What a great time. Julie, Joe, Clint & I took off out of Coronet Bay to go diving at our first location of Lovers Cove in the San Juans.I can still practically taste the salt on my lips as I type this. It was an amazing Fathers' Day on the water. I missed my dad very much, willing to trade anything on the planet to have him on that boat - diving with us. Joe's wife asked him what he wanted for Fathers' Day and he simply said, "To dive!" and voila! There he was.
We had about 60 degree weather, sun shone the entire time, the water cooperated.
Julie and I splashed first. I elected to bring my spear gun, seeing as this was the last open day for Ling Cod. But here were no ling cod to get a shot at.) Julie found a couple Pacific Octopus and managed to get a few shots of it. (You can see more pictures on my Flickr account :)
She showed me juvenile Pacific King Crab and nudibranch eggs, though we didn't get very good pictures of them to be able to upload here.
After ascending, we met back up with the boat and I did a pretty dumb thing while I was waiting my turn to get on the ladder. I took my Ocean Master mask off and put it on my arm instead of hooking it to my gear. Then, the next series of events happened pretty fast. My fin came loose and I reached for it -- as I thrust my arm forward (of course it was the arm my mask was on, the mask came off my arm and began to sink. I managed to grab my fin, but the mask was gone.
Expensive lesson learned.
Joe & Clint splashed next while Julie and I enjoyed some lunch, rearranged the boat & the gear, and did a little sun bathing. When they came up, they told us they found the Octopus too. :)
When we got to our next dive site, Julie and I went down first. There were anenome's I've never seen before and scallops everywhere. I made sure I filled my goodie bag.
What a gorgeous day to be on the water.
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