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Its even a tiny Blue-Ring Top Snail, too...
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It made me smile, after all of the giants we saw on every dive in Monterey this weekend.
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The Pasley "HURRY HOME" May '07 Dive Reports
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Its even a tiny Blue-Ring Top Snail, too...
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It made me smile, after all of the giants we saw on every dive in Monterey this weekend.
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Ken
Claudette will roll in with a report. She has much better words than I do.
I'll just say this: Excellent diving, connected with some old friends, met some new ones, great hang, steller grub, beautiful area. The MoCal crew rolled it out for 'dette and I, and we will never forget this trip. Kind, giving, sweet, funny, genuine... the Monterey crew are all of these.
These were the first dives with my new Nikon D200 rig. Combine the combative, unfamiliar rig with the poor viz and the photo opportunities were very few - three days of diving in Monterey, and these are the takeaways... OY!
I'll be back in the Fall, post algae bloom when things are clearer. Here are some shots and descriptions.
Enjoy.
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Ken
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All shots taken with Nikon D200, Ikelite D200 housing with Nikon 60mm lens and two Ikelite DS-125 strobes. Settings to full Manual, range from 1/80th to 1/40th of a second, f18 to f22. These Nudis were so huge that they essentially filled the frame of a 60mm lens. Something no SoCal Nudi can do!
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A GIANT Sea Lemon on the far East corner of the barge. These are very common in SoCal, and are usually the largest Nudis we see. This one was enormous probably 6 or 7 long end to end.
Dendrodoris Fulva (I think...) Shot on the barge at the Breakwater. Another big Nudi in the 5range. These look just like the little 1 Doriopsilla Albonpunctatas (`tatas) we have all over down here.
Doriana Albolineata (White-lined Doria) Kevin found this from his speeding scooter as we were navigating the deep Metridium Fields. He stopped the parade and I was able to snap a few shots.
Post-coital Trophia Catalinea (Clown Nudi.) These two were have Nudi Nookie on the platform. I took 4 shots of these guys in various stages of the deed. In this shot, Nudi number two is rolling over and looking for his lighter and cigarettes. Shot on the North side of the Barge. There were actually about 5 or 6 of these giant Clown Nudis on the Barge each time 'chica and I went out there. These two were about 5 inches long. Down here, a large one is maybe an inch or so long. They grow 'em big up there.
Blue-Ring Top Snail I see these very rarely in SoCal, and surely not this big. The Barge at Breakwater was covered with them! HBLeftHerHeartInMontereyGurl and I saw a ton of these, but this was the only one I found fully out of his shell. I composed this with a Bat Star behind it to offer a brighter background than the brown, rotting wood of the Barge. A nice full size image can be found here
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I'll just say this: Excellent diving, connected with some old friends, met some new ones, great hang, steller grub, beautiful area. The MoCal crew rolled it out for 'dette and I, and we will never forget this trip. Kind, giving, sweet, funny, genuine... the Monterey crew are all of these.
These were the first dives with my new Nikon D200 rig. Combine the combative, unfamiliar rig with the poor viz and the photo opportunities were very few - three days of diving in Monterey, and these are the takeaways... OY!
I'll be back in the Fall, post algae bloom when things are clearer. Here are some shots and descriptions. Enjoy.
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Ken
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GeekSpeak
All shots taken with Nikon D200, Ikelite D200 housing with Nikon 60mm lens and two Ikelite DS-125 strobes. Settings to full Manual, range from 1/80th to 1/40th of a second, f18 to f22. These Nudis were so huge that they essentially filled the frame of a 60mm lens. Something no SoCal Nudi can do!
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A GIANT Sea Lemon on the far East corner of the barge. These are very common in SoCal, and are usually the largest Nudis we see. This one was enormous probably 6 or 7 long end to end.
Dendrodoris Fulva (I think...) Shot on the barge at the Breakwater. Another big Nudi in the 5range. These look just like the little 1 Doriopsilla Albonpunctatas (`tatas) we have all over down here.
