Fantastic conditions:  full sun, hot decks, minimal wind swell.  Excellent visibility.  Loads of juvenile fish (blacksmith/treefish/calico/sheephead/garibaldi).  Great group of divers, great crew.

May 27 2010       

San Clemente Island            

Neptune’s Wall              61deg                

            bat ray 

            navanax         

            angel shark        

            Bocaccio  

Little Arch                follow wall east to 75' entrance, exit at 35', continue east for interesting stx.

            Basketball-sized sea hare with eggs

Castle Reef                   Day and Night Dive

            tall, open kelp        

            octopus           

            hundreds of lobster 

May 28, 2010                

Mystic Mountain

            zoanthid encrusted gorgonian   

            swim through at 95’ on south ridge

            Outer ridges to explore off north ridge.

            Double moray with coon stripe shrimp

            Mola mola

Pyramid Head Cove            

            giant kelp fish           

            hermissinda

            Leopard sharks and  bat rays in shallows    

            8 y.o. sport-fisher sunk at 85’

            Soupfin or blue shark…  

Little Flower            

            Off-shore wall           

            Shallows with schooling maceral

            Red abalone

            Garibaldi egg masses  

Northwest Harbor                   Night Dive (not often open for rec. diving)

            100s of jellies

            Scorpionfish

octopus           

May 29 2010                

Santa Cruz Island                       

 Tiny’s             (nesting cormorants, juvenile sea lions, oyster catchers, flowering dudleya)

            Loads of nudibranchs (Festive Triton on red gorgonian)

            Hemphill’s kelp crab

            Kellet’s Whelk eggs

            Brown Rockfish

Arch Reef        

            Wide arch at 45’ with fun shoot off the back side

            Black and Yellow Rockfish 

            scallops

            spanish shawl/hermissinda

Diablo Point                (bald eagle)

            Deep cave

            Jellies

CREW

            Gretchen

            Katie

            John

            Baron

            Thomas

            Tommy

CONDITIONS         

            Full moon

            good vis (avg 50 feet horizontal/ up to 80 feet vertical)

            minimal wind/swell/currents

            sunny 100%

            super smooth crossing

            many juveniles and egg masses