Sea Lions vs Harbor Seals
I was discussing sea lions and harbor seals with a friend the other day. Our conclusion: sea lions are like puppies and harbor seals are like cats. They are both curious, but sea lions would swim up to you almost within reach to zoom by and frolic around you, and the harbor seals would keep their distance and observe you from afar. Once in a while a bold harbor seal would sneak up to you and play with your fins.
One More Trip!
We will try to squeeze in one more dive trip before the end of the year. We are hard core California divers. We don't mind a little bit of chill in the air (water temp doesn’t change that much)!
Looking for the Orange Fish
California’s state marine fish, garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), seem to know they are protected. They are not afraid of divers (a male will actually try to chase you out of his territory). This also means they are often out in the open and very easy to observe. Our last scheduled trip of 2017 is this Sunday. We are virtually guaranteed garibaldi sighting. Hoping for black sea bass sighting to wrap up the year!
When You Need to Relax...
Can you think of a better place to meditate than in a lettuce coral garden?
Not All Orange Fish are Garibaldi...
I was going through my pictures from Indonesia and thought, ha... that's a colorful reef with garibaldi... Then realized it couldn't be right. They are crescent-tail bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur).
