Tidepool Abalone

On a recent low tide excursion, one of many great clusters of Abalone observed. How many do you count?

18 or 19 kind of like counting a bowl full of jelly beans

Nice pic. Thanks for that 

That's really encouraging. Thanks

Nice Capture
We’ve observed clusters of Black Abs in recent Low Tides locally

19 to 21....couple might be rocks haha

Good to see clusters.  I dove sonoma co. a week or two ago, saw plenty of mediums and (pre-closure) legal size.

That tide pool is special. It's got seaweed and no urchin. I wonder if you guys can see an obvious improvement in terms of the seaweed and urchin situation. It's been too long since I saw abs. Before the closure, the ones I saw hardly had any meat on them.

Great stuff!  Thanks for sharing.   

Seaweed and no urchins. Smorgasbord!
Keep that spot a secret but thanks for posting the pic.

That tide pool is special. It's got seaweed and no urchin. I wonder if you guys can see an obvious improvement in terms of the seaweed and urchin situation. It's been too long since I saw abs. Before the closure, the ones I saw hardly had any meat on them.

In addition to all the Abs, bunch more kelp and less urchins, there are noticeably more starfish.

Seaweed and no urchins. Smorgasbord!
Keep that spot a secret but thanks for posting the pic.

Agreed.
Yep, no problem with that.

Only place there’s  any algae for them to eat is intertidal.  You probably saw the kelp stalks with the tops eaten off by the Abs out a little deeper.   Amazed me when I seen a similar scene.

Only place there’s  any algae for them to eat is intertidal.  You probably saw the kelp stalks with the tops eaten off by the Abs out a little deeper.   Amazed me when I seen a similar scene.

This area had that condition previously. There are some tops on the stalks now in the intertidal zone and patches of nereocystis just outside. The algae change and increase in sea stars seem to have coincided. It is encouraging!

Baby Black found at low tide, Tuesday

Neat... you can see little tentacles