Kite Flying Weather

[MaxBottomtime]

The waves were coming into Redondo Beach in rapid sets this morning so we went back to bed. At 10:00 friends told us they we going out so we looked at the live cameras and decided it looked a little better. We were wrong.

The winds made it difficult to swim at the surface. Underwater the sand was being stirred up at 65 feet. I stuck it out for one dive and raced back home.

Haliotis kamtschatkana assimilis, Threaded Abalone rolling around in the surge

Rathbunella hypoplecta, Stripedfin Ronquil

Crassispira semiinflata

Simnia arcuata

Distaplia occidentalis

Ophiopsilla californica, Brittle Stars

Polycera tricolor

 

[tilikum]

Still didn't come home empty handed though. Nice pics

 

[Bubblesong]

I LOVE your photos, that wobbly abalone is awesome! Is the Distaplia lighting up/ fluorescing?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

They reflect the strobe light back as blue, but are a drab gray when I see them without light.

 

[geoff w]

I'm always amazed how you get such incredibly great images in such awful conditions. I went to Casino Point yesterday and the visibility was terrible

 

[MaxBottomtime]

My lens is only a few inches away from the subjects. Less dirty water equals better photos. There is no way I could shoot wide angle for the past month.