At Honeymoon cove, bat rays cruised past us five times, during which time vis steadily deteriorated. Phil suggested that they might have been stirring-up things while feeding in the sand off the reef.

A second school of ~ 100 barracuda surprised us on Buchanan’s reef.

This yellowfin fringehead is from the Flat Rock area. These tiny fish are probably more common than we detect.

Kelp at White Point outfall pipe supports an astonishing array of species.
Channeled topsnail, Caliostoma canaliculatum

It’s relative, the blue-ring topsnail Caliostoma annulatum

The kelp at White Point outfall is fairly heavily populated with the infrequently seen lion nudibranch, Melibe leonina

Intriguing tiny crustaceans crowd the surface of kelp fronds.

Perfectly matching our red sponges, Rostanga pulchra is about as frustratingly cryptic as a nudi can get. (Merry's Reef.)

Phil's favorite garibaldi can always been found in the same spot on Merry's Reef.

Worms from Buchanan's Reef.

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