La Jolla Shores, Tue April 29, 2008
Critters: California Sea Hares everwhere including one of the
largest red ones I have ever seen, very large collection of small
fish in the tube worm growth along the edge of the canyon, quite a
few small Sand Dabs including in the shallow water.
The temperature and visibility was probably the story today. We came
up to about 80 fsw and headed South East along the canyon wall with
about 20+ ft of visibility. My Cobra pegged on 50 F. We went around
one point and right into a white wall. The visibility dropped to
about 10 ft or less and the temperature rose to about 52 F. Went up
to about 60 fsw and reversed our course. Finally we swam out of the
cloud and, yea, the temperature dropped off of the Cobra’s chart and
the visibility improved dramatically. Remember that the tide was going out.
Now for those plentiful Pacific Sand Dabs. The book says they get up
to about 16 inches. I have never seen one larger than about 3
inches. They seemed to be everywhere in fair sized
quantities. There is a possibility that I just do not know what a
Sand Dab is. Brenda and I observed two of what ever they are mating
about a year ago.
Those red California Sea Hares were sure out in force in all sizes.
Those new baby Sand Dollars are growing and are clearly Sand
Dollars. There will NOT be a shortage of Sand Dollars off of LJS and
the Marine Room this year. Divers will probably be able to leave
their compass home.
Map to Dive Site at SeaStarAdventures.com
Surf: 1-2 ft
Current: very little
Visibility: 20 ft average
Temp: 52 surface / 48 F at max depth
Tags: la jolla, san diego, scripps canyon, scuba diving, seastar adventures, shore dives
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