SoCalSwami Diving

8/16/2010 - Divereport 8-15-19 LJS **Cumanotus Blue Light Special**

Divereport 8-15-19 LJS Viz: 10-15' Temp: Triple-Layer-undergarment-kind-of-COLD Surf: 2-3 with some punch Our merry crew of two dropped into 28' just North of Vallecitos point and quickly found a bazzillion Cumanotus sp. as well as several Cuthona columbiana (a new nudie for me wOOt!). All were feasting on the Summer-time blossom of hydroids amassing on the 30-40' slopes around the point. Beautiful sight to see. We toured around the point and spotted a Fried Egg jelly south of the point, unfortunately it appeared near the end as it was pumping(?) the bell only every couple of minutes. Finally, we spotted several dozen D. frondosus in the shallows ~25 they are everywhere, and also saw several baby juvi D. iris (still all nice a white with those funny white dots that look like someone painted them with white-out. We bumped into Herb on the way back in; he was just as excited to see the return of the Cumanotus. And people say San Diego doesn't have a change of seasons! Ha! They just do know where to look, it's all going on down below. Photobucket album http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/SoCalSwami/Diving2010/081510-LJS/ Not a bad way to spend 94 minutes, (Marla, Thanks for sharing a cup o joe after the dive :) Mike Hallack C. columbiana (WooHoo!) Juvi Cumanotus sp. munchin on a hydroid QUIZ: How many Nudies do you see??? At least 3 if not 4... The Triliny plus 2 D.frondosus above and below PLUS, I think a Doto amyra in the upper right on the branch above the triliny the ever enchanting Cumanotus sp. Fried Egg Jelly Dozens of these guys loungin in the Sand dollar patch (Dendronotus frondosus) Looks like 2010 won't be a totally wasted diving year after all. lol

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