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Sharks : Some candid shots of my favorite white tip reef sharks.

Sharks

Saipandiver

Some candid shots of my favorite white tip reef sharks.

Updated: Aug 03, 2009 8:04pm PST

Lionfish, Stonefish, Scorpion fish & Turkey fish : An assortment of poisonous, spiny fish.

Lionfish, Stonefish, Scorpion fish & ...

Saipandiver

An assortment of poisonous, spiny fish.

Updated: Aug 03, 2009 7:25pm PST

2009/08/02 - Scuba Seal Rock Laguna Beach : Date: 8/2/09
Location: Crescent/Seal Rock
Time in: 8:49 am
Time under: 64 min
Max depth: 63 ft
Min temp:  Min - 64F, 73F on the surface
Vis: 30 feet above ~30 feet, 10-15 feet below that.
Waves: 1-3 feet, clear sets of larger waves
Buddy: Graham and Brad

Highlights:
Gorgeous vis above 30 feet.  Clear blue warm water.  My first time capturing sea lions.

Both Brad and Graham brought scooters, so I got a nice tow out to Seal Rock.  I also decided to dive wet, since the water temp was so nice.  It's my first time diving So Cal wet since I got my drysuit over a year ago.  In some ways I miss it...

We scootered out to Seal Rock and were delighted to have 2 to 3 sea lions frolicking in the whitewash.  Occasionally, they would swim a little closer to see what we were up to.  We then tried to navigate to Deadman's Reef underwater, but I think I led us in the opposite direction, so we got a nice tour of the desert.  On the way back in, the shallows were very clear and the sun had come out.  There were a few large waves, but there was a big gap between sets.

2009/08/02 - Scuba Seal Rock Laguna B...

Scott McGee (sfmphotog)

Date: 8/2/09 Location: Crescent/Seal Rock Time in: 8:49 am Time und ...

Updated: Aug 02, 2009 9:55pm PST

Palau June 2009 :

Palau June 2009

Nav Singh

Updated: Aug 01, 2009 5:19pm PST

Turtles : Ocean urtles in their natural underwater environment.

Turtles

RickCollier

Ocean urtles in their natural underwater environment.

Updated: Jul 27, 2009 5:23pm PST

2009/07/18 - Scuba HMCS Yukon : Date: 7/17/09
Location: HMCS Yukon, Wreck Alley, San Diego
Time in: 10:53 am
Time under: 41 min
Max depth: 97 ft
Min temp: 54 F
Vis: 25 ft
Waves: 2-3 ft swells
Gas: 32%
Buddies: Mikey Bear, Peter McGuinness, Jim Kinane

Dive #2:

Date: 7/17/09
Location: HMCS Yukon, Wreck Alley, San Diego
Surface Interval: 1:20 min
Time in: 12:54 pm
Time under: 33 min
Max depth: 91 ft
Min temp: 54 F
Vis: 25 ft
Waves: 2-3 ft swells
Gas: 32%
Buddy: Mikey Bear

Highlights: Great vis on the first dive, first time diving in a few weeks.  Beautiful day out on the water.

I'll leave the dive reports to Mikey, since he does a better job than me of making it sound exciting.  I was hoping to shoot macro and on the first dive, so I was really happy the vis was a really good 25 feet (below the much from 0-40 feet).  It was also my first time diving the front half of the Yukon, so I got to see the forward guns.  The crows nest (if that's what it's called) has to be my favorite part.  It's completely covered in white metridium anemones.  

We did a leisurely (and short) second dive, however, the muck started to extend down onto the wreck, so the vis wasn't nearly as good.  I saw two jellyfish on the way down the line, but didn't have the camera ready yet.  On the wreck, we saw the usual assortment, including sheep crabs (how do they climb all the way up there?).

2009/07/18 - Scuba HMCS Yukon

Scott McGee (sfmphotog)

Date: 7/17/09 Location: HMCS Yukon, Wreck Alley, San Diego Time in: ...

Updated: Jul 19, 2009 1:59pm PST

2006 Phuket - Shark Point :

2006 Phuket - Shark Point

stanleychan

Updated: Jul 19, 2009 12:53pm PST

2006 Phuket - Koh Dok Mai :

2006 Phuket - Koh Dok Mai

stanleychan

Updated: Jul 19, 2009 11:36am PST

2006 Puerto Galera - Shark Cave :

2006 Puerto Galera - Shark Cave

stanleychan

Updated: Jul 19, 2009 11:10am PST

2006 Puerto Galera - Off Shore :

2006 Puerto Galera - Off Shore

stanleychan

Updated: Jul 19, 2009 10:48am PST