2007

Dive Scuba Free- dive Date Location Site Total Time Max Depth Descents Boat Notes
315 135   2/16/2007 Palos Verdes Buchanan's Reef 53 min 70 ft   Whaler Whales (pilot whales? mother and calf?) singing throughout dive; large lingcod; buzzed by one or two sea lions
316 136   2/16/2007 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree-Neptune's transverse reef 64 min 47 ft   Whaler Huge sheephead, huge (~3-ft) sandbass, large (~4-ft) swell shark, many lobsters (mostly short), full-sized and baby sunflower stars, small lingcod, Calif scorpionfish; dolphin on surface
317 137   3/4/2007 Palos Verdes Honeymoon Cove South 67 min 59 ft   Whaler Nice pinnacles/ledges; lingcods (one guarding eggs), sunflower star, blue rockfish, large sheepheads, octopus, scorpionfish, very large blacksmith school
318 138   4/29/2007 Palos Verdes Avalon wreck 40 min 73 ft   Whaler Very large mola mola (~6-ft) drifted over us at depth, then circled closely during stops; very large (~4-ft) lingcod; acceptable vis despite algae bloom
319   181 5/28/2007 Palos Verdes Whale Rock, Pt. Vicente 45 min ~20 ft ~12 Whaler Seastar-encrusted rock, many blacksmith
320   182 5/28/2007 Palos Verdes Malaga Cove 30 min ~20 ft ~10 Whaler Heavy kelp, many senoritas, juvenile white sea bass
321 139   6/10/2007 Palos Verdes Avalon wreck 47 min 72 ft   Whaler Vis acceptable under red-tide layer; several large lingcod, whelk egg patches
322 140   6/10/2007 Palos Verdes Crane 51 min 54 ft   Whaler Giant sea bass circled us closely; ~4 large sheepcrab, morays on crane, several garibaldi egg patches; very nice vis (~30-ft) under red tide
323 141   6/16/2007 San Pedro Olympic II wreck 39 min 94 ft   Whaler Excellent vis (all-blue water, no red tide); comb jellies in water column; large lingcods on wreck
324 142   7/8/2007 Palos Verdes Buchanan's Reef 49 min 67 ft   Whaler Clearer shallow, limited vis below 25 ft; many calicos milling around
325 143   7/8/2007 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree Cove 50 min 49 ft   Whaler Decent vis; gigantic lobster under ledge; pair of huge sea hares
326 144   7/14/2007 Redondo Beach Barge at artificial reef 16 min 83 ft   Whaler ~20-ft vis under sharp thermocline; huge school of blacksmith
327 145   7/14/2007 Palos Verdes LCM3 landing craft 16 min 57 ft   Whaler ~20-ft vis; sand bass inside what little remains of structure; small lingcod; garibaldi looking to nest
328 146   7/14/2007 Palos Verdes Haggerty's 20 min 41 ft   Whaler Anchored on edge of kelp; poor vis, orange-colored water
329 147   7/22/2007 Palos Verdes Avalon wreck 49 min 73 ft   Whaler Nudibranch macro photos on bow; baby treefish on nearby reef
330 148   7/22/2007 Palos Verdes Christmas Tree Cove 61 min 46 ft   Whaler Female garibaldi laying eggs, male fertilizing; several sunflower stars, one very large; lobster in abandoned trap (which we bent open); large senorita schools
331   183 7/31/2007 Kona, Hawaii Kahalu'u Bay 30 min 8 ft 8   Green turtles in shallows; small whitemouth moray, porcupinefish, moorish idols, needlefish, yellow tang, turquoise parrotfish
332 149   8/1/2007 Kona Pipe Dreams 74 min 76 ft   Lio Kai III (12-pack) Abandoned ~15-ft-diameter pipe at hydrothermal project starts at ~50 ft and extends to ~120 ft; trumpetfish, stout moray, 2 whitemouths, varicose phyllidia ("fried egg") nudibranch; vis ~50 ft, water temp 81 F
333 150   8/1/2007 Kona Keahole Wash Rock 73 min 61 ft   Lio Kai III Shallow pinnacle near drop-off; fuchsia flatworm, male spotted boxfish, ornate butterflyfish, black sea cucumber; fingers of spindleweed (Neomeris annulata) all over reef
334   184 8/2/2007 Kona Kahalu'u Bay 90 min 8 ft 8   Green turtles, needlefish, many black durgeon triggerfish
335 151   8/3/2007 Kona Fallen Arches/Rabbi's Reef 72 min 81 ft   Lio Kai III Varicose phyllidia nudibranch
336 152   8/3/2007 Kona Freeze Face/Lead City 78 min 75 ft   Lio Kai III Shallow wash rock with ice-cold freshwater intermixing; yellow margin moray, goatfish with smaller fish in mouth, varicose phyllidia nudribranch, tiny commensal shrimp on underside of pin-cushion sea star
337   185 8/4/2007 Kona City of Refuge/Honaunau Bay 50 min 22 ft 15 Kai Imi (inflatable) Needlefish, whitemouth moray, trumpetfish; 50 ft+ vis
338   186 8/4/2007 Kona Capt. Cook Monument/Kealakekua Bay 40 min 27 ft 10 Kai Imi Peacock flounder, bright yellow trumpetfish; whitish fluff clumps in water (spawn of some kind?)