Doriana Albolineata (White-lined Doria) Kevin found this from his speeding scooter as we were navigating the deep Metridium Fields. He stopped the parade and I was able to snap a few shots.
Post-coital Trophia Catalinea (Clown Nudi.) These two were have Nudi Nookie on the platform. I took 4 shots of these guys in various stages of the deed. In this shot, Nudi number two is rolling over and looking for his lighter and cigarettes. Shot on the North side of the Barge. There were actually about 5 or 6 of these giant Clown Nudis on the Barge each time 'chica and I went out there. These two were about 5 inches long. Down here, a large one is maybe an inch or so long. They grow 'em big up there.
Blue-Ring Top Snail I see these very rarely in SoCal, and surely not this big. The Barge at Breakwater was covered with them! HBLeftHerHeartInMontereyGurl and I saw a ton of these, but this was the only one I found fully out of his shell. I composed this with a Bat Star behind it to offer a brighter background than the brown, rotting wood of the Barge. A nice full size image can be found here
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scottfiji
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hey Ken, congrats on your new camera Rig, and lugging it on beach dives. By the way, Dendrodoris Fulva is now called Doriopsilla albopunctata, they are synonyms for the same species.
Scott
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That's what I get for having edition TWO of Behrens book.
('chica bought edition THREE for her bad self, and I inherited her TWO, bless her heart...)
Thanks
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Ken
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scottfiji:
That's what I get for having edition TWO of Behrens book.
('chica bought edition THREE for her bad self, and I inherited her TWO, bless her heart...)
Thanks
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Ken
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orangelion03
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Ken, even your "bad" pics are excellent! Thanks, as always, for sharing. With our drop last Sunday aborted by poor viz and poor equipment prep, I havent been deep since April 6th. Work for the last few weeks has been the most stressful I have ever experienced and I need a good long dive weekend to re-assemble my karma. Look forward to hearing about the Monterey trip as well...John and I have been discussing taking a trip up there in the fall. Did I understand that you hooked up with local Reef Checkers?
Cheers!!
Cheers!!
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You're sweet re: the pics. It was too damn frustrating, wrestling with the rig while diving amongst all the beauty. I was dissapointed with the results, but not disheartened, as I knew the issues were mechanical and not artistic. I can fix the former - when the latter goes its time to hang it up.
I think some of the RC Queso's were OOT when we were up there. We just hooked up with the locals. A couple of shore dives Friday, a couple of boat dives Sat and another long shore dive Sunday.
It was great. I love it up there. The viz was really poor after the Friday AM dive, though. But who cares? We're seeing cool stuff, hanging with good friends (albeit in 48 degree water) and eating good food.
After Friday's morning dive, Dette and I went and got our hood on from Otter Bay. 12mm custom cut jobs... most excellent helmets for all dives in the 50 and below range. They could double as motocycle buckets.
Its sitting on my desk, fully formed - loaded with peat and vermiculite, currently serving as a pot for my Pothos.
At 12mm it made a very poor lampshade.
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orangelion03
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Does it have a Snell rating?
I gotta see what one of those looks like! Are they bibbed? Did you tuck them into the collar (if your DUI has one)? Restrictive???
I gotta see what one of those looks like! Are they bibbed? Did you tuck them into the collar (if your DUI has one)? Restrictive???
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Otter Bay (Cricket - her real name) makes them in a couple of flavahs. I wear a DUI with the Warm Neck cowl - so mine has a "bib". Claudette dives a Bare with no such hoopla, so her's does not.
Restrictive? Well, only if you consider wrapping your dome, chin, jaw and neck in impossibly tight, ridiculously thick, arrestingly rigid, stiff, new neoprene.
The angle on OB hoods is this: You'll hate them for the first 10 dives. Then you'll love them.
I loved mine instantly. I think when Chica measured me, she was relaxed. I probably had too much 'ffine and measured her a little tighter because when she finally is able to get her hood on, she can't speak because her jaw is wired shut.
Restrictive? Well, only if you're used to your old, compressed, suppple, now worthless dot-head Henderson Hyperactive Stretch hood.
