Tritons in Heat and Moon Snail

[ChillyWaters]

http://www.cs.uvic.ca/~sshelfor/photos/diving-2005-09-05/

Okay, perhaps I'm the last one to see a moon snail, but it was still cool for me! Especially after griping about it the other day.

I dove Ogden today, where the vis was very good. There was sooo much light -- mind you I was diving mostly around 40'. Still, all was good.

The highlights today included:
1) A Moon Snail finally!!!

2) All the Tritons were doing their thing, and laying eggs everywhere! There's a big rock at about 40' (topped off with plumose) that was completely covered in eggs (well, two sides), and had about 15 or more Oregon Tritons covering it. I only snapped a few photos, then left them alone.

A GREAT dive in the shallows today.

- ChillyWaters

 

[ChillyWaters]

Oh yeah, what's up with the black and white Californian??? Never seen one like that before.

- ChillyWaters

 

[MarkH]

http://www.cs.uvic.ca/~sshelfor/photos/diving-2005-09-05/

Okay, perhaps I'm the last one to see a moon snail, but it was still cool for me! Especially after griping about it the other day.

I dove Ogden today, where the vis was very good. There was sooo much light -- mind you I was diving mostly around 40'. Still, all was good.

The highlights today included:
1) A Moon Snail finally!!!

2) All the Tritons were doing their thing, and laying eggs everywhere! There's a big rock at about 40' (topped off with plumose) that was completely covered in eggs (well, two sides), and had about 15 or more Oregon Tritons covering it. I only snapped a few photos, then left them alone.

A GREAT dive in the shallows today.

- ChillyWaters

Yeah, it seems that the viz is back to normal at Ogden. I went friday morning and I could see kelp on the surface from 60 feet down. There were lots of little white bits floating around though.