339 153   8/4/2007 Kona Garden Eel Cove 63 min 72 ft   Lio Kai III Late-afternoon dive; many garden eels in sand at ~70 ft; crown-of-thorns, whitemouth moray
340 154   8/4/2007 Kona Garden Eel Cove 69 min 36 ft   Lio Kai III Night dive; no manta rays, but numerous morays out (undulated, yellow margin); regal slipper lobsters, sculpted slipper lobster, shrimp, crabs; 3" stringy arrow worms (Chaetognata) eating plankton in water column
341   187 8/5/2007 Kona Makalawena 40 min 15 ft 10 Teahani (inflatable) Moray (brown with narrow blue rings); large slug (~10" long, white and brown bands)
342   188 8/5/2007 Kona Honokohau Harbor entrance 40 min 23 ft 10 Teahani Large school of fish; trumpetfish; freedive drops to scuba divers
343   189 8/6/2007 Kona Kahalu'u Bay 30 min 4 ft 6   Two green turtles in shallows
344   190 8/7/2007 Kona City of Refuge/Honaunau Bay 90 min 32 ft ~20   Numerous yellow tangs; two trumpetfish under ledges; pair of needlefish midwater
345   191 8/8/2007 Kona Kahalu'u Bay 45 min 8 ft 12   Numerous pink/white parrotfish, large blue-green parrotfish, many convict tangs, pair of needlefish, turtle swimming in from ocean
346 155   9/9/2007 Santa Monica Bay Star of Scotland 38 min 78 ft   Whaler Giant sea bass, lingcod, large school of blacksmith on wreck
347 156   9/9/2007 Palos Verdes Crane 39 min 56 ft   Whaler Poorer vis, colder than first dive
348 157   9/23/2007 Palos Verdes Reef off Pt. Vicente Interpretive Center 56 min 63 ft   Whaler Juvenile and adult sunflower stars, octopus; retrieval of 22-lb plow anchor and ~150 ft of chain; warm water (~63 F)
349 158   9/23/2007 Palos Verdes Paddleboard Cove/Bluff Cove 66 min 45 ft   Whaler Kelp, clouds of infant senoritas, many other fish, many lobsters including huge one; warm water (~63 F)
350 159   9/29/2007 Palos Verdes Haggerty's 55 min 24 ft   Whaler Night lobster dive in shallow kelp; washing-machine-like surge, poor vis (~3-ft)
351 160   10/14/2007 Palos Verdes Avalon wreck 53 min 74 ft   Whaler Middling vis; nudibranchs, including Doriopsilla spaldingi; coonstripe shrimp; cold in wetsuit
352 161   10/14/2007 Palos Verdes Buchanan's Reef 63 min 66 ft   Whaler Gold-colored lingcod having mouth cleaned by shrimp; baby treefish; various nudibranchs (Limbaugh's cadlina, yellow-edged cadlina, Triopha catalinae, Hermissenda crassicornis, Spanish shawls, sea lemons); cabezon
353 162   10/26/2007 Palos Verdes Avalon wreck 27 min 72 ft   Whaler Good vis; crowds of lobsters under overhangs
354 163   11/3/2007 Palos Verdes Pt. Vicente Pinnacles 39 min 83 ft   Whaler Great conditions; vis up to 40 ft; profusion of fish -- schools of salema and mackerel, crowds of senoritas, sheephead; etc; two small mola-molas
355 164   11/3/2007 Palos Verdes Pt. Vicente Pinnacles 51 min 46 ft   Whaler 2nd dive in shallower area; bat ray, schools of barracuda, jack mackerel
356 165   11/17/2007 Redondo Beach Barge 59 min 82 ft   Whaler So-so macro subjects; dive-bombed by gang of sea lions throughout hour
357 166   11/17/2007 Palos Verdes Neptune Arch 69 min 53 ft   Whaler Underwater arch; adult and juvenile sunflower stars; nudibranchs, octopus
358 167   12/15/2007 Palos Verdes Pt. Vicente Pinnacles 29 min 82 ft   Whaler Many sand bass, sheephead; dive aborted due to loose weight belt
359 168   12/15/2007 Palos Verdes Neptune Arch 65 min 47 ft   Whaler Numerous sea hares (Aplysia), including 1-2 gigantic ones; garibaldi, sunflower stars, octopus
360 169   12/23/2007 Palos Verdes Inshore from Avalon wreck 40 min 50 ft   Whaler Night dive; large bat ray midwater; heavy kelp made return to boat arduous; kelp isopod (Idotea resecata or similar) found on deck
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