gecko1

Good conditions continue in Central California. I was diving Butterfly House in Carmel with my buddy Mike and his friend Charles who is relatively new to this whole diving thing. Turned out to be a great day to show off our excellent local diving. Now all Charles needs is a drysuit and he'll be all set.

 

Full Gallery Here: http://www.baue.org/...terfly_5-11-13/

 

Clinton

 

The Butterfly House - it could be yours for a measly $20 million!

 

Shallow Kelp

 

Juvenile Rockfish in the Kelp

 

Mike with his Hero Cam and Homebrew Diffuser for his light.

 

Blue Rockfish

 

Ripples on the Sand

It's amazing how fast conditions can change in Central California. A week ago the vis was barely 3-5 feet. It looked more like Hawaii Saturday. Really amazing blue water.

 

Full gallery with photos by me and and my buddy Mike here: http://www.baue.org/...bosDay_4-27-13/

 

Mike Jimenez at Local's Ledge

 

Local's Ledge

 

The Escapade above Local's Ledge. Not too often you can make out the DM on the bow of the boat from underwater around here!

 

Blue Rockfish with my buddy Mike in there somewhere.

 

Mike at the Great Pinnacle in Bluefish Cove.

 

Clinton

Just came back from a super fun trip on the Sundiver to Catalina Island in So Cal. 

 

Full gallery here: http://www.baue.org/...b_2013/Clinton/

 

Clinton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So my buddies Rob and Allison and I were swimming back along the sand channel at Point Lobos near the end of a very nice dive in Whaler's Cove. We came across a school of tube-snouts which for some random reason I decided to try and photograph. I know they're too small and too scattered for the 10-17 but there weren't any other subjects so I gave it a go. Which meant that about 20 seconds later when this magnificent beast swam by that I had the camera ready to go with an appropriate exposure, etc. I was slightly ahead of the other 2 and for a brief moment I thought about signaling them so they didn't miss it but thought better of it and started shooting. I was very relieved when I turned around after the whale was gone to see that they had indeed seen the whale! Amazing way to finish a dive even if it was only a 15 second encounter.



The rest of our pictures from the day (both reef and more whale) can be found here:

http://www.baue.org/...sWhale_1-26-13/

Clinton

Hi All,

Just got back from a great trip to the Solomon Islands on the Bilikiki.

The full gallery is here: http://www.baue.org/...monIslands2012/

Highlights below.

Clinton