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Great Dives in Carmel
March 21, 2010
Story by Sharon E
On March 21, we assembled at the dock ready for some great diving. Previous reports spoke of 40’ viz and clear water. Oh yes, flat seas, so we were hopeful we would find that! Once loaded with twin cylinders, slings and such, we motored out to the point and determined Carmel was the destination! A short 30 minutes later found us anchored on Butterfly House. This great dive site gets it’s name from the home on the shore with a roof reassembling a butterfly with its wings open. Now geared and stepping off first were Jim and Julia followed by Bernard and Hitoshi. Then closely behind them were Sharon and Shawn. Getting on the line, a bit of time to clear and on the site. Soon Chris and Gary met us along the canyon. Butterfly offers a depth of 90’ with walls coming up within 50’ from the surface. So picture a deep sand chute with tall walls along it and that is the site. Sharon tied in and ran the spool along the wall, spying millions of strawberry anemones mixed among the pearly white sponges. There were many lemon nudibranches and the white spotted dorids too. We found many colorful invertebrates – stars of several varieties, sea cucumbers, anemones, brilliant hues of sponges to list a few. It seems like every cold water starfish lived on this site too. The walls give the sea life protection from the surge and other water movement which allows for enhanced growth. We all followed along the canyon and turned at about 30 minutes. Kicking back to the anchor, we surfaced some and began to feel the surge. Once the reel was spooled in and we were on the anchor rode, we swung in the surge, back and forth. Now back on the boat, we enjoyed the warmth of the sun.
Dive two was on East Pinnacle. The surface kicked up a bit presenting 2’ wind waves. But not to bad, so we geared and jumped. First off were Sharon, Hitoshi and Kevin. Jim and Julia stepped off the gunnel and Gary and Chris off the stern. Sharon set the reel and reeled off. We kicked slowly along the pinnacle finding all sort of beautiful sea life. The rocks came alive with critters. The rocks were carpeted in strawberry anemones and orange and purple sponges. The dive was a bit surgy so we stayed along the structure to reduce the push. As we, one, by one, returned to the anchor. We deco’d among the rocks in the beautiful kelp forest. We watched several spiraled ringed top snails and kelp bugs. This passed the time during the stop. Now on the boat and enjoying something warm to drink, we headed back to the Bay.
After battling storms over the past weekends, it was great to see the sun and calm waters. Join us for the May dive!

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