rrr@ptsfb.UUCP (Rod Rucker) (12/18/85)
I was recently diving at Point Lobos in California at a dive spot called Coal Shute. It is a wonderful place to dive with a multitude of sea life. Coal Shute is interesting diving because of the many caves in the area. In one of the caves that my dive partner and I entered, there was a large animal. Its head was as big as my chest, and the body extended back into the dark. We approached within 7 or 8 feet and put a light on it. It had many smiling teeth, and light from its eyes shown back reflected from the dive light. I was lucky enough to have my nikonos with me and took a couple of pictures. I thought it was a variety of grouper that had strayed into the area because of its size, but it had the head of a California Moray. Does anyone know how big these things get? Its body was hidden behind rocks and difficult to see in the dark, but the head of this monster was awesome. Rod Rucker