When I've come here before, I've always headed straight out underwater towards Mistaken Island. I've never been that impressed with this place, but this time (Dec. 28, 2008) I decided to try and swim out towards Madrona Point to try and find the area I remembered from my Beachcomber Park dive. Underwater, visibility was around 50 feet, even in the shallows. There was a drop to about 10-20 feet and then there was a gentle slope of pebbles and a few small reefs. Eventually, about 40 feet deep, the bottom was covered with flat slabs of rock a few feet square. There were a few copper rockfish and evidence of octopus dens, but not a whole lot of life otherwise. I followed it out for what seemed like forever and finally turned around and swam back when I reached 60 feet deep. I didn't see anything like what I saw on my Beachcomber Park dive. Back near the point I hung around in the shallows with the urchins and schools of perch. This is the other side of the reef I usually dive here and now I wonder if this is the place I was looking for. I followed it out to about 30 feet deep, but I didn't have the air to keep going. Next time I'll have to try this area again.
