Friday, June 27, 1980 diving with the Australian dive instructor, Bob Bury, just east of Cat Rock, Anacapa Island. Water temp 62F and over 100-foot visibilty. One of my favorite days underwater: a gentle current wafts through the Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Dive log 699.
Sunday, January 31, 1982 aboard Art Burnett's dive boat Sea Bee to Blue Banks Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Apical fronds(growing ends) of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) using a 3:1 macro extension. Dive LOG 845 with Suellen Morrison and Dan Newman. Air 70F, water 55F, 40-foot visibility.
A very close underwater study of the apical fronds, or "growing tip," of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
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Dive LOG 742 - Saturday November 22, 1980, Yellowbanks Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island, aboard the dive boat Peace with John Sinclair. Very windy and choppy which set up a strong current. This is a close look at the canopy layer of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
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.
Lots of very young plants - Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
Dive LOG 856 - West of Cat Rock, Anacapa, on board the dive boat Peace, Friday, March 19, 1982, A 3:1 macro shot of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) holdfast. Various tube worms and the ctenidia of Hermissenda crassicornis (nudibranch) can be seen amongs the growing branches.
Sea lion pops its head out of the giant kelp forest to take a look.
A herd of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) along the western Santa Barbara coast; aboard the Condor Express on February 17, 2008.
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.
A great white egret (Ardea alba) stands ready to spear its dinner on top of the lush Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)canopy near Naples Reef, between Goleta and Gaviota on the Santa Barbara Coast. Aboard the Condor Express.
Clear blue waters and the lush Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)canopy: looking down from atop Anacapa Island at Cathedral Cove on July 13, 2006.
Three brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) soar across the Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest at Point Dume, Malibu.
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)holds the wind chop down and makes the surface slick and glassy just south of Gaviota California. Condor Express, March 11, 2007...while chasing northbound Grays.
An old, popped "air bladder" or pneumatocyst of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)covered with the Jack Frost Bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea). When whole, these pneumatocysts are filled with carbon monoxide gas, not "air." Found as debris on at Zuma Beach on April 30, 2006.
Another shot from Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) love Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Here a whale surfaces within a kelp paddy and rubs its head in the seaweed; June 8, 2008...Santa Barbara Channel...Condor Express.
Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) love Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Here a whale lifts its long pectoral fin draped in kelp and prepares to slap the water; aboard the Condor Express on July 10, 2007, near the west end of Santa Cruz Island. You can click on "Map This" and see the exact spot.
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Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) love Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Here a whale surfaces with kelp all over its back. Condor Express....June 8, 2008, Santa Barbara Channel.
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) frond covered with sea foam. Zuma Beach, April 5, 2006.
Mature giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen forming a canopy on the surface. 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.
Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) growing up to the surface. 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.
Kelp canopy (Macrocystis pyrifera)with rays of sunlight filtering through. 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 look at Kelp canopy (Macrocystis pyrifera)with rays of sunlight filtering through. Aboard the 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.
Dive log 1119: July 13, 1985 on a dive with Peter Darley Miller at 1230pm. Taken at 55-foot depth, south side of Middle Anacapa Island in 70F surface temp and 70+ foot viz. A single stipe of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) bends in the current. On the sand we found sea pansies (Renilla) being eaten by a striped nudibranch (Armina). Dive log 1119.
Monday, January 30, 1984 aboard the dive boat Peace to the east side of Santa Barbara Island. Air 68F, water 60F, 100-foot visibility. There was hardly any current as the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) stipes stood up tall with fronds gently waving. Dive LOG 1019.
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Dive LOG 995 aboard the dive boat Sandy Bay with Suellen and Jaime Grant. Sunday September 11, 1983 with air 80F and water 70F, 100-foot+ visibility. A spot I called "Howling Caves" at Anacapa, in the giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) and lots of small fish.
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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