Our first dive was the deepest of the day. We decided to hit the North wall and head out to the Sea Whip field. At about 85' I saw a Nudibranch I had never seen. I snapped a couple pics and flagged Mike down. Mike was also waving me over to see something. After a few second of trying to determine who had the best find, we decided to switch places. I had to laugh because we both found the same type Nudibranch, which was a first for both of us. We finished the dive at 59 minutes with a 105' max depth.
For dive two we decided to drop just south of the North wall and head over to the south wall. We stumbled across some really cool finds, including a Sea Spider. After about 20 minutes I realized we must have seen 1/2 dozen different types of Nudibrnachs. So I started documenting everyone, so I could count how many we saw. Here is my personal favorite. Yes, it looks like a heart. And yes, I cried during Sleepless in Seattle. Anyway, I think it is cool. this dive was a little shorter at 58 minutes with a max depth of 53'. Mainly because we were getting pretty chilly.
Dive 3 was all about the south wall, and it was great! We saw 4-5 huge GPOs on eggs. One looked like an alien, it was white as a ghost. It was interesting and sad at the same time. This dive was 63 minutes at 68'. Here is the pic of the Octo. Please don't ask how I got the eye to light up, it was complete luck :-)
BTW - Viz was between 20-25' and a little hazy at times. All in all we saw 6-7 otcos, 6 Wolfies, 14 different species of nudibranchs (including 2 I have never seen), and many other cool critters. I will post a few more photos after I get done watching football tomorrow :-) Have a good Sunday everyone!
It was good seeing you again too.
