June 22, 2015

California Moray Mike Herndon

6/19/2015
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
25 feet

California Moray
Gymnothorax mordax

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes

Wolf Eel Brian Herold

6/20/2015
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Olympus TG-2
Sola 800

Horned Aeolid Phil Garner

6/20/2015
Rancho Palos Verdes
Pt. Vicente
60 feet

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D700
60mm lens
f/20, 1/200

Loggerhead Turtle Howard Hall

6/17/2015
Offshore San Diego
302 Bank
10 feet

Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta

RED Digital Cinema Camera

Pacific Electric Ray Clint Anderson

6/21/2015
Farnsworth Bank
85 feet

Pacific Electric Ray
Torpedo californica

Olympus E-PL3
Dual YS-02 strobes
Wide angle lens

Black Croaker Roger Uzun

6/19/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
10 feet

Black Croaker
Cheilotrema saturnum

Canon XA20 camcorder
Keldan Luna 4 Flux lights

Red Octopus Bill Arquette

6/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
South Crap Patch
50 feet

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

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

California Cone Herb Gruenhagen

6/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

A California Cone laying eggs
Conus californicus

Sea & Sea 2G
Internal strobe

Lion Nudibranch Mark Pidcoe

6/20/2015
La Jolla Shores
Before the North Wall
60 feet

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Olympus E-PM1
3 Intova ISS4000 strobes

Deep Plaskett Pinnacle Roger Carlson

6/21/2015
Big Sur

Divers above Deep Plaskett Pinnacle

Olympus OMD EM5
Nauticam housing
Panasonic 8mm lens

California Sheephead John H. Moore

6/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

A very small juvenile California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Sea & Sea YS-110 strobes
Nikon 60mm lens
f/16, 1/200, ISO 400

C-O Sole Steve Gardner

6/16/2015
La Jolla Shores

C-O Sole
Pleuronichthys coenosus

Olympus C5050Z
Dual strobes

Pithead Sculpin Heather Lippert

6/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
50 feet

Male Pithead Sculpin
Icelinus cavifrons

Nikon S1
Fishlight

Chestnut Cowry Brenda Bridgett

6/19/2015
La Jolla Shores
65 feet

Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea

Casio Exilim Z1080
Internal strobe

Blue-ring Top Snail David R. Andrew

6/15/2015
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
112 feeet

Blue-ring Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum

Nikon D7000
Dual Ikelite DS160 strobes
105mm macro lens with Kenko 1.4 Teleconverter
f/16, 1/200, ISO 250

Longnose Puffer Walter Chung

6/16/2015
La Jolla Shores
13 feet

Longnose Puffer
Sphoeroides lobatus

GoPro

Lion Nudibranch Christopher K. Huynh

6/16/2015
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Olympus OPM-1
Intova ISS4000 strobe

Giant Sea Bass Nirupam Nigam

6/19/2015
Anacapa Island
Underwater Island/Coral Reef

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
Lumix 8mm fisheye lens

Caribbean Spiny Lobster Bob Austin

6/17/2015
Turneffe Atoll, Belize
60 feet

Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Panulirus argus

Canon Powershot G/16
Fantasea housing
UK Aqualite and Light & Motion GoBe+ 700 Wide video lights

Diver Matt Cerezo Jill Thudium

6/20/2015
Silfra, Iceland

Matt Cerezo preparing to dive

Nikon aw120

Silfra Fissure Matt Cerezo

6/20/2015
Silfra, Iceland
Silfra Fissure

"This a shot of the actual dive entrance—you are diving between the tectonic plates, right where the earth is splitting. The water is glacial water, filtered through lava rocks so it is incredibly clear and pure. The temp was 34-35 degrees, and viz was only limited by your eyesight—probably around 300ft or so. Hopefully the underwater pics turn out, but for now all I have is topside ones."

Loggerhead Turtle Jerry Allen

6/17/2015
Offshore San Diego
302 Bank
10 feet

Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta

Nikon D700
Seacam housing
Small Ikelite strobe
17-35mm lens

Wolf Eel Jovan Shepherd

6/21/2015
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
57 feet

Juvenile Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

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

Aldisa sanguinea Kevin Lee

6/20/2015
Palos Verdes
Garden Spot
55 feet

Red Aldisa
Aldisa sanguinea

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

Garibaldi Vanessa Homyak

6/20/2015
La Jolla Cove
25 feet

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

GoPro 4
Polar Pro macro lens

Giant Sea Bass Corrine Klein

6/21/2015
La Jolla Cove
Rockpile
36 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Sea Life DC1400

Marine Room canyon Scott McGee

6/20/2015
La Jolla
Marine Room
65 feet

Diver on the canyon slope

GoPro Hero 3+ Black

Black Dorid Merry Passage

6/20/2015
Palos Verdes
Garden Spot
60 feet

A Black Dorid laying eggs
Polycera atra

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens with +5 diopter
f/40, 1/250, ISO 200

Diver Shane Cutler Steve Murvine

6/21/2015
Point Loma Kelp
75 feet

Diver Shane Cutler peers through a hole

Canon G-15
Ikelite housing
Dual DS-161 strobes

Diver Alan Mellor Justin Judd

6/21/2015
Scripps Canyon
110 feet

Diver Alan Mellor off the wall at Scripps Canyon

Olympus OM-D EM1
Nauticam housing with 4-inch dome
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
8mm fisheye lens