Another Thursday night dive with Steve and this time also Lucas. It's not exactly night as we meet at 6 pm so it's still plenty light out. Today though we decided to go to the deep reef at 85 feet and it was still murky enough down there that all the light was gone so it was essentially a night dive although the viz is beginning to clear and should continue to get better. We can tell this because the algae is starting to clump so it's like swimming through the snow. From the buoy we went down to the main reef then straight down to the deep reef. While we didn't spend any time on the main reef, as we swam by it was obvious the life we usually see in the summer was absent. On the deep reef we saw a number of Sail Fin Sculpin and a beautiful Giant Pacific Octopus in the usual hole on the Northwest side of the reef. It's easy to find them by following the trails of crab parts. Octopi are messy eaters. After going around the reef we headed back up following a line strung along the bottom. As we started up Steve and Lucas were in front of me so I turned off my light to see what it was like to experience the darkness at depth. Steve and Lucas appeared as faint glows of light in front of me and I couldn't see my hand until it was right in front of my face. It didn't make me as nervous as I thought it would. I switched my light back on and caught up with them. We made our way back up the line to the main reef then back to the buoy and into the beach. Another good dive in Puget Sound.
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