Lion's Bay Marina: Dive Report

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FishLovingStudent

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Just did a dive at the Lions Bay Marina. Very interesting dive site...a lot of what is present is indicative of a site with minimal disturbance. I'm posting mainly because there is little info on this site.

The left side (if you are facing the water, entry via ramp) is sandy bed->rock piles down to around 60~80fsw with alternating rocks and sand beds. My favourite type of site. Visibility was good for the most part, 20-30'. A lot of the usual. Big schools of perch and tube snouts. Painted&Kelp Greenlings, Copper&Quillback Rockfish. Some utterly humongous and FAT lingcod. Giant, Leopard, Gold Rimmed, and Heaths nudibranches. Spiny lithod crab...a good collection of critters.

A fish of note, found two Tiger Rockfish. Both scurried into their den before I could get a good shot. Also...if anybody remembers Dale's post on this site, it looks like there is a resident tailed jelly :rolleyes:
[video=youtube;QXrrFrC6qBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXrrFrC6qBE&feature=youtu.be[/video]

The right side (entry via beach) is much more shallow, the rocky part is around 20-30fsw, sandy slope down. A few more cryptic species, a pipefish, gunnel, lg.sculpin and poacher. Found some strange dumped cables, or do they serve a purpose?

Might take another visit before the Marina opens and boating season is back in. As always with Lion's Bay, if you decide to take a visit be polite and avoid anything that might peeve the locals. The woman at the repairshop was very nice though :)
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Thank you for posting, I have wanted to try this dive site for a while. Hopefully will get around to it sometime... I am a creature of habit though so... might not be until next winter. :)

Can you advise as to where to park, etc.?
 

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