REEF Dives: Aumentos/Eric’s Reef

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Date: Thursday, June 03, 2010

Locations: Aumentos/Eric’s Reef, both in Monterey

Dive Times: 0910/1115

Viz: not very good for this area: 15 ft/8 ft. w/brown layer of ‘gunk’

Mix: 32%

Dive Buddy: Barbara

Marine Life Observed: Black-eyed Gobies, Painted and Kelp Greenlings, White-Spotted Anemones, Tube-Dwelling Anemones, Masking Crabs, Sunflower Stars, Orange Puffballs, Red Volcano Sponge, Blue Rockfish, Kelp Rockfish, Strawberry Anemones, Metridia…….

Highlights:

Due to weather conditions in the forecast, Capt. Phil decided to stay within the Monterey area today……visibility was disappointing for this area, which is normally quite good, but we got some good surveys done with actually quite a bit of variety of marine life — when you could see it.

Tomorrow, we will head to the Carmel area and hope for better conditions.