Hello everyone,

 

Met up with Frank O (Scubaboarder) for an early morning dive at North Cresent before heading in to work (I hate those four letter words especially on a Holiday Weekend!) Sigh.....

 

Anyway, geared up and made our way to the water.

 

Surf:  2-4' initially; calmer upon exit

Swell:  Moderate

Surge:  Min to moderate, even at depth

Viz:  5' at depth; 10+ in the shallows

Max Depth:  60'

Temp:  57'  Termocline at 30'

Bottom Time:  61'

 

Made it past the surf without incident to our drop down point.  Headed over to Deadhenge where we noticed increasing marine life:  Bugs, Kellets Welk, Kelp Bass.

 

On the main reef, we saw the usual critters including the largest male Sheephead I had ever seen...about 3 feet long!  He was Giagantic!!!  Spotted three Spanish Shawls hanging out together, a number of Cabezon, bugs, Blacksmith, Black Eyed Goby's, Girabaldi's protecting their nests, ect.

 

Coming across the sand on the way back to shore, spotted a lone Sea Pansy and a Sheep Crab waving his 'claw' at us.

 

Also found an anchor on the dive, so if anyone knows of a boater that might be missing one, let me know.