A few of my local favorites
Mar 11, 2019 15:20:52 #
Max Bottomtime
Loc: Torrance, California
Most of my diving is around Palos Verdes, California. Our visibility isn't as good as you will find at the outer islands but we more than make up for that in variety of invertebrates. Occasionally we get blue water and try to take advantage of those rare opportunities.
Triopha catalinae
Our boat "No Pressure" off Pt. Fermin
Merry Passage resting during a deco stop over the Hermosa Beach Artificial Reef
Various perch over the wreck of the S. S. Avalon
Pacific Red Octopus in the sand off Marineland
Lincod on the barge off Redondo Beach
Mating pair of wolf eels on the Tammy wreck off Long Beach
Garibaldi with rare yellow coloring
Neobernaya spadicea, Chestnut cowrie
California Moray eel on the crane off Haggerty's
Mar 11, 2019 15:24:37 #
Mar 11, 2019 15:39:18 #
Max Bottomtime
Loc: Torrance, California
A few more local critters.
Oxylebius pictus, Painted Greenling
Stereolepis gigas, Giant sea bass
Hermissenda opalescens
Simnia arcuata
Neoclinus stephensae, Yellowfin fringehead
Polycera hedgepethi
Pseudoceros luteus
Polycera tricolor
Okenia rosacea
Mycteroperca xenarcha, California broomtail grouper
Mar 11, 2019 16:16:01 #
Outstanding shots. Your octopus brought back memories of my wife and I playing with and octopus, in Grand Turk, on a night dive. We had a blast! They are clever little devils. Gary
Mar 11, 2019 19:45:54 #
I like them all, but the nudibranchs are Killer. It's been too long since I've been diving!
Mar 12, 2019 05:58:02 #
Max Bottomtime wrote:
Most of my diving is around Palos Verdes, California. Our visibility isn't as good as you will find at the outer islands but we more than make up for that in variety of invertebrates. Occasionally we get blue water and try to take advantage of those rare opportunities.
Excellent set of images.
Mar 12, 2019 06:48:17 #
Mar 12, 2019 10:44:51 #
Thanks for the shots of the beauty to be found in California waters; they brought back memories. Nowadays I only dive in warm water...I am off to the Philippines next week.
Mar 13, 2019 05:15:13 #
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