Bottom Line: OB hoods are a custom fit. They fit properly. They are thick, they are warm. You will notice the difference.
Its worth every penny.
I'll likely start leaving it at home for my DUI then the water hits 58.
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LLKZ16
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Date: 5/10/07
Dive Location: OML Long Point
Buddy(ies): Angelique and Jimmy The I forgot my weight pockets so I have to dive with DOUBLES Bagman
Time: 9:52 am.
Bottom Time: 57 Min
Max Depth: 60 fsw
Vis: 20 feet!!
Wave height: 2-3 feet
Temp at depth: 50F
Surface Temp: 65F
After seeing Scott and Penny yesterday I was totally excited to hit the point today. The only issue was the super low tide and the fact that the swell is still a little dicey. I met up with Angelique and Jimmy this morning for another Thursday morning dive. The fog was rolling in like crazy and it was a little chilly too. Before Angelique arrived Jimmy and I mapped out the entry. Since the tide was super low, we tried a new spot to get in that seemed to be the best choice.
As we were gearing up, Jimmy realized that he forgot his primary mask and weight pockets for his BC. Luckily, he had his secondary mask and twin Al 80s with about 1700 psi left in them. His rig is already weighted so no issues there. However, point entries with doubles is only reserved for super studly (or crazy) divers lol. As you can see by my pictures below, his entry and exit was FLAWLESS!!
When we all got in, we finned out to the point and dropped down to SUPER visibility. I could not believe how great it was!! We took our compass heading and started to make our way out. As we made our way out to the end of the reef, we stopped by many rock structures looking for nudis and other critters. When we decided to do the turn and started to work our way back to Cobble Beach, I was buzzed by a Sea Lion. Since we were all at a huge rock with me on the one side and them on the other, they never ended up seeing the critter. Oh Well!
Overall, it was a GREAT dive. It was a bit cold but with the great visibility, I did not care.
Below are some highlights from the dive:
BTW, if I have any IDs that are incorrect, feel free to let me know.
http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m189/LLKZ16/OML Long Point 51007/
Great Visibility
Club Tipped Anemone
Spanish Shawl
Colorful Cup Coral
Baby Hermissenda??
Limbaugs Cadlina
Three Lined Aeolid
Chestnut Cowry Laying Eggs
White Spotted Dorid
Cuthona Divea
Moonglow Anemone
Big Octo
Jimmy THE MAN!!
Dive Location: OML Long Point
Buddy(ies): Angelique and Jimmy The I forgot my weight pockets so I have to dive with DOUBLES Bagman
Time: 9:52 am.
Bottom Time: 57 Min
Max Depth: 60 fsw
Vis: 20 feet!!
Wave height: 2-3 feet
Temp at depth: 50F
Surface Temp: 65F
After seeing Scott and Penny yesterday I was totally excited to hit the point today. The only issue was the super low tide and the fact that the swell is still a little dicey. I met up with Angelique and Jimmy this morning for another Thursday morning dive. The fog was rolling in like crazy and it was a little chilly too. Before Angelique arrived Jimmy and I mapped out the entry. Since the tide was super low, we tried a new spot to get in that seemed to be the best choice.
As we were gearing up, Jimmy realized that he forgot his primary mask and weight pockets for his BC. Luckily, he had his secondary mask and twin Al 80s with about 1700 psi left in them. His rig is already weighted so no issues there. However, point entries with doubles is only reserved for super studly (or crazy) divers lol. As you can see by my pictures below, his entry and exit was FLAWLESS!!
When we all got in, we finned out to the point and dropped down to SUPER visibility. I could not believe how great it was!! We took our compass heading and started to make our way out. As we made our way out to the end of the reef, we stopped by many rock structures looking for nudis and other critters. When we decided to do the turn and started to work our way back to Cobble Beach, I was buzzed by a Sea Lion. Since we were all at a huge rock with me on the one side and them on the other, they never ended up seeing the critter. Oh Well!
Overall, it was a GREAT dive. It was a bit cold but with the great visibility, I did not care.
