2006

Dive Scuba Free- dive Date Location Site Total Time Max Depth Descents Boat Notes
271 101   1/22/2006 Palos Verdes Old Marineland - East Reef 61 min 45 ft     Large broomtail grouper tucked back under overhang, sunflower star, large octopus, two small lobsters, nudibranchs (San Diego dorids, yellow dorids, sea lemons); chilly (53 F)
272 102   1/29/2006 Laguna Beach Deadman's Reef/Crescent Bay 80 min 68 ft     Freeswimming lingcod, lobsters; 'Deadhenge' line of large rocks; green water, clearer shallow
273 103   2/11/2006 Laguna Beach Divers Cove/Boat Canyon 71 min 38 ft     Dropped on three bat rays; sheep crab, scorpionfish, very large stars; surgy
274 104   2/14/2006 Redondo Beach Vets Park 53 min 74 ft     Night dive just after full moon to check for squid; many egg patches around 60 ft, a few mating couples; otherwise many crabs, dark ray, baby horn shark, small octopus, scorpionfish, cusk eel, flatfish
275 105   2/24/2006 Palos Verdes Old Marineland 72 min 49 ft     Nearly waveless, excellent vis; cavalcade of nudibranchs (a group of four sea lemons mating, numerous Hermissendas, white-spotted porostomes (Doriopsilla albopunctata), Spanish shawls, San Diego dorids, Porter's chromodorids, a Cuthona divae, yellow dorids, a yellow-edged cadlina, assorted egg ribbons and strings); several whelks cruising across the sand like desert caravans; flounder; slightly chilly (53 F)
276 106   2/26/2006 Catalina Island West Cove 53 min 62 ft   Sundiver Nearly waveless, good vis; harbor seal, horn shark
277 107   2/26/2006 Catalina Island Land's End 44 min 58 ft   Sundiver Nice wall; many sheephead
278 108   2/26/2006 Catalina Island Deadman's 42 min 46 ft   Sundiver Boulder field; several short lobsters, large moray eel
279 109   3/5/2006 Palos Verdes Old Marineland 69 min 43 ft     Photo shoot of mantis shrimp walking on sand; four mantis shrimp holes, with one mantis poking out; large octopus on reef
280 110   3/25/2006 Redondo Beach Vets Park 28 min 70 ft     Day dive; 5-ft vis shallow, 6-inch vis deeper than 50 ft; lots of fluffy, white particulate; two large stars, sheepcrab, 2-3 flatfish, baby horn shark; small patch of squid eggs
281   171 4/1/2006 Roatan Tom Fool Bay 30 min 7 ft 10   Freediving in shallow lagoon after arrival; 1 large, 1 small barracuda
282   172 4/2/2006 Roatan Tom Fool Bay 20 min 7 ft 5   Freediving in shallow lagoon
283 111   4/2/2006 Roatan Turtle Crossing 52 min 41 ft   Captain Ariel Checkout scuba dive; hawksbill turtle, octopus
284 112   4/2/2006 Roatan Blue Channel 50 min 44 ft   Captain Ariel Hawksbill turtle, green turtle, 2 yellowhead jawfish, 2 cleaner shrimp
285   173 4/3/2006 Roatan Tom Fool Bay 45 min 7 ft 15   Needlefish, small barracuda
286   174 4/3/2006 Roatan West End Beach 45 min 15 ft 15   Crab feeding
287   175 4/3/2006 Roatan Tom Fool Bay 45 min 7 ft 15   Night freedive in lagoon; barracuda, foot-long segmented worm, octopus, spiny lobster, banded-arm brittle star, tiger tail sea cucumber, donkey dung sea cucumber, crab
288 113   4/4/2006 Roatan El Aguila wreck 40 min 102 ft   Special Lady 230-ft cargo ship towed over from Utila and sunk; black grouper, other groupers, grouper-sized mutton snapper; green moray on wreck; trumpetfish on adjacent wall
289   176 4/5/2006 Roatan West Bay 60 min 20 ft 20   Barracuda; needlefish being chased by small jacks; large school of blue tangs
290   177 4/6/2006 Roatan El Aquario 50 min 28 ft 16 Captain Ariel Pair of orange-spotted filefish; needlefish; macro photography on shallow reef
291   178 4/7/2006 Roatan Tom Fool Bay 90 min 6 ft 40   Macro photography with diopter; 2 large porcupinefish, 2 spotted scorpionfish, fireworm, baby barracuda
