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Bluefish Cove , February 7, 2007

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Bluefish Cove, Copper rockfish, decorator crab, kelp, Point Lobos, Carmel
A Copper Rockfish "getting in the way"
Decorator Crab, Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos, Carmel
The shot I was aiming for: A decorator crab on the reef

Back again for a great dive with gloomy weather topside. The quality of light underwater underwater when there is little to no sun makes for greyer blues. Still visibility was a good 40' at its peak. I haven't dove Bluefish Cove in about 5 months and I almost fogot how big the topography is here. Massive, just massive granite blocks with nice channels running north to south. Oh yeah, it was Cerise's first ever kayak dive. She says it's too much work. I say surface swimming is too much work. Either way you look at it, cold water diving is "work", thus why so many people never dive it or convert to "warm water divers only" fairly quickly after getting certified here. Their loss.

California Hydrocoral, Stylaster californicus, Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos, Carmel
California Hydrocoral
Yellowtail rockfish, hydrocoral, Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos, Carmel
Rockfish lounging
cerise cazet, point lobos
Cerise along the reef
cerise cazet
Cerise and some hydrocoral