Filed under: Dives | Tags: scuba diving, scuba san diego, sea bass, sharks
What a day to go diving!
We had a client come to town that wanted to see sharks and Giant Black Sea Bass and “Boy! Did we ever!” Upon immediately descending we had an enounter with a 150# GBSB (about 3.5 ft long). Not long afterwards we started to see the Soupfin sharks, about 6 in all, usually passing us in groups of 3-4. As we started to move towards the East side of the Kelp Bed, we had a Seven-gill shark swim up from behind and pass underneath us. I was going to look under and behind me, as the client was just off my right leg and as I started looking down, I saw the dorsal fin. The nose was about 2 ft ahead of me and the tail was about 2-3 ft behind me. Since Im 6 ft, Im assuming he was at least 9-10 ft long with that beautiful sweeping tail that seven-gills have. Its not often we get to see these guys in the Ecological Reserve and even more unusual was the fact that about 20 minutes later, we saw another one that passed about 8 ft in front of us, but was only about 6 ft long.
All in all, we saw 5 GBSB, 6 Soupfin Sharks, & 2 Seven-gill Sharks.
Photos will be posted on the website soon!
SeaStarAdventures.com/gallery
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