Catalina Diving

In early October, 1999, I went diving in Catalina. A group of us took the flyer over for the day, and did two dives off of Casino Point. On the first dive, I tried out my new close-up kit to shoot some macro pictures. It takes a picture of about 4x6 inches, so worked really well for those curious Girabaldis! The second half are from the second dive using the wide-angle lens.

	A kelp bass, or calico bass.		Girabaldi
	A Blackeye goby.		Giant kelpfish
	A scallop on a gorgonian		Gorgonian Sea fan
	Bluebanded Goby.		Juvenile Girabaldi
	Girabaldi		Girabaldi and a calico bass trying to peek into the picture
	Juvenile Girabaldi		Sheephead
	Calico Bass		Interesting patterns in a kelp frond
	Base of a mast and some cable and chains at the wreck at the edge of the dive park (about 90 feet deep)		A pile of old chains
	Paul posing at the edge of the hull		Joe peeking through a hole in the hull
	Paul holding a strange object, probably a discarded egg case.		Sunlight filtering down through the kelp
	A knobby sea star on the hull of the shipwreck		California Spiny Lobster
	Lobster		more lobster
	Kelp canopy		Paul floating in the kelp
	more kelp		kelp
	kelp swaying in the current		lots of small fish in the kelp
	A treefish		A calico bass checking me out
	more kelp		more kelp
	more kelp		A sunken rowboat
	Paul had to sit in the rowboat!		A better view of the boat, but the flash glared off Paul's mask...
	A large sheephead		A school of mackerel(?)
	More of the mackerel regrouping after the scary flash went off		Paul doing a handstand

Last updated: Wed Oct 6 16:51:12 PDT 1999