A Cold Dip in Vancouver Island
Photoed by Takako Uno
Good fortune finally materialized on our last dive. A 2.5m tall boulder loomed in the middle of scattered shells with a deep fissure near the top. With the sun behind the rock, I couldn't make anything inside the fissure, so I turned on my torch. Viola! I saw this rouge-colored Octopus inside. Unexpectedly, one of its arms rolled out from the deep crevice and stroked my dive light. The thickness of the sucker laden arm was nearly the size of my wrist!
| Rock Scallops (swim a lot) |
Sea Spider |
Painted Anemones |
Sea Lemon Anisodoris Nudibranch |
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 Spiny Dogfish (jaw trouble) |
Wolf Eel eating sea urchin |
Harbor Seal |
Quillback Rockfish |
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 Commensal Shrimp on Orange Sea Pen |
Northern Kelp Crab on kelp |
Decorated Warbonnet inside Chimney Sponge |
Three-lined Aeolid Nudibranch |
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 Cabezon |
Wolf Eel in den |
Buffalo Sculpin |
Chimaera Ratfish |
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