Dive Profile:
Down deep in space between island and shore. Then circled around to right
and back along island.
Camera: Nikonos V
Film: Velvia 50 ASA
Strobes: 1
Lens: 35mm/1:2 Macro
Photo Comments: Tried jellyfish photos with top lighting
Fish:
dogfish; grunt sculpin on egs in a boot sponge; copper rockfish; northern
ronquils; black-eyed gobies; pile perch; striped perch; kelp perch;
sand dabs; kelp greenlings; painted greenlings; lingcod
Cnidarians:
plumose anemones; tube-dwelling anemones; orange cup corals; white seapens; water jellyfish
Nudibranchs:
golden dirona; adalaria; janolus fuscus; flabellina fusca; opalescent nudibranch
Echinoderms:
sunflower stars; pink stars; vermilion stars; california cucumbers; green urchins; lots of small daisy brittle stars in several boot
sponges
Univalves:
lined chitons; red chitons
Bivalves & Polyplachapora:
rock scallops; jingle shells
Sponges:
boot sponge; cloud sponge; encrusting sponge
Tunicates:
tall transparent tunicates; sea peach; broadbased; strawberry tunicates
Worms:
calcareous tube worms; giant white calcareous tube worms
Disclaimer:
All dives made using an Oceanic Datamax Sport dive computer
and on air unless otherwise noted.
Just because I did these dives does not mean you should.
KLW