Massive Squid Run in La Jolla

Date: 1–17–08

Location: La Jolla Shores, Vallecitos Pt.

Time: 7-ish

Dive Length: 50 mins

Surf: small, 1 to 2 feet going out, 2 to 3 feet coming back in

NOAA Jim’s Indian ‘Morteros’ Underwater Video Footage Reviewed by S D S U Professors

About 2 weeks ago, NOAA Jim and I took the boat out to do a bottom survey for the California Ships to Reefs Program; I ‘live dropped’ him in about 100 ft. of water about 2 miles off of…

Nudibranch of the Week: Dendronotus albus

Sea Level Curves of Yokoyama et al., Showing the Speed at Which Sea Level Rose Following Peak Glaciation [21,000 years ago] Click to Enlarge

Above Ground Indian Mortars or ‘Morteros’

Market Squid: Loligo opalescen

Fried Egg Jelly

Diagram from LaJoie et al. Showing Sea Level Changes for the Past 500,000 Years [Click to Enlarge]

REEF Survey on Yukon

Date: January 20, 2008

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: Wreck Alley, Yukon

Surface conditions: calm

Visibility: 10 to 15 feet

Temperature: 54°

Mix: 30%

Max Depth: 103 ft.

Critters Seen: blacksmith fish, surf perch, painted greenlings,
senoritas, giant kelpfish, California Sea cucumbers

With…

Rough Timeline for Ancient Califorina Coastline [Depth in Meters] — Click to Enlarge

Major Squid Run, 2008

I confess: I dropped the ball this year.

With reports coming in hot and heavy of a major Squid Run in the making, with recent rain and run-off exceeding .20 for this weekend, I let foul weather deter me from diving this weekend.

But, thanks to brave souls like James Swanson, who managed…

Mikey on Scripps Canyon, 2007: Note Depth ‘Pinger’ in Right Hand