Friday, May 11, 2012

May 5 - Cinco de Mayo at Rockaway

Sculpin
The day was warm.  Visibility on the reef was down to 7 feet.  Once it drops another few feet I'll be happy.  It's disappointing when you can still see your dive buddies.  We dropped in on the buoy line with the plankton thick enough that it was difficult to find the line at the bottom.  We followed the rope down to the reef and I wondered why I had brought my camera.  Lucas was being a good buddy though and shining his light on interesting things to photograph, which I did when I could see them.  A small red sculpin darted out from the reef and caught my eye.  It was patient while I attempted to photograph his good side, but I thought I couldn't get the lighting quite right.  Later on Lucas wanted to know why only one flash was working on my camera.  On the South end of the reef a white and red rose star moved silently along the rock.  Ehren hung out with me on the main reef while Katie, Russ and Lucas went down to the lower reef.  I didn't notice that they left.  Next time I won't sleep 9 hours before I go diving. 


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