Sunny skies, good buddies, and lots of fun was enjoyed by the 17 divers and 2 topsiders at Titlow Beach on Saturday.
After a dive site briefing, 6 buddy teams headed into the water to explore the pilings and/the ledges. The pilings were covered in Plumose Anemones and invertebrates, which really take center stage during the Winter months, and made for interesting dives.
After a surface interval 7 buddy teams hit the water for a second dive yielding many "firsts" for some of the divers! Thanks to Georgia Arrow's invertebrate expertise and guidance several divers identified: nudibranchs (really that isn’t a rock or a piece of vegetation!), juvenile Wolf Eels, and even a
Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker!! Divemaster Christine came out of the water declaring, "I think I just saw a Furbee underwater!" "Did it look like a golf ball with a tiny fin on top?" "Yes!" An exciting spotting of an unusual critter much to the chagrin of one Fish and Invertebrate expert Janna Nichols who has yet to spot a spiny lumpsucker in anything but the Seattle Aquarium.
See you all at next month at Redondo Beach on Saturday, March 21st!