Whytecliff Dive
22/Feb/2007 01:18 PM
Dive ReportGreat dive last night at Whytecliff. Eric and I formed one team with Todd and Ashley as team 2. First non-scooter dive in awhile. We swam out to the island on the left to a max depth of 80 feet. Viz left a bit to be desired particularly in the shallows but at depth it was around 15 feet Water temp varied around 42-44 degrees. A large harbor seal spend much the dive diving down on us.
Marine life highlights included a Giant White Dorid and Golden Dirona nudibranchs, and all the other marine life that is relatively new to
Picked up a copy of the great book, Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds And Selected Fishes (Hardcover) ,so now I am trying to pay a bit more attention to differentiate the marine life I am seeing.