August 31, 2015

Wolf Eels Steve Murvine

8/24/2015
U.S. / Mexican Border
USS Hogan wreck
125 feet

A pair of Wolf Eels
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes

Short-Beaked Common Dolphins Richard Herrmann

8/27/2015
6 miles off La Jolla

Short-beaked Common Dolphins stampeding
Delphinus delphis

Canon 5D mark III
Canon 100-400mm lens
f/11, 1/2500, ISO 1250

Juvenile Starry Rockfish David R. Andrew

8/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
119 feet

Juvenile Starry Rockfish
Sebastes constellatus

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
60mm lens
f/18, 1/160, ISO 250

Twistclaw Pistol Shrimp Kevin Lee

8/29/2015
Redondo Beach
The Barge
70 feet

Twistclaw Pistol Shrimp
Alpheus clamator

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Juvenile Swimming Crab Christopher Huynh

8/25/2015
La Jolla Shores
12 feet

Juvenile Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii

Sand Dollar
Dendraster excentricus

Olympus EPM1
Intova ISS4000 strobe
60mm lens

Dock Shrimp Heather Lippert

8/28/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Dock Shrimp
Pandalus danae

Nikon S1
Fishlight V-25

The Barge Phil Garner

8/29/2015
Redondo Beach
The Barge
82 feet

Inside the Barge wreck

Nikon D700
f/4, 1/125

Unknown Bill Arquette

8/29/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Crap Patch
50 feet

What is this???
Unidentified

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe

Doriopsilla albopunctata Herb Gruenhagen

8/30/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
112 feet

White-spotted Dorid
Doriopsilla albopunctata

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Nudibranch eggs Jovan Shepherd

8/28/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
110 feet

Nudibranch eggs (probably D. albopunctata)

Olympus E-PL5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
60mm lens

White Seabass Andrew Harmer

8/24/2015
San Luis Obispo County
10 feet

White Seabass
Atractoscion nobilis

Olympus TG-3
Ikelite housing
Ambient light
f/2.5, 1/400, ISO 100

Vermilion Rockfish Mark Pidcoe

8/28/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
105 feet

Vermilion Rockfish
Sebastes miniatus

Olympus E-PM1
Three Intova ISS4000 strobes

Pacific Electric Ray Tiffany Poon

8/29/2015
Farnsworth Bank
80 feet

Pacific Electric Ray
Torpedo californica

California Hydrocoral
Stylaster californicus

Olympus PEN E-PL1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes
14-42mm lens

Pacific Barracuda Merry Passage

8/27/2015
Palos Verdes
Haggerty's Crane
48 feet

Pacific Barracuda
Sphyraena argentea

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/7.1, 1/250, ISO 200

Tube Worm Spawning Weiwei Gao

8/28/2015
La Jolla Shores

Parchment Tube Worm spawning
Chaetopterus sp.

Canon Elph 300

Cyclosalpa affinis Gayle Van Leer

8/24/2015
U.S. / Mexican Border
Above the USS Hogan wreck
40 feet

The cyclic salp aggregation
Cyclosalpa affinis

Sony A6000
Sea & Sea housing
Beneath The Surface frame and tray
Two Sola lights