A clear 20+ feet, 15 feet in the shallows (incoming tide)
3 dives:
Dive1: Went East and deep, found five different Nudi species, 3 Eastern Pacific Red Octos (in bottles), ONE Sun Star and four other Star species, hoards of tube worms, and a bottle field.
Dive 2: Went West, lots of tube worms and some Stars including three Sun Stars, a male Wolf Eel in the open, three Nudi species, and some trash.
Dive 3: Went along what I call “Point Ruston Wall,” the retaining wall along the shore. Hundreds of urchins, five Nudi species, a GPO in a den (volleyball sized), a few Rockfish, lots of crabs.
A silty 15 feet, 5 feet in the shallows (low tide)
Two GPOs in dens, one big red out and about. 4 sailfin sculpin and shrimp every where since it was a night dive. Super nice and colorful site less that 50 ft deep. Also saw over a dozen sea cucumbers on one rock, must have been an orgy or something sexual.
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