Kevin Lee joined us for a couple of dives in silty water today. Anyone who has dived the FS Loop will tell you that any visibility above three feet is a miracle. The wreck is scattered over a silty bottom off the Los Angeles Breakwater. Before jumping in, I told Kevin and Merry to look for Tritonia festiva and Doriopsilla spaldingi nudibranchs as I would be hoping to shoot wide angle. We reached the anchor to find fifteen feet of vis, the best I've ever had here. The wreck was covered with hundreds of Tritonia festiva and Doriopsilla spaldingi. I looked like a prophet. I zoomed my lens to 35mm and got as close as I could with an eight inch dome port and managed a few decent close up shots. I'm sure Kevin and Merry's will blow mine out of the water.
We headed to White Point next to dive the large outfall pipe. The pipe rises ten feet off the bottom and is mostly covered with quarry rock. Blue ring topsnails were everywhere. I even found one with its shell deteriorating. Visibility on the pipe was ten feet, which is average for White Point.
On the way home we saw the largest pod of Common dolphin I have seen in twenty years. Many were jumping out of the water, but it was difficult to get shots from a moving boat.
We headed to White Point next to dive the large outfall pipe. The pipe rises ten feet off the bottom and is mostly covered with quarry rock. Blue ring topsnails were everywhere. I even found one with its shell deteriorating. Visibility on the pipe was ten feet, which is average for White Point.
On the way home we saw the largest pod of Common dolphin I have seen in twenty years. Many were jumping out of the water, but it was difficult to get shots from a moving boat.
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