Below are some highlights from the dive:
BTW, if I have any IDs that are incorrect, feel free to let me know.
http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m189/LLKZ16/OML Long Point 51007/
Great Visibility
Club Tipped Anemone
Spanish Shawl
Colorful Cup Coral
Baby Hermissenda??
Limbaugs Cadlina
Three Lined Aeolid
Chestnut Cowry Laying Eggs
White Spotted Dorid
Cuthona Divea
Moonglow Anemone
Big Octo
Jimmy THE MAN!!
Date: Wednesday 5/9/07
Dive Location: Vets Park (yeah - its a mudhole, but its our mudhole...)
Buddy(ies): HBGoodToBeHomeGurl
Time: 8:00 PM Splash
Bottom Time: 69 Minutes
Max Depth: 108 FSW
Vis: :shakehead
Wave height: 1 - 2 foot, powerless, nearly slack tide
Temp at depth: 57 on top, 54 at 20 FSW, 52 at 40 FSW, 50 Degrees below 70 FSW
Surface Temp: Whatever - Drysuit
Tide information: Slackage
Gas mix: 32%
Top reason Pasley should hurry home: Dude - Its a nudi explosion at Vets!!!
Comments: What a dive. So much to see, if we could only get some viz mixed in...
We needed a Vets dive. Its been awhile (like a week and a half of something) so we had to hit it. Wed is not our fav night, but we've figured out its a big ocean, and we're usually on a different path than the crowds, so its all good.
This was the first dive since the Cam housing mods, so I was looking forward to actually getting some better pics than I have been able to recently. The life definately was there, the viz wasn't.
From 0 to 18 feet, viz was maybe a foot or two. It was super warm up there (always wonderful to come back into from a deep dive), but just yellow yuck.
Below 20 to about 45, it opened up to about 4 or 5 feet. The problem is that in the 50 or less water, the column is filled with billions of fish fry... so you're diving (and photographing) in a cloud.
Chica and I kept going deeper hoping it would get better. By the time we reached 108, it was about 10 feet tops, with all that suspended snot. The fry were all gone, though.
Pretty yucky.
Critters on parade: probably 6 or 7 Bay Pipefish, lots of squid Eggs (starting at 28 feet) and probably half-a-dozen lost, disoriented, very late squid. At least a dozen octos, including in the babies one very large one. Fringeheads, blackbellied Eel Pouts, Stars, crabs, flatties, shrimp, kelp bundles all over the place (really weird) and ZILLIONS OF NUDIS! 5 species, including one we've never seen before.
Did I mention the Nudis?
Black Dorids - I saw well over a dozen of them. They were all over.
Moustache Nudies (Maculatas) - all over. All sizes, all colors. Probably 20+
Vets Fakeyssenda - the wacky Vets variant of a Hermissenda. All over the place. Too many to count.
Flabellina pricei - the Hermisseda imposters at Vets. I think we saw several. None really turned out, so there isn't one here. I don't think...
Hopkins Brown (Catriona columbiana) - Or the British Columbia Aeolid. I saw this guy all balled up... chica and I were looking at it, and I made the "what the heck is this thing" sign. She made it back. I pulled out the wetnotes and scrawled "Hopkins Brown?".... we filled our masks. I looked closer, and it had the face of a Trilineata or any of the other Aeolids (4 spikes - two rhinophores, two oral tentacles), but the Rasta body of a Hopkins rose... in brown. Then he decided to bust a move and got all long. There was a little one behind him, too. I got a bunch of shots, got home at about 10:30 PM and fired open the Behrens book. Jaye saw it on one of the pages, pointed it out and I was stoked. A new Species for me and Dette. w00t!
Vets. You just never know what will show up there. I love that place.
Enjoy the pics.
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GeekSpeak
All of these Nudis were so small. I night dive Vets with the 60mm lens, as you never know what Vets will throw at you - it stinks, but I've missed some great shots because I had the 105 mm screwed on (like the two times the pacific Electric Ray went by, etc.) So I hedge my night dives and dive the 60mm. I have to shoot slow with this lens, and these little guys won't fill frame - so everything is cropped and a little fuzzy.
