These photos are from Jan. 9, 2011. Every time I've been here before, I've entered the water in the protected bay around the Western corner of the park. Today was very calm so I climbed down the rocks right at the point. Visibility was a better-than-expected 15-20'. A seal was hanging around for most of the dive, although it wouldn't come close enough for a decent photo. I saw it lying on the bottom a few times, staring at a boulder. After it swam away, I saw an octopus den under the boulder. Since this is such a shallow dive (my maximum depth was 25 feet) I stayed down for an hour and 10 minutes, before I had to surface with 1000 psi because I was shivering and my hands were painfully numb.
