Fun day at the bridge today. Took my wife, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter on their first BHB experience. Dove the west side and for as many divers as were around, saw very few. Found a juvy batfish - perhaps 3" long and with the long rostrum. Several other mature batfish, pair of dragonets, a tiny bumblebee shrimp, and lots of the usual bridge inhabitants. Dropped the cold daughter-in-law off after an hour and went south to the boats, shopping carts, etc. Granddaughter happened upon a stargazer. Quite a find. Spent the last 10 minutes or so with it, then headed in. We had a blast. First time diving the bridge without a camera - quite a different experience for me. One other special find was a juvenile (infantile) fish that was either a baby batfish or an extremely small frogfish. Could have fit on the end of a pencil eraser - light beige to white in color and shaped more frogfish-like than batfish. I've seen and photographed small frogfish before and this was definitley the smallest I've seen - if it was a frogfish. And me without a camera... That would have been a challenge even with my 105 and +10 diopter. All-in-all a great day at the bridge even if the the vis was a bit off (<20') and temperature a bit down (consistent 71º). Back again tomorrow - haven't decided on taking camera or continuing the tour with my granddaughter. Have to admit that she's more fun than the camera!
