It's been six years since Monterey Bay last had a documented sunflower starfish sighting, but recently, rumors have spread of a few Pycnopodia helianthoides bb's recruiting to Oregonian reefs and even here in my California backyard. So last week we went for a midnight dive at the Breakwater to see about finding us a Seasquatch....

Spoiler: None were found, but we did have a bioluminescent plankton bloom, sailfin sculpins, bocaccio rockfish, heart crabs, umbrella crabs, a teeeeeeeny tiny octopus, and a thornback ray! Always a good time divingThanks to everyone who showed up! More Pycno patrols to come!! Thanks for watching.
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00:00 Introdocean
01:28 Pycno Patrol Background
04:36 Dive Start
13:19 Dive End