292 114   4/22/2006 Catalina Island Indian Rock 39 min 60 ft   Sundiver Closeup wide-angle shots; Spanish shawl; numerous sea cucumbers
293 115   4/22/2006 Catalina Island Big Geiger 61 min 46 ft   Sundiver Nice wall; octopus, lobsters; numerous cukes
294 116   4/22/2006 Catalina Island Little Geiger 63 min 43 ft   Sundiver Abalone, lobsters; large blacksmith school; even more cukes
295 117   5/6/2006 Redondo Beach Vets Park 45 min 39 ft     Daytime skills tweak; 2 baby horn sharks, tiny flatfish, crabs
296 118   5/29/2006 Palos Verdes Old Marineland - East Reef 36 min 38 ft     Jetboots test dive; treefish, nudibranch egg ribbons, large garibaldis
297 119   6/11/2006 Laguna Beach Deadman's Reef/Crescent Bay 68 min 64 ft     A seeming Chiclets factory with Kellet's whelk eggs everywhere; sheepcrab, scorpionfish, C-O sole
298 120   6/25/2006 Palos Verdes Buchanan's Reef 48 min 62 ft   Whaler Huge lingcod in crevice, normal-sized free-swimming ling, sunflower star, Praya siphonophore, cabezon, nudis, keyhole limpets everywhere; chilly (52 F)
299 121   7/3/2006 Laguna Beach Deadman's Reef/Crescent Bay 61 min 58 ft     Monster male sheephead close to 3-ft species maximum; 2-3 cabezons, Spanish shawls, cantankerous sheepcrab, lobster, lone sea pansy; sharp thermocline at 30 ft; murky deep, better shallow
300 122   7/9/2006 Palos Verdes Hawthorne Reef 47 min 83 ft   Whaler 3 lingcod, 5-6 species of nudibranchs
301 123   7/9/2006 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree Cove 49 min 47 ft   Whaler Clouds of senoritas, many sheephead, calico bass and barred sandbass; sea hares
302   179 8/20/2006 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree Cove ~60 min 23 ft ~15 Whaler Good vis (25 ft+); pair of large batrays feeding
303 124   8/20/2006 Palos Verdes Avalon wreck 44 min 73 ft   Whaler Fantastic vis (50 ft+); 1-2 giant sea bass, several large lingcod, male garibaldi guarding nests, nudibranchs, bait schools
304   180 9/4/2006 Palos Verdes Old Marineland - East Reef 40 min 24 ft ~10 Whaler Jetboots test freediving
305 125   9/4/2006 Palos Verdes Old Marineland - East Reef 29 min 32 ft   Whaler Search for lost object
306 126   9/23/2006 Palos Verdes Malaga Cove 63 min 31 ft     Night shore dive; numerous lobsters (most short, a few very large); smattering of reef fish, pair of baby thornbacks; otherwise surprised by lack of memorable species; balmy (68 F), vis fuzzy 15 ft
307 127   10/1/2006 Palos Verdes Buchanan's Reef 61 min 57 ft   Whaler Many nudibranchs (numerous sea lemons, yellow-edged cadlinas, Catalina triophas, Spanish shawls, others), egg ribbons, swimming lingcod, many blackeyed gobys, keyhole limpets, shark egg case
308 128   10/7/2006 Palos Verdes PV Secret Spot No. 1 52 min 37 ft   Whaler Night lobster dive on shallow rock reef with heavy kelp
309 129   10/14/2006 Malibu Leo Carrillo 65 min 37 ft     Late-afternoon sightseeing dive -- uneventful but relaxing
310 130   10/28/2006 Palos Verdes PV Secret Spot No. 1 57 min 43 ft   Whaler Night lobster dive on shallow rock reef with heavy kelp; roaming octopus
311 131   11/26/2006 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree Cove 51 min 49 ft   Whaler Many calico bass, adult and juv garibaldis, scorpionfish; vis ~30 ft
312 132   12/2/2006 Catalina Island Blue Caverns 51 min 77 ft   Sundiver Electric ray, angel shark in sand; drysuit seal failures
313 133   12/30/2006 Palos Verdes Buchanan's Reef 57 min 65 ft   Whaler Very good vis (~30 ft), chilly (55F); half-dozen lingcod, many painted greenlings
314 134   12/30/2006 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree-Neptune's transverse reef 53 min 36 ft   Whaler Very good vis (~30 ft), neat structure; two sunflower stars, moray eel, octopus
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