Monterey Dive - Feb 20, 2011

Today I had a great dive in Monterey Bay. I saw a two foot long blue and green fish, and a lot of crabs. One of the crabs was two feet in circumference and had a baby on its back. Another one had stubs for some of its legs. I'm starting to like the 7 mm wetsuit more than the drysuit because its easier to get on, and I have a bigger range of motion. Peace bros.

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Monterey Scuba Dive Feb 20 2011

I'm in Half Moon Bay, following a good week of diving. It started out with drysuit dive training on Sunday and Monday. I got drysuit certified because you can stay warmer in a drysuit because you're dry when diving in cold water. On Friday after Thanksgiving, Dad, Robin and I went to San Carlos Beach Park in Monterey. We had great conditions. We saw tons of jellyfish like in the movie Finding Nemo. It was so crazy with jellyfish that we had to turn around and swim the other way. Dad took the photos.

Today, we went diving at Pt Lobos Reserve. Even though it was raining, we were dry because of our drysuits. I saw many brightly colored nudibranches, crabs trying to disguise themselves as seaweed, and even seals! It is rare to see seals when diving. They looked right at me, like dogs waiting for a treat. To bad Dad didn't get photos of the seals this time. But he got other cool stuff.

Today I did two dives in Monterey -- one at Coral Street and one at San Carlos Beach. San Carlos was more interesting because I saw a big crab, about one foot in diameter, and a big fish that appeared to be hunting in the kelp. There were also many bright yellow nudibranchs and some of them had little horns. I also saw many sea cucumbers that were also yellow. I also saw a keyhole limpet, which looks like a black round blob with a keyhole in the middle. I dove with dad on both dives and with Robin too on a dive.

Yesterday was my first day diving in cold water! I dove at the most popular dive spot in the U.S. called San Carlos Beach Park, Monterey, California. I had to wear a double wetsuit and hood because the temperature of the water was 57 degrees. I saw many starfish and was surrounded by a kelp forest. We also saw beautiful nudibranchs and baby flounder. There also were anemones waving in the current.

Today I dove at Leleiwi, Hawaii. There were many turtles in the water. I saw a purple, yellow and blue nudibranch. The ocean was calm, but right after we got out, it started getting really wavy with a lot of surge. This was my 10th scuba dive!

On June 8, we went to a new dive spot called Honaunau. It is on the South Kona side of the Big Island. We saw a three foot peacock grouper, and we went into a lava tube underwater. Heraldo dove with Dad and me.

Today I dove for an hour at 30 feet. The fish above is a scorpion wrasse, a.k.a. rock mover. I practiced buddy breathing with my dad, and Robin came too. Even though we went to the same dive spot as the other day, we went a different way this time. The corals had a lot of texture.