Date: 9-16-10
Location: La Jolla Shores/South Wall
Surf: 1-2 ft. negligible
Viz: seemed pretty good, approx. 12-15 ft below 70 ft.
Max Depth: 120 ft.
Mix: 32%/ppo: 1.5
Dive Length: 45 mins
Dive Buddy: Dave H.
Marine Life Observed: numerous Spot Prawns out on the kelp mats, observed as large fields of glowing eyes, Sarcastic Fringeheads, Spanish Shawl [1], Strawberry Anemones [1 small clump], Vermilion Rockfish and one absolutely huge Sheephead, wedged back into a large hole at around 115 ft.
Highlights:
–Dave and I waded out from the bathrooms at V. St. through negligible surf to drop down into the canyon and headed south toward the South Wall, opposite the Marine Room restaurant, which is always a treat, which its spectacular striated face, dropping away into the abyss.
–on the way back, came across that mini-cave at around 115 ft. and noted a small clump of Corynactis californica [Strawberry anemone] on the north side, as well as a couple large, Vermilion rockfish patrolling the outside, as well as an unbelievably large Sheephead, who appeared to be hopelessly wedged into the back of the cave, his body seemingly larger than the opening of the hole. It’s always fun to speculate how these large, male Sheephead get into/out of the openings, which appear much smaller than their body size. One assumes they manage somehow–or there’s a ‘back way’ out somewhere we can’t see. A lone Flabellina iodinea [Spanish Shawl] provided a neon visual treat on the way back, out all by itself on the sandstone cliffs.
