purepursuit
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Dove the east side this morning. Vis was pretty good at about 15 ft. Ton of Cuba and some eagle rays. Really nice time
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Some of the Dive Boats are going to be doing "Birding Trips" this winter, particularly when the weather is too bad to run in the ocean....If any of you guys know birds, and would like to go on a free "concept trip", Dive Boat Little Deeper is looking to do some test runs in the next couple of weeks....
Just send me your email, so I can notify you when they will do one of these.....It would most likely be on a weekend when the ocean waves are too rough for diving. Figure a 3 to 4 hour trip, which will certainly involve eating a brunch or early lunch on Munyon Island in the picnic area....So you would bring a cooler with food for yourself...in the trips the boats would charge for, the people would be groups from hotels, and the hotel would be catering the food....We just need to create the optimal trip...
We did a sample run over this last weekend, and Munyon is actually pretty amazing for birds.....Early morning or just before Twilight I am inclined to think are the best times for this....
email to dan@sfdj.com
Just send me your email, so I can notify you when they will do one of these.....It would most likely be on a weekend when the ocean waves are too rough for diving. Figure a 3 to 4 hour trip, which will certainly involve eating a brunch or early lunch on Munyon Island in the picnic area....So you would bring a cooler with food for yourself...in the trips the boats would charge for, the people would be groups from hotels, and the hotel would be catering the food....We just need to create the optimal trip...
We did a sample run over this last weekend, and Munyon is actually pretty amazing for birds.....Early morning or just before Twilight I am inclined to think are the best times for this....
email to dan@sfdj.com
Scott L
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"Birding trips"? Couldn't they instead circumnavigate Peanut Island many times for closer inspection of this year's bikini styles? 
jet126
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The crusty dude and I had another epic, once-in-a-lifetime dive this morning. Full report with possibly some pics to follow. But for those of you considering the night dive tonight I'm happy to report 35 ft of blue water and 79 degrees.
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Before this morning's dive I mentioned to Jim that last night I dreamed we saw 8 seahorses including one pair. The pair rose in the water column in front of us and exploded as we flashed our strobes.
We saw seahorse #1 in the first five minutes of our dive. Jim wrote in the sand “7 more.”
We found #2 and #3 very close together and #4 just a little to the right. While I was waiting for Jim to finish photographing #4 I sensed a presence. I looked left and was eye-to-eye with a spotted eagle ray, hovering by my shoulder. I was literally frozen in the moment. By the time I came to my senses and reached for my camera he had glided away.
Seahorse #5 was curled around a rope, hanging upside down.
#6 was brown, the color of all the algae stuff clinging to the bottom. As I held up six fingers we noticed #7, a tiny bright yellow fellow right next to him. After I photographed #7 I looked around for #6. He had moved on to algae tumbleweed and was almost perfectly camouflaged. I circled, looking for a better angle and realized I was looking at a pair! #6 had led us to his mate: #8.
The pair did not rise in the water column. And I’m also happy to report that no one exploded.
As we slowly meandered back towards shore a huge southern stingray swam in front of us. Then circled back and stopped directly in front of Jim.
Tall Guy thinks I’m crazy to get up at 4:30am and drive an hour each way to dive. I say not crazy. Magical.
#6
We saw seahorse #1 in the first five minutes of our dive. Jim wrote in the sand “7 more.”
We found #2 and #3 very close together and #4 just a little to the right. While I was waiting for Jim to finish photographing #4 I sensed a presence. I looked left and was eye-to-eye with a spotted eagle ray, hovering by my shoulder. I was literally frozen in the moment. By the time I came to my senses and reached for my camera he had glided away.
Seahorse #5 was curled around a rope, hanging upside down.
#6 was brown, the color of all the algae stuff clinging to the bottom. As I held up six fingers we noticed #7, a tiny bright yellow fellow right next to him. After I photographed #7 I looked around for #6. He had moved on to algae tumbleweed and was almost perfectly camouflaged. I circled, looking for a better angle and realized I was looking at a pair! #6 had led us to his mate: #8.
The pair did not rise in the water column. And I’m also happy to report that no one exploded.
As we slowly meandered back towards shore a huge southern stingray swam in front of us. Then circled back and stopped directly in front of Jim.
Tall Guy thinks I’m crazy to get up at 4:30am and drive an hour each way to dive. I say not crazy. Magical.
#6
Viz at 35-40 feet and 78-79 temps. Jet must have had a seahorse magnet...
Another great bridge dive...thanks Jet...this crusty dude enjoyed everything!
Another great bridge dive...thanks Jet...this crusty dude enjoyed everything!
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jet126
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Eight horses and one pic??? Let's get after some post processing here. . .
Fantastic to hear about the sudden viz improvement.
Kevin! I work 3-11 tonight!! (probably shouldn't be on ScubaBoard right now) I'll post the rest of my FB page tomorrow.
Ok ... here's one more. #4. But that's it. As it is, the SH po-po will be after me. But you'd never believe "red with black polka dots."
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