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The last weekend in March was absolutely glorious, and I got in a day of boat diving with Sea Ya charters. We set off early, and as we left the marina, it was gorgeous but chilly!
The sea was glassy, and Mount Rainier towers over the region.
The views were equally good under the water, because the visibility was around 35 feet, which for Puget Sound is sensational. (Typical would sadly be 10-15 feet.)
The highlight of the Sunrise Beach wall was an out-and-about octopus (I'm fairly sure this was a large red octopus and not a small GPO - I only see bumps on its skin, not folds). Saltwater State Park provided the usual rockfish and some enormous lingcod. Also several Lewis's moonsnails - it's always fun to see those. A foot long underwater snail that wraps itself around its shell and keeps it on the inside? Who wouldn't have fun watching those?
It's taken longer than usual to get the video up because I spent most of last week in Austin, Texas for a work conference. Photos of that trip coming soon! (I even managed to get 3500 words of my Big Bang fic written while I was in Austin between work and touristing, so I figure that was good going.)
The sea was glassy, and Mount Rainier towers over the region.
The views were equally good under the water, because the visibility was around 35 feet, which for Puget Sound is sensational. (Typical would sadly be 10-15 feet.)
The highlight of the Sunrise Beach wall was an out-and-about octopus (I'm fairly sure this was a large red octopus and not a small GPO - I only see bumps on its skin, not folds). Saltwater State Park provided the usual rockfish and some enormous lingcod. Also several Lewis's moonsnails - it's always fun to see those. A foot long underwater snail that wraps itself around its shell and keeps it on the inside? Who wouldn't have fun watching those?
It's taken longer than usual to get the video up because I spent most of last week in Austin, Texas for a work conference. Photos of that trip coming soon! (I even managed to get 3500 words of my Big Bang fic written while I was in Austin between work and touristing, so I figure that was good going.)
