Pico and I went to Venice beach on a trip with Diver’s Supply yesterday. Even though the water was a chilly 65 degrees, it was a fun dive. It was way more relaxed than the ones from the boat and I didn’t really have a buddy to keep up with per se. Pico couldn’t sink the first time out so I just dug around for a while by myself. The second time I lost him within a couple minutes of diving.
Though we were there for shark teeth, I apparently don’t have the eye for it. I wish I had taken my camera with me because I saw some neat wildlife. I saw a really crazy white blob thing straight away the first dive. It was spherical but with split ridges that ran around it with what looked like some tentacles in the middle. That was my favorite. My second favorite thing was a translucent anemone with light purple spots on the tentacles and little white tentacles with red tips in the very center. The others found an artificial reef where they had some luck. When we went out the second time Pico had some more weight on him but I still lost him within the first couple minutes. Visibility was about four feet. I just popped up occasionally and swam over towards the dive flag. I spent a lot of time looking at interesting sea life. I saw a couple of sea urchins, lots of hermit crabs, a few fishes, tons of mollusks, corals, and some kind of tube worm with tentacles that look like stringy snot. They withdrew the tentacles when disturbed. I am really glad stuff like that doesn't get as big as we do.
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