Monthly dive report for April

[MaxBottomtime]

This is getting really old. Until last year we were averaging ten dives per month. Weather and ocean conditions have cut that down to two dives per month. I made my first April dive today and with the swells arriving soon I don't know if I'll get back in this month.

At Golf Ball Reef the water was dark green with some surge. Visibility was eight feet at best so I didn't stray far from the barrel. Life seems to be returning to GBR but I didn't explore much today.

Juvenile Vermilion rockfish are flittering over the rocks again. I even found a two inch Thordisa rubescens near the barrel. I can't wait to see how much life there is next month.

Bugula neritina

Trididemnum opacum

Crustose corallines

Eupentacta quinquesemita, White Sea Cucumber

Maripelta rotata

Muricea californica, California golden gorgonian

Navanax inermis

Neoclinus stephensae, Yellowfin fringehead

Octopus bimaculoides California Two-spot Octopus

Diaulula sandiegensis

Thordisa rubescens

Doriopsilla gemela

Pelia tumida, Dwarf Teardrop Crab

Delonovolva aequalis, Simnia snail

 

[drrich2]

Continues to amaze me how you get such 'clear' looking shots (even close up macro) when the viz is so poor.

Richard.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I had my port within two to four inches of most of those subjects. That and Photoshop make it look like I had a better dive.