La Jolla, CA
Great Dive Companies in the Area
Scuba San Diego Inc. (Rod Watkins):
Email - scubasd@aol.com; Phone Number: (619) 341-1900; Website: https://scubasandiego.com
Dive in SCUBA (Julian):
Email - julian.halton@gmail.com; Phone Number: (857) 320-1578; Website: https://diveinscuba.com
Zach's SCUBA Shack (Ken or Brian Zach):
Email - zachsscubashack@yahoo.com; Phone Number: (602) 628-9320; Website: https://www.zachsscubashack.com
Dive California (Michael Timm):
Email - info@divecalifornia.com; Phone Number: (619) 878-3483; Website: https://divecalifornia.com/
Underwater Discoveries
Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) 🐠 - La Jolla Cove (06/15/2022)
Two-Spotted Octopus 🐙 (Octopus bimaculoides) - La Jolla Shores
Bay Pipefish (Syngnathus leptorhynchus) - La Jolla Shores
Sand Sea Star (Astropecten irregularis) - La Jolla Shores
Unknown Sculpin - La Jolla Shores
Sculpin - La Jolla Shores
Sculpin - La Jolla Shores
Scuplin - La Jolla Shores
Brown Shrimp or Yellow-Legged Shrimp 🦐 (Penaeus californiensis) - La Jolla Shores
Hermit Crab - La Jolla Shores
Unknown - La Jolla Shores
Sanddab - La Jolla Shores
Decorator Crab (Oregonia gracilis) - La Jolla Shores
Tunicate - La Jolla Shores
Sanddab - La Jolla Shores
California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica) - La Jolla Shores
Bay Goby 🐠 (Lepidogobius lepidus)- La Jolla Shores
Unknown Sculpin - La Jolla Shores
White and orange tipped Nudibranch (Antiopella fusca) - La Jolla Shores
California Spot Prawn 🦐 (Pandalus platyceros) - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
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California Dungeness Crab 🦀 (Metacarcinus magister) - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Flatfish 🐟 - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Juvenile Sea Urchin - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Basketweave Cusk-Eel 🐟 (Ophidion scrippsae) - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Unknown Fish 🐟 - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
California Two-Spot or Red Octopus 🐙 (Octopus sp.) - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Horn Shark 🦈 (Heterodontus francisci) - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
California Market Squid 🦑 (Doryteuthis (Loligo) opalescens) - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
California Scorpionfish 🐟 (Scorpaena guttata) - La Jolla Shores (02/23/2022)
Unknown Sponge, tunicate, etc.? - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Sculpin? 🐟 - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Cusk-Eel 🐟 - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Juvenile Gopher Rockfish or YOY (Unidentified Rockfish) 🐟 - La Jolla Shores (02/3/2022)
Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)- Point Loma Ian's Lunch (01/23/2022)
Treefish (Sebastes serriceps) - Point Loma Ian's Lunch (01/23/2022)
Unknown Rockfish - Point Loma Dark Forest (01/23/2021)
Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) - Point Loma Dark Forest (01/23/2022)
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Spanish Shawl Nudibranch (Flabellinosis iodinea) - Point Loma Dark Forest (01/23/2022)
Kelp (01/23/2022)
Black-Eye Goby - Point Loma Dark Forest (01/23/2022)
Sponges, Anemone and Cup Coral - Point Loma Dark Forest (01/23/2022)
Sea Star - Point Loma Dark Forest (01/23/2022)
Black-Eye Goby - La Jolla Shores, CA (11/7/2021)
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Blue-Banded Goby - La Jolla Shores, CA (11/7/2021)
Rockfish - La Jolla Shores, CA (11/7/2021)
Head of some sort of fish - La Jolla Shores, CA (11/7/2021)
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Kelpfish - La Jolla Cove, CA (11/6/2021)
Two-Spotted Octopus 🐙 - La Jolla Shores, CA (11/7/2021)
Kelp Bass - La Jolla Cove, CA (11/6/2021)
Bay Goby - La Jolla Shores, CA (11/7/2021)
Kelp Limpets (Discurria insessa) - La Jolla Cove, CA (11/7/2021)
School of Calico/Kelp Bass in Feather Boa Kelp - La Jolla Cove, CA (09/7/2021)
California Sea Lion Taking a Visit - La Jolla Cove, CA (09/3/2021)
Horn Shark Visit - La Jolla Shores, CA (08/22/2021)
Squid 🦑 Invasion and Mating - La Jolla Shores, CA (08/22/2021)
These squid are called California Market Squid. They have a short lifespan of 6-9 months after mating they die. Spawning year round and congregate in large schools to spawn in spawning grounds on sandy areas. Found in la Jolla Shores Canyon (50 feet @ 19:58)
More information can be found here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/california-market-squid
Calico/Kelp Bass - La Jolla Cove, CA (6/18/2021)
Shovelnose Guitarfish - La Jolla Cove, CA (05/18/2021)
Classical Shark 🦈 (Male) - La Jolla Cove, CA
