‘Secret Garden’ Night Dive: Success!

Date: 7/24/08

Location: Secret Garden, La Jolla Shores

Time: 7:30 pm

Dive Length: 45 mins

Max Depth: 115 ft.

Viz: hard to tell: 10–15 at depth, 5–8 ft. is shallows

Mix: 28%

Buddies: Kathy, Merrianne, Dave, Jeff and Jimbo

Critters Seen: Red Gorgonians…

Giant Pacific Octopus and Diver….

Photos from 7/7/08 ‘Secret Garden Dive’

By James ‘Jimbo’ Swanson — thanks, Jimbo!

Northern Pacific Gyre of Junk….

Legend:

Red Gorgonian…..

Deep Sea Vase Sponges and Gorgonians…..

These remarkable photos were taken by a local diver, Volker Kilian, at a ‘super secret’ deep spot in La Jolla Canyon……they show large Vase Sponges, which grow only below 150 ft.

REEF Crew Going Over Data…..NOAA Biologist on Right in Blue Cap: Claire

Bat Ray Foraging…

Dusk Patrol: Secret Garden….Ummm…Sort of….

Date: 7/7/08

Time: 7:30-ish [haven’t downloaded data from computer yet]

Location: Straight out from Main Lifeguard Tower, kick out……you know: about 2/3 of the way to Hawaii……..

Surf: 2–3 footer, nothing major, but encountered a noticeable rip on the…

Black Wave: A Harrowing Account of Disaster on the High Seas

Just got through reading a hair-raising account of a local San Diego family’s traumatic experience having their beloved Catamaran suddenly run aground on an invisible coral reef in the South Pacific, completely destroying it…