Sunday must be trash pickup day

[MaxBottomtime]

We had hopes of getting in a dive today. The ocean was choppy and dirty along the west side of Palos Verdes so we explored several sites along the south side. We didn't find anywhere calm enough until we reached White Point. We dropped into a pretty good current and the visibility never reached more than eighteen inches. I thunmbed the dive as soon as I saw the anchor in the sand.
We spent the rest of the day picking up trash. Our total haul included fifty-three ballons, two logs, sand bags, pieces of wood, a traffic sawhorse and a five gallon bucket of oil.
We did manage to find a gray whale and another pod of Risso's dolphin off Rocky Point.

Gooseneck barnacles, Lepas anatifera covered one of the logs. There was also a kelp crab on the log but we freed him near Abby the abalone at Marineland.

 

[fisheater]

Thanks for picking up other peoples' trash.

 

[Ericlt1]

Those weren't party balloons. That was my smb!

 

[aichtwooh]

what is wrong with some people?

thanks for cleaning up after selfish, irresponsible slobs :cheerleader:

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I'm always amazed by this. We pick up balloons nearly every time we go diving. This was the second five gallon bucket of oil we have found floating. I told Merry we should start calling this the Palos Verdes Gyre. It's worse after storms wash trash down the storm drains, but there always seems to be a river of debris on the south side of P.V.

 

[deeper thoughts]

yuck.

 

[DwayneJ]

... of taking photographs!

 

[Peter_C]

Phil, you and Merry ROCK! Thank you so much for setting a good example.

Unbelievable to find a 5 gallon bucket of oil in the ocean.

On another note, who has jumped in the water and let the Risso's swim past before? They are bigger than my boat or I would be tempted to.