Old Garden Beach - Rockport, MA

Met up with two buddies for a late morning dive. We were about to head out when we noticed that my buddy's flag had detached from her reel, so I took off my fins and grabbed mine from the car. After that we were under way. We headed out to the rock reef and saw a decent number and variety of nudis, all pretty small. The most interesting find was a few tiny tiny Dendrontus frondosus amongst the knotted thread hydroids on the kelp. We continued out to the giant rock and explored there a bit before heading back. I was thoroughly frozen at the end of this dive, but the visibility was the best I've ever seen in New England. It had to be 30+!

Dendronotus frondosus
Dendronotus frondosus
Sea vase
Sea vase
Zebra lebbid shrimp
Zebra lebbid shrimp
I like the out of focus hydroid and the in-focus nudi
I like the out of focus hydroid and the in-focus nudi
Dendronotus frondosus climbing threaded hydroid
Dendronotus frondosus climbing threaded hydroid
Nudibranch in free fall
Nudibranch in free fall
Northern cerianthid on the bottom
Northern cerianthid on the bottom
Dendronotus frondosus climbing through the algae
Dendronotus frondosus climbing through the algae
Not a particularly interesting shot, but I like the sense of scale it gives for some of the other shots
Not a particularly interesting shot, but I like the sense of scale it gives for some of the other shots

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