1/50th second to 1/60th second (very dark water.) F18 to F22. Nikon D200, Ikelite D200 housing with Focus Mod and Shutter Mod, dual DS125 Ike Strobes
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I'm sure nobody wants to see how the sausage is made, but this is what we're shooting through in 50 and above at Vets in the Spring / Summer. Its so tough to get a shot without the fry. I gotta locate the subject, turn off the lights, approach by stealth, turn everything on and quickly fire off a few shots. I obviously wasn't fast enough in this shot...
Midshipman in the sand. Is there anything funnier than watching one of these guys do the whole full body flex to get into the sand? I can watch it again and again.
Classic Vets baby octo in the grass. The octos were all over, at nearly all depths to about 90 feet. I love these little guys.
Why the long face? Classic Vets Fakeyssinda. The un-broken blue line on the foot is the tell. I think. I could be mental.
Another Fakey - this one was on the cone. Check the Welk eggs for scale... this guy was fluffy, but he was way small. The Welk eggs are everywhere right now - Especially at MarineLand. Its a pretty cool sight to see - Welk eggs all over stuff, including rocks, structure, crabs, snails, pilings.... and the cone.
I think this is another Fakeyssinda. I love it when Nudis are on the Squid Eggs. Its even funnier when they lay their eggs on the squid eggs. This looks like it might be a Fakey, because of the color on the forehead and the blueish (albeit, broken, line) I dunno. They look so much alike. Scott... HELP!!! :blinking:
Moustache Nudi - there were so many of these. Mostly small. This one was a fatty. We grabbed his leaf and kinda moved him as he was just enveloped in the cloud of fry. The thing is, these were at all depths. From 30 feet to 108 feet.
Hopkins Brown! - this is what I first saw. The last first time Nudi was in Feb 07 on the BFB trip when I found the d. Behrensi. Not a lot of Brown Nudis around here. Kinda digging this one.
Here he is getting longer. 'Chica told me they are supposed to have an "eyespot" - I'm sure that's what that spot is behind the rhinophore. Here's a good full sized shot of the guy.
And one more of the FNN (Friggen New Nudi....) Now he's getting tired of me (this is the last of about 10 shots I took) so he's making a break for it. You can see his twin brother behind him in this shot.
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Dive Location: Vets Park (yeah - its a mudhole, but its our mudhole...)
Buddy(ies): HBGoodToBeHomeGurl
Time: 8:00 PM Splash
Bottom Time: 69 Minutes
Max Depth: 108 FSW
Vis: :shakehead
Wave height: 1 - 2 foot, powerless, nearly slack tide
Temp at depth: 57 on top, 54 at 20 FSW, 52 at 40 FSW, 50 Degrees below 70 FSW
Surface Temp: Whatever - Drysuit
Tide information: Slackage
Gas mix: 32%
Top reason Pasley should hurry home: Dude - Its a nudi explosion at Vets!!!
Comments: What a dive. So much to see, if we could only get some viz mixed in...
We needed a Vets dive. Its been awhile (like a week and a half of something) so we had to hit it. Wed is not our fav night, but we've figured out its a big ocean, and we're usually on a different path than the crowds, so its all good.
This was the first dive since the Cam housing mods, so I was looking forward to actually getting some better pics than I have been able to recently. The life definately was there, the viz wasn't.
From 0 to 18 feet, viz was maybe a foot or two. It was super warm up there (always wonderful to come back into from a deep dive), but just yellow yuck.
Below 20 to about 45, it opened up to about 4 or 5 feet. The problem is that in the 50 or less water, the column is filled with billions of fish fry... so you're diving (and photographing) in a cloud.
Chica and I kept going deeper hoping it would get better. By the time we reached 108, it was about 10 feet tops, with all that suspended snot. The fry were all gone, though.
Pretty yucky.
Critters on parade: probably 6 or 7 Bay Pipefish, lots of squid Eggs (starting at 28 feet) and probably half-a-dozen lost, disoriented, very late squid. At least a dozen octos, including in the babies one very large one. Fringeheads, blackbellied Eel Pouts, Stars, crabs, flatties, shrimp, kelp bundles all over the place (really weird) and ZILLIONS OF NUDIS! 5 species, including one we've never seen before.
