Suellen descends. You can barely see the anchor line and silhoutte of the dive boat Sandy Bay if you look hard. Dive LOG 1048, Saturday June 9, 1984 at Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island. Air 75F, surface water 74F, bottom water 70F...over 60-foot visibility in the giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera.
Dive LOG 706 aboard Art Burnett's dive boat Sea Bee, just east of Cat Rock, Anacapa Island. Malibu Divers ran Sea Bee charters every Friday throughout the summer months, and this was July 25, 1980 with dive shop owner Lyn Freeman and camera in the giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera. Air 70F, surface 68F, bottom at 60 feet was 61F. One nice big red and 3 pinks were harvested between camera clicks.
Dive LOG 1079 aboard the dive boat Sandy Bay to dive Fish Camp Point on a sunny and windy day, Saturday October 27, 1984. Misc. phaeophytes and some small giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)can be seen here, up shallow against the rocks and surge.
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LOG 1233 - Saturday, June 7, 1986 - aboard the dive boat Sandy Bay at the gap between East Anacapa and Middle Anacapa, south side. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) apical frond or growth region reaching upwards to the sunlight. Depth 60-feet, air 70F, water 60F, 60-foot visibility. Chuck Brinkman found a huge Octopus bimaculatus on this dive.
Mature giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen forming a canopy on the surface. Taken during one of my dive classes, PADI Open Water training dive #5 aboard my Dive Boat Sandy Bay, Sunday May18, 1986. This was on the south side of Anacapa, in the gap between East and Middle Islands. Air temp 60F. Water 58F, and 60-foot viz. Dive log 1225.
Another shot of Mature giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) Taken during one of my dive classes, PADI Open Water training dive #5 aboard my Dive Boat Sandy Bay, Sunday May 18, 1986. This was on the south side of Anacapa, in the gap between East and Middle Islands. Air temp 60F. Water 58F, and 60-foot viz. Dive log 1225.
Macrocystis pyrifera forest grunion & surface reflection 10-1987 Anacapa--087
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