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Jan. 18, 2010
55 deg. F.
31 feet
58 min.
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| Diver | Gary |
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| Date | Jan. 18, 2010 |
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| Water Temp. | 55 deg. F. |
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| Max Depth | 31 feet |
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| Time In | 58 min. |
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| Weather | See Below |
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| Comments | We entered the bay in a busterey winter storm, with pelting rain and sideways wind. Underwater however, the visability was ok, about 3 feet. Had two very cooperative shrimp, Heptacarpas palpator, and a juvenile cabezon hiding in a rotted piling. Weather and water were so bad we canceled the next day's diving. | ||||
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| Diver | Gary |
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| Date | Nov. 5, 19 & 20 |
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| Water Temp. | 54 deg. |
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| Max. Depth | 27 feet |
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| Times in | 58, 62 & 68 min. |
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| Top Wx | Mild, foggy mornings |
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| Comments | On the Nov. 5 dive we experienced the cleanest, clearest water we can remember. Visability must have been at least 30 feet. My highlight was finding and photographing a new (to us) nudibranch: Trapania velox. I found this nudi on an encrusting sponge on one of the pilings. I plan to look for him (or it) again on future dives. | ||||
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Gary Powell |
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Aug. 19 & 20, 2009 |
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Water Temp. |
52 & 54 deg. F. |
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Max. Depth |
28 Feet |
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Time In |
62 & 65 min. |
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Topside Wx |
AM fog, then sunny. |
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| Comments | Sharon & I came up on Wed., then Coleen & Ken joined us on Thursday. My dive highlight was a very cooperative octopus who allowed me to photograph him (her) for about 10 minutes. The octopus was initially hiding in an old barnacle shell, then came out and allowed me to photograph in the open. | ||||
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Gary Powell |
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July 9 & 10, 2009 |
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Water Temp. |
55 Deg. F. |
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Max. Depth |
31 Feet |
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Time In |
68 & 65 min. |
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Topside Wx. |
Beautiful! |
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Comments |
Two terrific dives: a lot of Trilineata activity near our entry point of the lateral dock. We had never before seen so many of these small nudibranchs together. First photo (right, middle) of a skeleton shrimp. Also photographed (our second sighting) a Dendronotus frondosus. Many Serpulid worms (bottom, right) with stunning color patterns. We hung 28 underwater imagesat the museum of natural history. | ||||
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Gary Powell |
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June 24 & 25, 2009 |
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Water Temp. F. |
55 deg. F. |
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Max. Depth |
28 feet |
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Time In |
65 & 68 min. |
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Topside Wx. |
Fair, breezy |
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Comments |
Two wonderful dives, but both with limited visibility: about 3 to 5 feet. Photographed a cluster of Polycera atra nudibranchs on a hydroid, feeding or mating or possibly both. Also witnessed and photographed a rare encounter of an octopus preying on a clam. (photo right) The octopus appears to have his tentacles under the clam trying to pry him out. |
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Gary |
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May 24 & 25 |
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Water Temp. |
54 deg. F. |
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Max. Depth |
31 feet |
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Time In |
60 & 64 minutes |
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Topside Wx |
Calm, overcast |
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Comments |
With my wife, Sharon, & labradoddle, Paddy, I did two dives (Ken was traveling). Saw & photographed two critters I had not seen before in Morro Bay: a nudibranch Dentronotus iris and a brittle star. Visibility was poor, only about 3 feet. |
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| Diver | Gary |
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| Date | April 27, 2009 |
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| Water temp. | 49 deg. F. |
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| Max. Depth | 31 feet |
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| Time In | 64 minutes |
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| Weather | Cool & Breezy |
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| Comments | A lot of large particles in the water made for low visibility. We entered the bay about one hour before max high tide, thus encountered a brisk in current for the first part of the dive. We encountered the usual marine life including many beautiful Serpluid Worms. | ||||
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| Diver | Gary |
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| Date | March 23 & 24, 2009 | ||||||||
| Water Temp (F) | 45 & 48 deg. F | ||||||||
| Air Temp (F) | Mild | ||||||||
| Max Depth (ft) | 28 & 30 feet | ||||||||
| Time In | 8:20 & 8:45 AM | ||||||||
| Dive Time (min) | 45 & 62 minutes | ||||||||
| Topside WX | Windy on Monday, then fair. | ||||||||
| Comments |
Monday's dive was in poor visibility (about 4 feet), but conditions improved on Tuesday to about 10 feet. The bay was very cold, but tolerable. Observed and photographed two new critters: a sea cucumber (possibly a slipper sea cucumber) and a small (about 2 inches in diameter) sea star that moved across the sand flats fairly quickly. There were numerous Trilineata nudibranchs. These small nudibranchs are challending to photograph. |
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| Diver | Gary |
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| Date | Feb. 25 & 26, 2009 | |
| Water Temp (F) | 54 | |
| Air Temp (F) | 62 | |
| Max Depth (ft) | 26' | |
| Time In | 9:40 & 10:00 AM | |
| Dive Time (min) | 74 & 68 min. | |
| Topside WX | Beautiful Morro Bay Day | |
| Comments | Highlight was a pair of mating Janolus barbarensisand a threesome of Polycera hedgpathi. Tried to concentrate on photographing Christmas Tree & Serpulid worms. | |
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