By Pieter Booth, January 4, 2013 Ed Gukllekson, Randy
Pedersen, Brian Lund, and Pieter Booth met at 4:00 PM on this partly sunny Friday evening. Tide was low, so the entry and exit was a bit challenging...kind
of like walking on a steep slope of slimy golf balls. We did our standard dive
going down the boundary line to about 74 fsw, then over to the rock piles, then
to the jumble of pilings, and wrapping up on the Honey Bear. Ed spotted one GPO
under the plates (now well S. of the new boundary line), Pieter spotted a little
red octopus going down a hole, Randy saw a bunch of sea spiders, and
the male decorated warbonnet is still guarding eggs (some now with eye spots
[see Ed's photo]). Ed, Pieter, and Randy did a second dive, with Randy spending a bunch of
time videotaping a tiny isopod and some sea spiders. Randy was also accosted
throughout much of the dive by a very plump harbor seal. On my way back from the
Honey Bear, I saw a large grey shape swimming towards me in about 20 fsw. At
first I thought it was a seal, then I thought it was a sixgill, then when close
enough I saw it was about a 5' long sturgeon! Although I had the manual setting
on my camera on macro mode, I was able to get photo confirmation. Cove 2 is
still serving up adventures! |
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