Diving Palos Verdes with Scotty on the Sea Bass

[ScubaBob]

Scott - when you said "injured wolf eel" - I wondered if that was the same one that was being talked about on diver.net! See - the ocean isn't so big afterall! (point made by the number of boats that seem to want to go straight towards us yesterday, including passing within yards of current line...)

[sluglover]

Bob, there was only 1 cockerelli photo, peter's 1st photo is a clown dorid (Triopha catalinae)

Beautiful red cabezon! I'm so jealous you saw that guy, amazing colors...

Scott

[ScubaBob]

Bob, there was only 1 cockerelli photo, peter's 1st photo is a clown dorid (Triopha catalinae)

Beautiful red cabezon! I'm so jealous you saw that guy, amazing colors...

Scott

Yes - sorry - that should have been "love the cockerellis' dorid", as in possesive - not plural. I was referring to your photo - I did know Peters was a clown - nice shot too Peter!

Thanks, the Red Cabezon was very cool - brightest one I've ever seen. I didn't find him until I was heading back to the line - so didn't have much time with him, and he was insistent on hiding in the flora and not allowing for an easy shot.

[Linda B]

Great pictures everyone! Fun trip as usual even with the bad vis.

Here are a few of mine, hope the color comes out right this time.

[ScubaBob]

Awesome topsnail Linda. I never find them with the snail showing like that, and you all keep nailing it! Very cool!

[ScubaBob]

Is this the same Eel/story Scott?

The story about bring up the wounded wolf eel

and pics, but a slightly different spin on the story

[sluglover]

yes, it is the same eel..since pat and andy saw it, it received the injuries that we saw the other day.

scott

[mrsbottomtime]

Nice pix, Pete... yeah, a ho-hum dive day here in SoCal has gotta be much better'n doing anything in ND in January! Slim pickens today, but here's a few fotos outta my machine... have a safe fun trip to Singapore/Anilao, Sko-T... k;-)

Kevin, the small yellow sponge in your photo of Ida's miter is Cliona celata. Phil and I frequently see it at OML, and it drove us crazy until we found the ID.

[diverkevin]

Merry, is that you? Wow, a sponge! Many and full tanks for the ID. k;-)

[SeekNCritters]

Nice pix, Pete... yeah, a ho-hum dive day here in SoCal has gotta be much better'n doing anything in ND in January! Slim pickens today, but here's a few fotos outta my machine... have a safe fun trip to Singapore/Anilao, Sko-T... k;-)

Kevin, the small yellow sponge in your photo of Ida's miter is Cliona celata. Phil and I frequently see it at OML, and it drove us crazy until we found the ID.

Wow, thanks Merry! How on earth did you ID that sponge? I read that it's a boring sponge. I think the common name should be "Poppy Sponge".

Thank you!

-Dana