My adventures on the Oil Rigs, Southern California

Sunday, August 12 2007

Eureka/ Elle

Surf:  0'

Swell:  moderate

Surge:  moderate

Current:  Minimal to moderate @ 40-50'

Viz:  80+ at depth; 40+ in shallower depths/  40-50' at depth, a tad murkier

Max Depth:  103'/  100'

Temp:  Toasty 63 Degrees Suunto

Gadzooks!!!  THOUSANDS....I mean THOUSANDS of bait fish under the rigs.  Zipping and zooming; up and down; all around.  What a sureal feeling!  Totally AWESOME man!  You had to be there.  Viz opened up nicely at 103' where you could see all of the structure of the rig on the Eureka, a tad less on the Elle.

Beautiful sea anemone's; GIANT Sheephead; rockfish; Painted Greenlings; one lonely Sarcastic Fringehead; Cleaner Shrimp; Yummy Scallops, muscles, gooseneck barnacles; Metridiums (sadly, not plentiful as in the past); and some new that I haven't seen before...a bushy looking critter that has long little stems or stalks that look as if they have a little anemone flower at the end.  I spotted white as well as a pale purple variety of these.  Anyone know the name???  Very pretty and delicate.

Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of my two dives, for I put my camera together at 5am.  Still be somewhat asleep, I put my batteries in backwards!!!  Doh!  Slapping myself silly!

Jan

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