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Welcome to Total Bottom Time!

Total Bottom Time is my online personal dive log. A place where I can share my dives with friends, family, other divers, and the world. You can find out a bit more about me and see my full log of dives by clicking on my profile on the right. Feel free to subscribe to my dives via email or RSS.

Below are just some of my latest dives.

Latest Dives

Curious Octopus

November 16, 2025

At the end of my second dive of the season, I had an absolutely wild encounter with an octopus. It reached right up and grabbed ahold of my camera. Must have been curious about my camera settings! That’s me in the pics and video from other people on the dive.

I knew I had to part with it at some point and you can see me testing what it would be like to pry it off. Its strength and grip was firm enough that I was worried that I could hurt it by trying. Luckily its curiosity was satisfied and it eventually let go.

My video where the octopus covers the camera lens for a good portion of it.

I've had some amazing octopus encounters in my life but I think this one was the most intense and rewarding. The feeling of its arms and suckers curiously searching all over my camera and hands. I was able to look it in the eyes and see that it was really looking back at me.

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Instant Octopus

October 18, 2025

The first 5 minutes of the first dive of the season were epic … instant octopus. As soon as we descended, I got my camera out in case something amazing happened.

Something amazing happened. My buddy out ahead saw this octopus crawling along the ocean floor and headed right for me. Hence, the incredible close-ups. I was able to follow it for almost 5 minutes before it wandered away too quickly to follow.