bbdqsony
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This is AWESOME shot! You are very lucky!
Ever swim in a bait ball.... of SEA LIONS?
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parabolic
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Wonderful stuff spt29970! Great experience. The only time I've seen that many was at the colony on Santa Barbara Island. Was that on the back side?
Cristopher
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Well, I'm jealous. That's the experience of a lifetime. *sigh* maybe one day.
I was diving Farnsworth Bank one day with a huge school of baitfish and dozens of sea lions in the upper water column. It was definitely a great experience and welcome relief on my long deco stop.
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spt29970
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I am pretty sure that this was primarily feeding behavior too. When I first arrived on the scene and found them swirling around, I noticed small white things floating in the water. I grabbed one and found that it was a squid tentacle. I figure that they sea lions had chased up some squid from the deep and were feasting on it. They were polishing up the scraps when I arrived.
parabolic: Yes this was on the back side. We were heading for San Miguel but got chased back to Santa Cruz by the storm we had last week. It happens a lot this time of year.
parabolic: Yes this was on the back side. We were heading for San Miguel but got chased back to Santa Cruz by the storm we had last week. It happens a lot this time of year.
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