Moonlight Beach Night Dive - 02/10/2023

Park on the hill by the marine safety center and head down the stairs. Head towards the volleyball courts towards the cliffs. There will be a few houses on the bluff head down about 8-10 houses until you find two peaks of waves and a clear spot. Enter near the clear spot. Best to go at high tide. On this dive it was very turbulent with some juvenile fishes. Can be slippery, bigger waves, stronger currents, rocky but fun! If you enjoy adventures and exploring this is the dive to do!

Underwater Discoveries

 Brittle Star 

Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata)

Unknown

Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Spanish Shawl Nudibranch (Flabellinopsis iodinea)

Unsure but I think its a Mosshead Warbonnet (Chirolophis nugator)

Hermit Crab

Speckled Sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus)

California Spiny Lobster 🦞 (Panulirus interruptus)

Kelp Isopod (Idotea wosnesenskii)

Unknown Shell

Giant Kelp Holdfast (Look to page kelp information for more information)

Female California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) night time version 