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Ken Bondy
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Mostly underwater
Some non-Baja photos from earlier this week in Morro Bay:
How many nudibranchs can you count in this photo?:
And a little bonus:
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KEN...
GREAT PHOTOS!
You are a master of capturing the beauty of the sea. It never fails to amaze me how much incredible stuff is down there. All the pictures are
special, but the Otter pics are so darn cute!
AMO 
[Edited on 8-26-2006 by AmoPescar]
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Ken Bondy
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Thanks morgaine7, grover and amopescar
Thanks very much morgaine7, grover and amo for the kind words. grover we dive directly under the North T-Pier (the Coast Guard Pier). It is an
amazing dive, loaded with life, and crawling (literally) with nudibranchs.
++Ken++
[Edited on 8-26-2006 by Ken Bondy]
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KEN...
They photos seem even more amazing knowing that you were diving at such a simple location! I knew you had said Morro Bay, but you would have thought
you were at some amazing spot, on a far away reef.
AMO
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AMO
It is really amazing what lives under that old wooden pier. It is rarely dived. Pier diving takes some technique (entry, exit, entanglements, etc.)
and this one is very tide-related. It can only be dived at the slack daytime high tide (the currents are raging between the high and low tides). You
have to be in the water about a half hour before slack and out about a half hour after. The current gently changes direction during the dive. It is
the current that creates all the life in the bay, bringing in nutrients. I have never found a dive that I consistently enjoy as much as this one.
++Ken++
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KEN...
Thanks for the interesting explaination. In retrospect, it doesn't surprise me that so much lives there. Morro Bay is a really beautiful place and
there are so many amazing natural treasures in that area of the coast.
| Quote: | It is really amazing what lives under that old wooden pier. It is rarely dived. Pier diving takes some technique (entry, exit, entanglements, etc.)
and this one is very tide-related. It can only be dived at the slack daytime high tide (the currents are raging between the high and low tides). You
have to be in the water about a half hour before slack and out about a half hour after. The current gently changes direction during the dive. It is
the current that creates all the life in the bay, bringing in nutrients. I have never found a dive that I consistently enjoy as much as this one.
++Ken++ |
AMO
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Colorful representation
w/superb clarity and lighting....a privledge to view, Thanx..How long is the "slack" tide? Was that a total of 1 hr of diving?. What is the depth
there, like 30 ft?
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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Ken Bondy
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Sharksbaja - thank you. The slack tide is the exact point when the tidal current reverses, (i.e., is zero). The current is manageable for about a
half hour on either side. So the dives tend to be about 50 minutes to an hour long. Yes, the depth under the pier is about 30ft.
++Ken++
[Edited on 8-26-2006 by Ken Bondy]
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Those nudibranchs are such neat little creatures. I think the one that looks like a mama with her babies is my favorite this time. Thank you for
posting these, Ken. What with all this talk of violence, it's nice to be reminded of the beauty of life.
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Those nudibranchs are such neat little creatures. I think the one that looks like a mama with her babies is my favorite this time. Thank you for
posting these, Ken. What with all this talk of violence, it's nice to be reminded of the beauty of life. |
That's kinda what I thought, Natalie Ann. I hesitated posting these at this time, but the board is so full of bad news these days that I thought
maybe we needed a diversion. I like the nudibranch "family" image also, it was nice of them to line up in order of size for me like that 
++Ken++
[Edited on 8-26-2006 by Ken Bondy]
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Thank you Ken... good thinking amigo!
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Cool! I used to work for the Johnson's oyster company just south of there. Never even thought of diving around our dock.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Nudibranch or pepino??
the one with the white spots looks like a cucumber of some sort..never seen one of those, very cool! must be an "up north" creature.
Thanx Ken. A light thread is just what we all need.
btw, we had a black about 450#'s swimmin around the boat at San Nik the other day Your day is coming Amigo, keep your eye's peeled.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Sharksbaja - thank you. The slack tide is the exact point when the tidal current reverses, (i.e., is zero). The current is manageable for about a
half hour on either side. So the dives tend to be about 50 minutes to an hour long. Yes, the depth under the pier is about 30ft.
++Ken++
[Edited on 8-26-2006 by Ken Bondy] |
Thanks Ken, I figured you meant "slack" tide was the "0" point. We have unbelievable currents here in the bay. Like as fast as a person can run. When
you said an hour I was thinking about the "no-bubble" tables we used to use, hence 30ft.
[Edited on 8-26-2006 by Sharksbaja]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
the one with the white spots looks like a cucumber of some sort..never seen one of those, very cool! must be an "up north" creature.
Thanx Ken. A light thread is just what we all need.
btw, we had a black about 450#'s swimmin around the boat at San Nik the other day Your day is coming Amigo, keep your eye's peeled. |
Gracias Tomas
It's a nudibranch, Triopha maculata. Fairly rare except in Morro Bay. I haven't given up on black sea bass, will keep my eyes peeled  I just wonder how many of them were looking over my shoulder while my head was
buried in the reef/sand looking at nudibranchs
++Ken++
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Ken...again amazing photos! Do you have to be cleared to dive under a Coast Guard pier with all the terrorism crap these days?
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Cincodemayo
We check in with the Coast Guard before we dive. They know us pretty well. It is a public pier but it seems like a good idea to let the CG know that
we are going to be underwater for about an hour. The CG men and women there are really great, makes you be proud to be an American. They are always
interested in what we see under the pier.
++Ken++
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I had to log in just to say that this thread is spectacular! Diving is on my list of things to learn soemday. Thanks for the stellar photos!
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Ken...that's awesome as the Coast Guard are great. Up here in the PNW they are flanking the ferry when it takes off and will head off any watercraft
that even looks like it's getting close to the ferry. We are moving next month to the water and the guy that builds their smaller boats that won't
capsize or sink owns a company called Safe Boats lives 2 doors down. He builds boats for the Coast Guard, Homeland Security, fire departments, police
depts, ect....great site. I'd like to get one with the dual 50 caliber machine guns on the boat. www.safeboats.com
Keep those fantastic pics coming!
[Edited on 8-28-2006 by Cincodemayo]
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Great shots Ken. I live in Morro Bay and it never occurred to me to dive under the T pier. Looks like we're the nudibranch capital of the world.
Thanks, Mike
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