Day Island Wall 04.25.07

[sandman98007]

Had a great little dive today in a current intense area. We had a great slack and the group from Tacoma scuba sponsored the dive. Vis was OK … a lot of stuff in the water but at depth it opened up to about 25 feet with a bunch of floating particulate. Did get some good shot and here they are. The wolf eels were about and very friendly today. Made for some interesting encounters.

Please enjoy the show.

Tim


http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/vS6QW4yN

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Nice, Tim ... stopped by the shop yesterday and Wally told me you guys were going out this morning.

I love this time of year ... all the nudis are a'bloomin' ... coupla nice janolus shots ya got there ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[cbfin]

Nice shots Tim. I love Day Island. I did it last Saturday and again yesterday.

I find it utterly amazing that the coloration of the Buffalo Sculpin in the top-down shot perfectly matches the same fusia/pink seen all over the rocks there at Day Island. On the Saturday dive, Cory found a small CO Sole that was heavily mottled with the same fusia coloration. It was quite beautiful.

I know Buffalos are masters of camouflage and it isn't the first one I've seen with pink but I still find it amazing that they (and especially the CO) have those particular colors in the available pallet and that they can so closely match their environment.

Cool stuff.