Creatures of the Pacific Coast

Here's a compilation video of my more recent dives. Some of my best shots this whole year I put in here. Some amazing new creatures I hadn't filmed before. I love working on the slow mo as well. Heres to the next video and a new year 2020.

Music By: "KaizanBlu" Track Name: "Take Me With You"

Anacapa Trip 11/16/2019

Some still shots from the boat trip out on the Spectre this past Saturday. Many, many videos to go through and edit but for now have a look at some unedited stills from the trip.

1: Kelp getting hit by the sunlight (Macrocystus pyrifera)
2: California blue dorid (Felimare californiensis)
3: California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)
4: Island Kelpfish (Alloclinus holderi)
5: Hopkin's Rose Nudibranch (Okenia rosacea)
6 - 9: Playful sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Cabezon

Black and White Cabezon!

Perfect camera fish. The Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) is one of my favorites. Cabezón literally means "big headed" and this fish must have been. had to be super careful not to bump into the piling as the waves threw me around the fish. I was lucky to find this little guy (about a foot or so) so close to the surface on a piling. I usually stick close to the bottom during pier dives since visibility is often mucked up. This time of year is real nice. It often opens up to 20 ft in the fall and on something as eerie as the wharf makes for some amazing shadows and finds under the damn thing.


While I was down I made sure to haul up some traffic cones that looked like they were thrown off the edge. It was weird there were like 5 or so full sized traffic cones casually dumped over the side. The pier staff lead me to believe it might be someone who likes hearing big splashes so I'm guessing we're dealing with some mega genius getting a kick out of polluting cause they aren't ballsy enough to jump in themselves.

Don't trash my favorite dive spot yo.

Kelp Project dives 10/27/2019

Photos from my recent Kelp Project dives 10/27/2019. They are working on restoring the sand dwelling kelp in the Goleta bay. Here's some shots from their test site.
1) Octopus (Two Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) in an introduced octo-column to facilitate predator interactions and reduce grazing pressures
2) Calico bass (Paralabrax clathratus) hanging out around surfgrass and holdfasts
3) Fantail Sole (Xystreurys liolepis)
4) Sarcastic Fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi) inside an octo-column
5) ^^^
6) Pacific Sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus)
7) Kelp growing on sandy bottom.

Pictures from the archive

Pictures from the archive
1) Snowy Plover (Charadruis nivosus) chasing a kelp fly
2) Flatworm (Pseudoceros luteus)(?) near some strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica)
3) Familiar Bluet nymph (Enallagma civile) near a tadpole in a shallow stream
4) Sunset over Lake Casitas
5) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) near Prado Regional Park

The Monterey Shootout 8/23/2019

From The Monterey Shootout 8/23/2019