I wanted to try and follow the boulder-pile, sewer-pipe reef out as far as my common sense allowed to see what was there. I also wanted to try for some close-up photos of the clown shrimp that I've seen here before on some of the fish-eating anemones. There were a few hours with less than 1 knot of current (according to the Tideview current software) and it was calm and sunny on the surface. These events don't come together too often at Clover Point so I went for a dive (Feb. 23, 2009). Visibility was around 15 feet. I had a close look at every fish-eating anemone that I saw, but I didn't see any clown shrimp. If I had a wide-angle lens, they would have been all over the place. I made it as far as I usually get on the reef before turning around. There was an ominous barely-there current just waiting for me to swim out farther. -Plus I used up a fair amount of air with those fish-eating anemones.  
brooding anemones on kelp
brooding anemones on kelp
sculpin
sea pen
sea pen
sea pen
crimson anemone
crab
hermit crab and orange cucumber
fish-eating anemone
brooding anemone and urchins
mating hermit crabs
mating hermit crabs
cucumbers and sponge
nudibranchs
hermit crab
kelp crab
hermit crab on sponge
nudibranch
nudibranch
sea pen
abalone
nudibranch