!
Were you there this morning? There were quite a few divers but I didn't see too many with fancy schmancy cameras ...

 

[sportxlh]

I have to admit even though I am a purest ... I collected these two:
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(If anyone thinks they are yours please provide detailed descriptions )

Those don't look like the tropical varieties of the species so you were probably OK to collect them.... as long as you did not spear them or use a dive knife. (hopefully the moderator does not move this post to the BHB collection thread)

 

[Videodude]

As Jet mentioned above, we dove for 2 hours today. Current was pretty hefty at the beginning of the dive but viz was awesome today, guessing 40ft+.

Below are some still frames from the video I shot today. Lots of Blennies, Octopi and the Seahorse that Jet mentioned. I may have to split photos between posts due to pic limits, but here goes:

 

[Videodude]

Here's the second batch:

 

[jimw]

Today at the bridge............

https://picasaweb.google.com/jwood1138/BHB41911?authkey=Gv1sRgCLzFgZ6DubLgAw#

We saw a tiny Lionfish today and yesterday--today it ran into a hole, so I stuck the camera in and shot one pic.

Great viz, so a few wide shots for once! So, was that Trigger lookin' for a handtobite or a handout??

It was GREAT to see everyone!

Here's a picture taken by JoanneR when she first found the approximately 2 inch Lionfish on April 18th. Great eye Joanne!!

https://picasaweb.google.com/jwood1138/DSCN1096?authkey=Gv1sRgCJGv9fXh6LeX0AE#

 

[mntlblok]

Here's the second batch:

I just *love* octopus/human interaction. Would love to know what's going on in their brains.

 

[Splitlip]

I suspect they are pretty intelligent creatures. They seem to know when they should feel threatened and will interact when they are not.

Very cool.