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Although we came up Thursday afternoon, because some work came up unexpectedly on Friday, we both ended up working remotely that day instead of diving like we had originally planned. But fortunately, since we were already over here, we were able to head over to Octopus Hole at 4pm for a late afternoon shore dive. After following various dubious directions, we finally did find the right turnout for the site. Once underwater though, we never actually found the wall or any octopuses, but still saw some good critters.
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For Saturday, we booked with Pacific Adventure to do some boat dives out of Brinnon. We did Pulali Point West Wall and Pinnacle, which seemed to be pretty standard sites for the charter.
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Vis at both sites was about 5ft down to about 30ft, but then opened up really nicely below that (25ft? 30ft?). We saw quite a few critters. Lots of rockfish, large lingcod and assorted small fish, a few GPOs and a few wolfies.
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Untitled by decidedlyodd, on Flickr
Untitled by decidedlyodd, on Flickr
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Don and Krista did a great job taking care of us with food and drinks, picking out great sites and just making for a nice, relaxing day of diving. Plus, it was sunny and relatively warm--a perfect day for being out on the water. We'll definitely be back again in the future.
