Alrighty. I managed to make it out there today.
After a brief detour to the golf course golf shop and asking where people dove around the area, and after asking a bunch of locals, we were directed to Oliver's Landing. Very residential and beautiful area, I may add. I decided I wouldn't mind living there. Anyway, geared up and headed into the water. It stays shallow for quite some time, and after progressively getting deeper and deeper with no sign of life in site and being thoroughly creeped out by the pitch blackness and emptiness of where we were, we stumbled upon a GORGEOUS anemone garden. Unfortunately, I don't know my anemones well enough to be able to tell you how which ones they were, but i do know there were a few rather large plumose anemones around, a bunch of sea cucumbers (the pretty red ones that look like they are plants) and rock fish, and sole/flounders (I dont know how to tell the difference...). Unfortunately, by the time we found this very pretty garden, I was already at half air (and I was frozen to the bone due to a leaky drysuit valve, ugh) so we didnt get to spend a lot of time in the area. There was one garden area around 80-90ft, and another at about 70ft.
Water temperature was 46F, the visability was crap (perhaps 5-6 feet in the shallows, but it opened up to maybe about 15ft or so at depth), but the garden was really interesting and beautiful.
Anyway, it was quite the adventure. First finding the site, and once we did, trying to find the interesting bits. it definitely needs to be dived again.
Perhaps S. Starfish will chime in with his report (my buddy, and new to this board...say hello to all the nice locals, Kitten!!!!)
After a brief detour to the golf course golf shop and asking where people dove around the area, and after asking a bunch of locals, we were directed to Oliver's Landing. Very residential and beautiful area, I may add. I decided I wouldn't mind living there. Anyway, geared up and headed into the water. It stays shallow for quite some time, and after progressively getting deeper and deeper with no sign of life in site and being thoroughly creeped out by the pitch blackness and emptiness of where we were, we stumbled upon a GORGEOUS anemone garden. Unfortunately, I don't know my anemones well enough to be able to tell you how which ones they were, but i do know there were a few rather large plumose anemones around, a bunch of sea cucumbers (the pretty red ones that look like they are plants) and rock fish, and sole/flounders (I dont know how to tell the difference...). Unfortunately, by the time we found this very pretty garden, I was already at half air (and I was frozen to the bone due to a leaky drysuit valve, ugh) so we didnt get to spend a lot of time in the area. There was one garden area around 80-90ft, and another at about 70ft.
Water temperature was 46F, the visability was crap (perhaps 5-6 feet in the shallows, but it opened up to maybe about 15ft or so at depth), but the garden was really interesting and beautiful.
Anyway, it was quite the adventure. First finding the site, and once we did, trying to find the interesting bits. it definitely needs to be dived again.
Perhaps S. Starfish will chime in with his report (my buddy, and new to this board...say hello to all the nice locals, Kitten!!!!)