Blue Whale breach feeding off Redondo Beach submarine canyon

Orange snot, NOT/ Orange puffball sponge, up close and personal.

Back off/ This was my first encounter with a Mantis Shrimp, I was a little hesitant to get too close.

I was trying to get the gorgonian properly exposed with the diver overhead while this Garibaldi was constantly pecking at my dome port, finally he came to the center and I got this shot.

After playing hide and go seek under the kelp for 1/2 an hour he finally got comfortable enough with me to make contact by first tugging on my fins, then I rolled over and sat on the oceans bottom trying to get a good picture of this inquisitive seal