Did I mention the Nudis?
Black Dorids - I saw well over a dozen of them. They were all over.
Moustache Nudies (Maculatas) - all over. All sizes, all colors. Probably 20+
Vets Fakeyssenda - the wacky Vets variant of a Hermissenda. All over the place. Too many to count.
Flabellina pricei - the Hermisseda imposters at Vets. I think we saw several. None really turned out, so there isn't one here. I don't think...
Hopkins Brown (Catriona columbiana) - Or the British Columbia Aeolid. I saw this guy all balled up... chica and I were looking at it, and I made the "what the heck is this thing" sign. She made it back. I pulled out the wetnotes and scrawled "Hopkins Brown?".... we filled our masks. I looked closer, and it had the face of a Trilineata or any of the other Aeolids (4 spikes - two rhinophores, two oral tentacles), but the Rasta body of a Hopkins rose... in brown. Then he decided to bust a move and got all long. There was a little one behind him, too. I got a bunch of shots, got home at about 10:30 PM and fired open the Behrens book. Jaye saw it on one of the pages, pointed it out and I was stoked. A new Species for me and Dette. w00t!
Vets. You just never know what will show up there. I love that place.
Enjoy the pics.
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GeekSpeak
All of these Nudis were so small. I night dive Vets with the 60mm lens, as you never know what Vets will throw at you - it stinks, but I've missed some great shots because I had the 105 mm screwed on (like the two times the pacific Electric Ray went by, etc.) So I hedge my night dives and dive the 60mm. I have to shoot slow with this lens, and these little guys won't fill frame - so everything is cropped and a little fuzzy.
1/50th second to 1/60th second (very dark water.) F18 to F22. Nikon D200, Ikelite D200 housing with Focus Mod and Shutter Mod, dual DS125 Ike Strobes
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I'm sure nobody wants to see how the sausage is made, but this is what we're shooting through in 50 and above at Vets in the Spring / Summer. Its so tough to get a shot without the fry. I gotta locate the subject, turn off the lights, approach by stealth, turn everything on and quickly fire off a few shots. I obviously wasn't fast enough in this shot...
Midshipman in the sand. Is there anything funnier than watching one of these guys do the whole full body flex to get into the sand? I can watch it again and again.
Classic Vets baby octo in the grass. The octos were all over, at nearly all depths to about 90 feet. I love these little guys.
Why the long face?
Classic Vets Fakeyssinda. The un-broken blue line on the foot is the tell. I think. I could be mental.
Another Fakey - this one was on the cone. Check the Welk eggs for scale... this guy was fluffy, but he was way small. The Welk eggs are everywhere right now - Especially at MarineLand. Its a pretty cool sight to see - Welk eggs all over stuff, including rocks, structure, crabs, snails, pilings.... and the cone.
I think this is another Fakeyssinda. I love it when Nudis are on the Squid Eggs. Its even funnier when they lay their eggs on the squid eggs. This looks like it might be a Fakey, because of the color on the forehead and the blueish (albeit, broken, line) I dunno. They look so much alike. Scott... HELP!!! :blinking:
Moustache Nudi - there were so many of these. Mostly small. This one was a fatty. We grabbed his leaf and kinda moved him as he was just enveloped in the cloud of fry. The thing is, these were at all depths. From 30 feet to 108 feet.
Hopkins Brown! - this is what I first saw. The last first time Nudi was in Feb 07 on the BFB trip when I found the d. Behrensi. Not a lot of Brown Nudis around here. Kinda digging this one.
Here he is getting longer. 'Chica told me they are supposed to have an "eyespot" - I'm sure that's what that spot is behind the rhinophore. Here's a good full sized shot of the guy.
And one more of the FNN (Friggen New Nudi....) Now he's getting tired of me (this is the last of about 10 shots I took) so he's making a break for it. You can see his twin brother behind him in this shot.
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