5/29/2016
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
62 feet

The nudibranch Thordisa rubescens

This is only the fifth documented sighting of this species.

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS-161 strobes
Nikon 105mm lens
f/14, 1/200, ISO 200

5/29/2016
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef

Crevice Spider Crab
Herbstia parvifrons

Nikon D3x
60mm lens
f/18, 1/250

5/29/2016
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef

Juvenile Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Nikon D800
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes

5/25/2016
La Jolla Shores
57 feet

California Scorpionfish
Scorpaena guttata

Olympus EPM1
Single Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobe
60mm lens

5/26/2016
La Jolla Shores
Secret Garden
105 feet

Panamic Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus debilis

Canon Powershot G16
f/4, 1/250, ISO 200

5/29/2016
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
95 feet

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Nikon S1
Single strobe

5/25/2016
Palos Verdes
Golf Ball Reef
60 feet

Unidentified Anemone
Cerianthus sp.

Olympus OMD EM5
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
12-50mm lens
f/20, 1/200, ISO 400

5/29/2016
La Jolla Shores

Small clam siphons by the millions
Unidentified

Nikon D200
Single Sea & Sea YS-110 strobe
60mm lens

5/28/2016
La Jolla Cove

Diver Phillip Walters looks at a large Pipefish
Syngnathus sp.

Olympus E-PM1
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes and a
Single Intova ISS4000 strobe

5/28/2016
San Clemente Island
20 feet

Giant Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Canon 7D Mark II
Dual Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobes
Canon 8-15mm lens at 15 mm

5/27/2016
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Pacific Seahorse
Hippocampus ingens

Sea & Sea 2G
Single Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe

5/29/2016
La Jolla Shores
North Wall
70 feet

Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus E-PL3
Dual Sea & Sea YS-02 strobes

5/29/2016
Point Loma
Kinane Pass
15 feet

Tuna Crabs
Pleuroncodes planipes

Canon 7D
Dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
60mm lens
f/9, 1/125, ISO 200

5/23/2016
La Jolla Cove

Diver and Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

GoPro 4
UK Aqualites

5/25/2016
La Jolla Cove
35 feet

Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Canon 70D
Tokina 10-17mm lens

5/24/2016
La Jolla Cove

Sevengill Shark
Notorynchus cepedianus

Nikon D4s
Aquatica housing
Dual Sea & Sea strobes

5/27/2016
Offshore La Jolla

Shortfin Mako (4 ft)
Isurus oxyrinchus

Canon 5D Mark I
Ambient light