Dive Reports - Point Lobos 7/15/07 and Monastery 7/14/07

alwaingold · Jul 17, 2007

Hello. I dove at Point Lobos on Sunday. We were counting nudibranchs
at Middle Reef. The conditions were very nice, you could have
snorkeled in the cove. Here is the report:

http://coldwaterkitty.blogspot.com/2007/07/branching-at-middle-reef.html

Rob dove on Saturday as well. He did a scooter dive at South
Monastery. Here is his report:

http://coldwaterkitty.blogspot.com/2007/07/guest-dive-report-crb-err-south.html

Enjoy!

Ben_ca · Jul 17, 2007

Great report Ms Kitty....

Great conditions this last weekend.... The swell was down and lot's of diver out at Monastery enjoying the nice diving...

RoyN · Jul 18, 2007

Dove in Pt. Lobos with friends today 7/18. Probably one of the best shore dive ever did. Visibility was about 50 to 60, probably more.

Diver_Jan · Jul 23, 2007

Thanks for posting the photos of the nudi's. What is the white one called with the dark spots? Looks almost like a San Diego Dorid, but white? I will be up there from So Cal on August 4th and 5th. I hope to dive Monestary in addition to Point Lobos.

Chuck Tribolet · Jul 23, 2007

San Diego Dorids are usually white, and have small dark rings, not spots. The nuds in
the picture have spots.

rhlee · Jul 23, 2007

The ID on the spotted white ones are the subject of some debate on the sea slug forum. The two prevailing opinions seem to be a white variation of Archidoris montereyensis, or a white variation of Geitodoris heathi. FWIW, Jeff Goddard took a look at these pictures and said:

...
> without question G. heathi, based on the
>pigmentation, but even more so on the size, shape and distribution
>of the
>dorsal papillae. If you touch with a bare finger the dorsum of
>those G. heathi,
>they will also feel much more scabrous, or rough, compared to D.
>montereyensis.

alwaingold · Jul 23, 2007

Chuck Tribolet:
San Diego Dorids are usually white, and have small dark rings, not spots. The nuds in
the picture have spots.

There is actaully a lot of color variation in San Diego Dorids. See, for instance:

http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=2834

I have personally noticed that the ones in SoCal tend to be darker than the ones up here, which are almost always very white. But what do I know?

Maybe that is why a SoCal diver is referring to San Diego Dorids as not usually being white

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