swankenstein:I sometimes manage to take photos of the "Hyperlimitus trimixus", but it's usually a deep water creature that only rarely comes up to the shallows (perhaps to mate).
Not to mate, only to decompressed and warm up a little bit.
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swankenstein:I sometimes manage to take photos of the "Hyperlimitus trimixus", but it's usually a deep water creature that only rarely comes up to the shallows (perhaps to mate).
ChillyWaters:Okay, I made my way to Setchell Point again. We swam to the nearest buoy, towards the wreck, then took a heading of 95degrees or so.
Let me just say that there are thousands (well, maybe just several hundred) of orange sea pens along the sandy bottom, in approximately 40-50' of water. They are everywhere, even near the wreck itself. They have grown since last time I was there, and some are approximately 4 or 5" in height.
Also tons of nudis in the area: monterey sea lemons, pearly nudi, giant nudis, clowns, white-lined, etc. Also found a nice moonsnail shell. I've found their eggs, their shells, but never seen a live one though.
- ChillyWaters
Found it on Swanky's site under Pender IslandReagan:Hey there. Can you guys give me some direction to where this shore dive is. General area would be great. Thanks!!
Reagan:Hey there. Can you guys give me some direction to where this shore dive is. General area would be great. Thanks!!
The Tilly Point dive discussed earlier is in the Pender Island section of my website:Tilly PointHyper-limits:Hi Reagan, Setchell Point is right by Deep Cove, if you facing the ocean from the marina it is the point on your left. I myself always enter the water at Setchell point when diving the wreck, Selchell Point is by itself is not a bad dive when the viz is good.
reach it by way of Wain Road and Madrona Drive off West Saanich Road.
Cheers
Al
Reagan:Hey there. Can you guys give me some direction to where this shore dive is. General area would be great. Thanks!!
archman:Hey Chilly, if you turn off your dive light, do these suckers glow? Just wondering...
*Scuba*Princess*:You are right archman. If you cover your light (on a night dive) and gently run a finger up the side of the sea pen it does glow. They have bioluminescence. Very cool. Our recent night dives have been like an underwater fireworks show with all the bioluminescent critters suspended in the water.
Heres a bit more info on sea pens..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_pen
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