Seacrest Cove 2 search

Two very nice dives. One large red octopus, lots of lingcod and kelp greenlings. All four species of perch and 3 species of rockfish. Only saw a few nudibranchs but did find a gumboot chiton. The local NOAA Diving office was hosting a couple weeks of conference/training and came out to Cove 2 to do a dive together. Many of them were from other parts of the country, Florida Keys and Washington DC for two examples. My REEF (REEF.org) species count was 31 on dive 1 and 27 on dive 2.

1st dive 1430, 2nd dive 1630, 51F, no noticeable current, decent vis 1 red octo at honeybear, a harbor seal carcass (adult? about 5 feet) and school of pile perch near I beam, shiner and striped perch, a few spotted greenling on egg duty, lots of painted greenlings of various sizes, lingcods, school of tubesnout