bperc
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My friend Larry and I got to dive the oil rigs out of San Pedro yesterday aboard the Magician. This was our first time diving the oil rigs. The weather was great. It was sunny all day. The first dive was at the Eureka oil rig. The next two were at Ellen and Elly, a dual rig. We had a great day of diving. The water column was filled with jellies, salps and tunicates. There are thousands of scallops and mussels, lots of cabezon and sheephead too. The cabezon were very friendly and curious. I had several swim right up to me and even touch me with their bodies. I only found 4 nudibranchs. I saw one group of about 4 mola molas swim by when we were at Eureka. We also saw several sea lions at each rig. The visibility varied at each site. The worst was about 25 feet and the best was probably 50 feet.
Here are some of the photos from our trip. I think I got most of the names right, but I don't know what a few of them are.
Diving the oil rigs
Here are some of the photos from our trip. I think I got most of the names right, but I don't know what a few of them are.
Diving the oil rigs