Date: July 14, 2007
Time: 6:00am
Location: Deadman's Reef/Seal Rocks
Depth (feet): 45
Dive Time (minutes): 74
Surf (feet): 1+
Surge (feet): 2-4
Water Temp (fahrenheit): 59
Visibility (feet): 15
Visibility Description: still pretty murky
Notes and Highlights: Dove with Josh. We decided to spend some time on Deadman's, and then head over to Seal Rocks to finish out the dive. On the way over the sand to Deadman's, we found several skittish sanddabs, and a medium-sized, more photogenic turbot. On the reef it was Spanish Shawl city...and Josh found a Porter's Chromodorid - the second Porter's Chromodorid that I've seen. I was attacked by our orange-clad state fish...grabbed by the thumb pretty good while I was focussed on shooting a sheep crab...I was shooting really close on the crab, and the first thing I thought was that it had gotten a claw on me. As we were near the top of the reef - we broke the surface and swam over to Seal Rocks to conserve air. We hung around the north/west side, and there was a small group of sea lions that provided some entertainment and video opportunities...but overall they weren't as cooperative as I've seen in the past...perhaps they aren't as inquisitive in the mornings...we'd get flashes of them around us, and then they'd head off for us to find again. Overall a truly enjoyable dive...and a good time was had by all.