Monterey's Underwater World
These are some diving pictures taken in the Monterey Bay area by myself,
Dan Clanon and my friend, Tennyson
Lee.
We use a Sea and Sea 2EX with a macro lens or a 20mm wide angle lens. Some
of these shots were taken with my old Ikelite Aquashot with Fuji disposables
and a macro or water correcting lens.
Click on the small pictures to see larger versions. (files are about 60
KB)
Strawberry
Anemones off Cannery Row.
This is me giving the OK signal from a boat off Cannery Row
octopus near Lover's Point.
Paul with the mushroom anchor
my brother, Paul fifty feet under
Carmel Bay
Tennyson,
drifting next to a pinnacle
me again, off of Monastery Beach in Carmel
Large Mitridium Anemone off Cannery Row
A rock wall covered with Strawberry anemones, among other things
Here's
Johnny crawling through some foamy kelp at Butterfly House in Carmel.
A curious Harbor Seal at Lover's Pt.
A Rock Scallop smiling at a Giant Spined Star just off the West side of
San Carlos Beach.
The cathedral at North Monastery in Carmel
A
spotted prawn at Pt. Lobos
Orange
Sea Cucumber in the Metridium Field off Cannery Row
Some Lightbulb Tunicates off McAbee beach.
Sea Lions enjoying a very comfortable boat ramp
Here's
proof we saw a bird at 30 feet
Tennyson
with a school of Blue Rock fish near Blue Fish Cove at Pt. Lobos.
A
Ringed Topsnail off Yankee Pt. South of Pt Lobos.
Hilton's aeolid off Yankee Pt.
Red
Volcano Sponge with a yellow dorid feeding on it, and Rose anemones surrounding
it.
Dendronotus
albus Nudibranch at Lover's Point.
Triopha
catalinae or Clown Nudibranch at the Metridium Fields.
Diaulula
sandiegensis or the San Diego dorid at Lover's Point
A good sized octopus found at Lover's Pt.
Dendronotus
iris having part of a tube anemone for dinner.
Sea scape at Butterfly House
Monkey faced eel seen near Lover's cove
Red Gorgonian at Monastery Beach.
Cabezon off McAbee Beach (Cannery Row).
Large nudibranch at The Breakwater.
The same nudibranch from a more comfortable distance...
Diablo Pinnacles Nov 1996
Purple jelly. McAbee beach, summer of '97
TheeKelp forest off Lover's Point, Pacific Grove.
A Spotted Kelpfish posing near McAbee Beach.
Tony and Me near Eric's Pinnacle
Metridium
at Eric's Pinnacle.
Nudibranch's
gills
Metridium
anemones
White-lined
dirona, Dirona albolineata
Unknown
Aeolid
Anisodoris
nobilis with bat star
Metridium
Field
Metridium
Field with no flash
Kelp
in the Metridium Field
Paul
in the forest
Flabellina
iodinea, Spanish Shawl nudibranch
Pycnopodia
helianthoides, Sunflower Star
Metridium
Field
Cabezon
and Tennyson
Hopkinsia
rosacea, Hopkin's Rose
Please e-mail me with any questions or comments. divrdan2@yahoo.com