A Trip to California's Channel Islands - 8/98

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The channel islands provide wonderful diving with warm water (compared to Monterey) huge schools of fish, kelp, lobster, and excellent visibility. My friend Jason lent me his Ikelite Aquashot-3 with which I shot the following pictures.

Here are some photos of fish in the kelp:

Here are some pictures of Galibaldi (with a juvenile well hidden in the middle shot), a fish we don't get much of in Northern California:

A lobster is hiding in the upper right, and the flash wasn't working...

Me, and a sheepshead (you can figure out which is which):

More pictures, taken by another diver. Only for those with a high-speed link.