Archive for October, 2010


Sea Lions at Whytecliff? (October ’10)

Frosted Nudibranch

Frosted Nudibranch

We went out to Whytecliff for a couple of dives on a nice sunny Friday. The dives went well, however the real treat was at the end of our first dive, while swimming back to shore, we noticed a large numbers of animals swimming just outside the bay. I couldn’t quite tell what they were, just that they were some species of seals or sea-lions, and a lot of them — I counted almost 20 in one of my photos. Unfortunately they did not come to pay us a visit, and I only managed a couple photos where you can just make them out when you zoom in really far.

Lots of other neat things to see, including several Frosted Nudibranchs. All in all a good couple of dives.

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Porteau Cove (October ’10)

Bow of the Granthul

Bow of the Granthul

We did a weekday dive to Porteau Cove in late October. The vis had cleared up quite a bit from what it was in the summer, apart from large chunks of algae (?) still in the water.

It was my first dive with the strobe in a while which was nice (it took a while to get a replacement o-ring). Part way through the dive, the sun came out, and illuminated everything very nicely. I managed to take some photos at 30 – 40 feet without the strobe, and they turned out great. Near the end of the dive, I came across a capped bottle of Perrier water, which actually was still mostly full! I don’t think I’ll try drinking it, though.

Lots of giant Lingcod this time, so they may figure prominently in my photos.

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