Ron in Depth

90 feet down.

This little sculpin is built to disappear.

Those leaf-like “eyebrows” are called cirri. They help it blend in and feel what’s happening around it.

Big eyes help it pick up movement in the darker water.

Sit still and wait... dinner it coming

Only two of us slipped in between stronger current swings and caught a slack that was absolutely worth it… likely the last good window for a few weeks looking at the charts.

Karen (fish nerd extraordinaire) came through with the find: a juvenile Diamondback Nudibranch.

Neither of us could remember seeing them here before (at least not in recent memory). Ogden, sure… but not this spot.

Either way, always a welcome sight.
So ornate… and even better when they show up where you don’t expect them.