A Titlow Stroll...

It's Tuesday night - and everyone knows what that means, yeah?

"A2Z social dive!"

Yes kids, it's that time again. Time to close your eyes and spin the globe and where it stops.... that's probably close enough. There were a bunch of us looking to splash, the tides were right, and Titlow seemed to be as good a place as any. Extremely calm conditions made it mighty crowded out there today.

By virtue of parking nearest me (and honestly because our "planned" dive buddies decided to take their time swimming out to us and therefore we decided to just pair them up instead), Karen LaBonte became my dive buddy. Last we had dove together our mission was to make sure all the hard-boiled eggs were out of the Sound. Yep, it was the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt out at the Les Davis Marine Park earlier in the year.

It was good to team up with her again. Our plan was simple... "the pilings". Just a leisurely stroll around the old ferry dock pilings, taking in the sights before the face-lift. What face-lift you ask? A staple here at the Titlow dive site, the Plumose Anemone covered pilings are scheduled for extraction in the coming months. I'm not sure when exactly, but rumor has it soon enough. The creosote saturated pilings have stirred up controversy for some time, and an Eco-friendlier solution, by way of concrete artificial reef structures, will soon be the new draw here. I'm all for the change, but I quite enjoy the pilings and all of the life they've drawn and supported here since I've been diving the site. So, as homage to them... we dive today.

We kicked around for nearly an hour before calling it a dive. Got some cool video and pics of everyone zipping by on their own tours... but my favorite shot of the day was the tiny Opalescent Nudibranch we perched on Karen's gloved finger. These are one of my favs.

Dive Buddy: Karen L.
Dive Buddy Group: Dane C., Dan E., the Jeff's, Alison, Heath, (31fsw for 51mins)