 Boarding the Night Before
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 divers preparing their gear |  Thai Quach |  A Ocean Safari diver |  Crystal & Conan |
 divers watching the breifing |  Gabriel Lu gives the trip briefing |  Thai Quach & woman dver watching the breifing |  Gabriel Lu gives the trip briefing |
 Top side at San Nic
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 Sunrise at Nic |  the sand spit |  a happy hunter with a nice Ocean Whitfish |  a happy hunter |
 diver |  divers & a healthy kelp bed |  a happy diver |  Thai Quach |
 healthy kelp bed |  healthy kelp bed |  Crystal |  Conan Teng |
 San Nicolas Island : Dive 1
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 Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata) |  Orange Puffball Sponge (Tethya aurantia) & a White-spotted Rose Anemone (Urtinca lofotensis) |  Black-and-Yellow Rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) |  Black-and-Yellow Rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) |
|  Eric Faust | | |
 San Nicolas Island : Dive 2
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 Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |  Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) |  Porter's Chromodorid (Mexichromis porterae) |  Porter's Chromodorid (Mexichromis porterae) |
 Painted Urticna (Urticna crassicornis) |  Hermissenda crassicornis |  Painted Greenling (Hexagrammos superciliosus) |  Rock Scallop (Crassedoma giganteum) |
 Leucetta losangelenis |  Hermissenda crassicornis |  White Spotted Porostome (Doriopsilla albopunctata) |  Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) |
 San Nicolas Island : Dive 3 : The Wall
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 a school of pinheads Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Blacksmith (Chromis punctipimmis) |  "the wall" |
 Blue Rockfish (Sebastesmystinus), Olive Rockfish (Sebastes serranoides), Blacksmith (Chromis punctipimmis), and a school of pinhead Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |
 Spanish Shawls (Flabellina iodinea) on the wall |  on "the wall" |  3 mating White Spotted Porostomes (Doriopsilla albopunctata) |  3 mating White Spotted Porostomes (Doriopsilla albopunctata) |
 Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |
 Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |  Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) |
 San Nicolas Island : Dive 4 : The Markers
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 Red Volcano Sponge (Acarnus erithacus) |  Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) |  Black-and-Yellow Rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) |  three White-spotted Rose Anemones (Urtinca lofotensis), a Spanish Shawl (Flabelina iodinea),& some Orange Cup Corals (Balanophyllia elegans) |
 Stalked Tunicate (Styela montereyensis) & Fluted Bryozoan (Hippodiplosia insculpta) |  juvenile Cabazon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) |  juvenile Cabazon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) |  Black-and-Yellow Rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) |
 Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) |  a view of the kelp mat from below |  Stalked Tunicate (Styela montereyensis) & Fluted Bryozoan (Hippodiplosia insculpta) |  Giant Spined Stars (Pisaster giganteus) |
 Painted Greenling (Hexagrammos superciliosus) & White-spotted Rose Anemones (Urtinca lofotensis) |  ?? worm |  Fluted Bryozoan (Hippodiplosia insculpta) & White-spotted Rose Anemones (Urtinca lofotensis) |  Wart-Neck Piddock (Chaceia ovoidea) |
 diver with a canera |  diver with a camera |  Giant Spined Star (Pisaster giganteus) |  California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) |
 Top side at SBI
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 DM Luis Torres |  diving is a glamour sport! |  Dr. Evil |  divers |
 Santa Barbara Island : Dive 1 : East Kelp
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 Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |
 Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Pregnant female Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |
 Santa Barbara Island : Dive 2 : Hidden Reef
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 Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |
 Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |
 Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |
 Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Steve & a Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Male Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) |  Painted Urticna (Urticna crassicornis) |
 Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata) |  Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata) |  Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata) |  Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata) |
 Giant Kelp (Macrocystis integrifolia) |  Giant Kelp (Macrocystis integrifolia) |  Giant Kelp (Macrocystis integrifolia) |  Giant Kelp (Macrocystis integrifolia) |
 Santa Barbara Island : Dive 3 : Webster Point
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 Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) |  Opaleye (Girella nigricans) |  Opaleye (Girella nigricans) |  Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) |
 Pile Surfperch (Damalichthys vacca) |  Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) and Pile Surfperch (Damalichthys vacca) |  Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) |  Pile Surfperch (Damalichthys vacca) |
 Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) |  Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) |  Opaleye (Girella nigricans) |  Opaleye (Girella nigricans) |
 Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) |  Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) |  Tylodina fungina feeding on Sulpher Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) |  Tylodina fungina feeding on Sulpher Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) |
 Tylodina fungina feeding on Sulpher Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) |  happy tech divers |  sea urchins at Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island, California |  divers with bags of urchins |
 Santa Barbara Island : Dive 4 : Outside the Cavet
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 Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata) |  a 14 cm long Blackeye Goby (Coryphopterus nicholsii) |  California Golden Gorgonian (Muricea californica) | |