A silty 10-15 feet, 5-10 feet in the shallows (low tide)
Highlight was a Northern abalone at the jetty from where I started my swim to the Pilings. Thanks Joe M for pointing it out to me. Tiny Lumpsucker under the old wharf, Painted anemones, male Kelp greenling, Mottled stars.
The pilings delivered for me. 4 species of nudis, a juvenile curious octopus, numerous juvenile wolf eels, Kellet's whelks on a huge egg mass, sculpins, kelp pics, etc. even poked along the rope and saw cool stuff. There was also no one there except us which was very nice after the crowd scene at Keystone.
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Sea star at Keystone Pilings. Photo by Eric Askilsrud.
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