Northwest Dive Club

Yeah, More neighbors more chances for "social" activities :hello2:

Keep this up and janna wil ban you from posting here. LOL She has never seen one.

Where are you diving @ 3tree. I haven't been there in awhile but it's on my to do list

I agree on the hard to get a decent photo bit! even if they aren't moving constantly the camera just doesn't want to focus on that delicate little head.

Great info Jan, Seems mother nature has no lack of cleanup crews! Recycling is the key word. Little if nothing goes to waste in the natural world.

It was taken at Fort Flagler on one of the pier pilings. A pretty rare sight. Usually you only see 3 or 4 at most and very well hidden at the base of the hydroid. They are very small critters indeed. The branches of that hydroid are only about 2" long at most.

I thought I'd post this unusual sight. Lots of e. rustyus and their eggs.

Greg Jensen wrote:Stilleto shrimp, stout shrimp, blacktail shrimp

Thanks, mucho better!

Chevayea wrote:Thanks to you both!

Another wonder in minature. Almost to small to notice and tough to get a good shot of but awesome when you do.

Greg Jensen wrote:First is Heptacarpus stylus (as already noted), second Heptacarpus brevirostris, and the last Crangon nigricauda.

Hmmmm, Thanks but how about us non academics? I don't speak latin.

Wow! Awesome good fortune and great pics. Unfortunatly in our waters the most any flash will do is about 3 to 4'
Thanks for sharing

I've never spotted this guy before




hope you can see this guy

Talk about colored eggs... I did not see any fish close, so I cannot be sure who is the artist here, but it sure looks like the Buffalo sculpin ones I saw at Langley last year... :dontknow: http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m147/Honza-01/P3304663coloredeggsS.jpg BTW - nice shots guys, hope we'll s...

Yes they are from two different females and here is a close up showing the whites of there little eyes! Also the painted's eggs in my pic are from two different females. Seems the guys like to pad there bets. If your going to spend all that time and energy protecting eggs you might as well have as m...

Chevayea wrote:Holy cow, that's cool. I've never seen one of those before. How/Where can i have a decent chance of seeing one?

A very good question indeed. This one was at Point Hudson in Port Townsend but I did two more dives the following days and did not see him again.

Daddy on guard, notice the eggs in the upper right of the picture. He looks fierce even if he has noting to back it up.

I've seen a fair number of these over the years, and am still not sure what it is. I initially thought it was a different color phase of slender cockscomb, but then the Vancouver aquarium crossed one with high cockscombs. I've seen thousands of high cockscombs intertidally over the years but never ...

when I first saw this guy I thought what a rare gunnel. then I got it on the computer and realized it's a cockscomb! Is it somthing really rare or just something I've never seen before? http://underthesound.smugmug.com/photos/274043217_mhwpf-L.jpg http://underthesound.smugmug.com/photos/274042264_bF...

I think it's just a baby anemone. I have never seen orange cup coral in this area.

dwashbur wrote:Yeah, I know... I've had it clip photos that I resized to 800 as well, but that's another subject. Anyway, what about the presence of the Triton?

Dave I think they have had very few surveys done in this area. That is probably why the question.

dwashbur wrote:Where was that?

You probably swam right over it! On a log just to the right as you swim down the edge of the jetty rocks. Just gotta have the eyes!

Dogpile! Not sure what prompted this gathering but it's not something I'm likely to catch again. Best I can count there are around a dozen of these guys in this stack

scubaoctogirl wrote:I'm speechless! That is the coolest thing EVER!

Glad you liked it! Those kind of opps don't come very often.

Great shots on the scaly head Jan! I agree with airsix I check out each new post. Lots of great info and entertaining too