I know that a few dives ago, I said that the current was the strongest I've ever seen here, but today (Jun. 25, 2010), it was even stronger. There was no way I could swim against it. It swept me along backwards and sideways. I couldn't slow down enough for any photos. I entered near the light at the end of the breakwater, and according to my computer, it took about 3 minutes to drift to the second bend (and half the time I was going backwards, kicking against the current). That's a bit over a 2-knot current. Of course, the current stopped dead at the second bend so I was able to take some semi-close-up photos. Visibility was 15-20 feet.
Conditions were great today (Jun. 28, 2010). Visibility was average (20-25 feet), but there were no waves or current and the fish were out on parade. I usually see a few juvenile yelloweye rockfish, but on this dive they were everywhere. Some of them are getting pretty big too. -Not a foot long or anything, but in a few years we might have some adults at the breakwater. Near the second corner, Andrew (one of the divers in the photos) saw a large dead lingcod with fishing line trailing out of its' mouth.
These are from Sept. 10, 2010. Visibility was about 30 feet. The current at the end of the breakwater was too strong to swim against again, so I let it shoot me back towards the second bend. I couldn't hang around long enough at the end to find the schools of widow rockfish, but I saw a few individuals around the rocks. I also saw a few juvenile silver-grey rockfish at the base of the slope around flags #3-4.
