Merry
Contributor
Honeymoon cove last weekend: colorful, enchanting, serene.
Phil and Kevin Lee descend into reef-blue water.


These Pacific Barracuda were wary on the first dive. By the end of the second dive, they had decided that I was no threat, and meandered much closer.

Kevin meandered by, too.

Lone blacksmith


Big and close.

Nicely camouflaged California scorpionfish. I enjoy the gritty defiance of these prickly, venomous fish.


Snubnose sculpin

Furry hermit crab

With stellar vis comes vivid color. Tiny Cuthona divae nudi on hedgehog hydroid.

Couple of Cuthona divae with eggs

Dendrodoris behrensi, not often seen.

Atagema alba

Polycera tricolor

Tiny Triopha catalina out on a limb with sabellid worm looking on.

This reef is a jackpot of Okenia rosacea.

A polyclad flatworm, Eurylepta californica

Serpulid worm

Sadly, time to head home after 3 hours on the reef.

Phil and Kevin Lee descend into reef-blue water.


These Pacific Barracuda were wary on the first dive. By the end of the second dive, they had decided that I was no threat, and meandered much closer.


Kevin meandered by, too.

Lone blacksmith


Big and close.

Nicely camouflaged California scorpionfish. I enjoy the gritty defiance of these prickly, venomous fish.


Snubnose sculpin

Furry hermit crab

With stellar vis comes vivid color. Tiny Cuthona divae nudi on hedgehog hydroid.

Couple of Cuthona divae with eggs

Dendrodoris behrensi, not often seen.

Atagema alba

Polycera tricolor

Tiny Triopha catalina out on a limb with sabellid worm looking on.

This reef is a jackpot of Okenia rosacea.

A polyclad flatworm, Eurylepta californica

Serpulid worm

Sadly, time to head home after 3 hours on the reef.
