rockypointpark2

I've only been here once before (several years ago) and the visibility wasn't great that time. I've wanted to come back for awhile and have a better look at the topography when the water was clearer. I was wondering if there were any deeper rocky areas stretching out from the base of the boulder/rubble slope. I finally came back on Aug. 25, 2015. It was a calm, sunny day and visibility was 20' in the shallows and over 40' below 30' deep. The cliffs on the surface dropped down underwater to about 10' deep and then there was a slope of small boulders going down to 45-50' deep.

The shallows had a nice variety of colourful seaweed. Since this is a popular fishing area, areas of the bottom are tangled with fishing line and lures.

Below the shallows, the bottom was a rocky, rubble slope that ended in a flat plain of sand 45-50' deep. There were a few groups of smaller rockfish (quillback, copper and yellowtail). There were also some Irish lords, kelp greenlings, white-spotted greenlings, small lingcod, schools of perch and lots of black-eye gobies. I saw an adult male wolfeel in its den and nearby, there was another, smaller wolfeel in another den.

Since my goal today was to see if there were any deeper rocky areas farther out from shore, I spent part of the dive swimming around over the sandy plain that stretches out from the base of the rocky slope. I swam out for quite a distance, but I didn't see any sign of any more rocky areas. It was just sand. I saw a single plumose anemone out there. I also saw a geoduck clam out in the open just sitting on top of the sand.

After this second look at this site, I don't think I'll bother coming back anytime soon. The steep trail to the water and the difficulty in getting into the water on all but the calmest days aren't worth it in my opinion. It might be an interesting spot for locals to visit occasionally since they don't have to factor in the drive up from Victoria as well.