Saturday, July 12, 2014

Dawson Street – Eastport, Maine

Met up with Connie Bishop and John Prendergast for a high tide dive this afternoon.  A short time later, John and Val showed up as well.  Been a few years since I’ve dived here. 

These walls are just packed with life.  My favorite parts are the vertical crevices.  Lots of nudibranchs, starfish, and sculpin, and countless other colorful invertebrates.  

The hard part for me, as always, is swimming over the rock fields.  My tendency is to pass over them quickly but, like most places that aren’t obviously interesting, I have to keep telling myself that I don’t necessarily know what's there.  It's not so much a lesson that I keep forgetting, but one that just never really sinks in.  And sure enough, found a beautiful brittle star out and about on the rocks



.  You really do have to slow down and keep your eyes open.  Excellent dive.

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