Back Beach Night Dive

First night dive of the year.  I've been waiting about 9 months for this.  And what a beautiful night, with a sky full of stars and air temps just right.

Went in about 10:30 hoping to find squid.  And squid I found.  Not a lot -- certainly not as many as we'll be seeing later in the summer -- but I did come across five or six.  All were medium-sized and curious enough to come in close and stick around.  Of course, there were also a lot of lobster about, as well as sleeping cunner and a couple of big ravens.

As always on night dives, at the end I came up so that I was looking straight up at the sky and could see the stars while still underwater.  I love that.  And when I came out, I turned around on the beach and took a shot back toward Rockport across the water.

The funny thing is, for years when I've dived here at night, I've noticed faint beams of light that seem to cut their way horizontally through the water.  I've always wondered what they were, and at times thought they were just my imagination.  But looking at the photo (below), it suddenly became obvious: they're the lights of Rockport reflecting across -- and through -- the water.

Great dive. Can't wait to do it again.