Squid carcass ID in Laguna Beach

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• Sep 27, 2011

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Was diving the south east part of Crescent Bay on Sunday (9/25) and ran into a bunch of squid carcasses in about 40 ft of water. On average, each carcass was about a foot to a foot and a half in length from the tip to where the beak would be and none of the carcasses has tentacles present. Sorry I have no pics.

I didn't see any egg sacs lying around anywhere so I'm doubtful it was part of a squid run. Any chance this has anything to do with the new wreck in Catalina (from what I've been told it was a squid boat)?

 

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• Sep 27, 2011

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Dead squid wash up on south Orange County beach - latimes.com

Maybe related to this? I heard a number of people were finding carcasses on OC beaches.

 

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Dead and some living Humbolt squid have been reported by divers in Laguna Beach for the past couple of weeks.

 

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I saw a few that I think were small Humbolts last Saturday (9/27) on the sand near Crystal Cove tide pools

 

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I was at Crescent on Sat. and we did not see any Humbolts, but other divers there also said that there had been carcasses on the beach on Thur. as well. I can go without seeing them.