Athecate hydroid (Corymorpha nutans) at Catalina Island.
Female sheephead and Southern Sea Palm at San Clemente Island, California.
Giant Sea Bass poses in the kelp forest.  Goat Harbor - Catalina Island, California.
A tiny proliferating anemone (~1cm) clings to a bladder of giant kelp, high above the sea floor. Point Loma, California.
A small fried-egg jelly is highlighted by the bright sun and clear water at Santa Barbara Island, California.
California market squid, in search of a mate.
A diver searches for Torpedo Rays in the huge forest of Elkhorn Kelp at Kroll's.
60fsw marks the beginning of the elkhorn kelp forest at Kroll's.  A huge forest sways behind me.
Amber forest.
Athecate hydroid (Corymorpha nutans) at Catalina Island.
Athecate hydroid (Corymorpha nutans) at Catalina Island.
Athecate hydroid (Corymorpha nutans) at Catalina Island.
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