Northwest Dive Club

Deception Pass is the only place on Whidbey where I find Glove sponges.

Crabs from the Pass ...

From one colorful place to another - Skyline Wall:

After laying eggs, this Monterey dorid blindly walks into reach of another blind creature and gets eaten :(

Shallows at Keystone and Skyline are getting blanketed with seaweed.
Here are some of them:

Langley harbor survey : Ochre stars are dying and Pink stars are thriving.
And most of the baby stars are AWOL :(

Adding another new critter to my list. It drifted by in the current at Deception Pass ...

I visited Skyline Wall as the tide and current cycle again provide friendlier environment.
Couple of young Wolfies in their sea cucumber garden.

i think you have the Skyline fever Jan .... the sea cucumber gardens there are spectacular !!! colors of reds and purples and oranges

Yes Chris, Skyline has lots to offer, from the tiny to larger critters:

I love your Candy Stripe Pictures Jan!!! Great job as always!

Jungle Book, Pacific NW edition, Keystone chapter

Awesome Jan, you definitely need to add to this series.

Scubie Doo wrote:Awesome Jan, you definitely need to add to this series.

Swimming through the cloud of tiny creatures in Keystone Jetty shallows.

The Orange Feather Duster Worms is seldom orange, at least at Keystone the prevailing color is red.
At least from my experience. Maybe the orange ones hide from me when they sense my approach ...

Rear end of the Giant cucumber. I know, you worry, what next?

Couple of slugs from Skyline Wall, White dendronotus, not so white and different colored of Heath's dorids.

Saturday was not all that cheerful above the water, but once we got under, the colors are still there. Just bring some lights,
for the heavy overcast above and plenty of silt in the water makes it look dark. Diving with my daughter is always fun,
for once I can include a diver in the scene ...

Hi Jan,
Lovely detailed images as always - congratulations!
Pardon my ignorance but, in the upper photo of the red rock crab panel, what is the crab walking across?
Curiously yours,
Alex

Hi Alex,
Thanks, glad you enjoy the panels, the crabs are nestled over cluster of Ostrich-plume hydroids ( Aglaophenia spp.). I think

Few more from the Deception Pass under the sea gardens. Except the one of flatfish lure, which was hanging off the clay wall at Possession Point Fingers, the other end of Whidbey Island.
BTW, watch out for the fishing lines connected to the lost lures and not necessary connected to the fishing rod above ...

Memorial Day weekend - couple dives at Skyline. The usual suspects

Another Memorial Day weekend dive with Maya.
Keystone Jetty under drizzly Sunday morning skies. Checking out the old anchor and squid eggs.

Fun shots as usual!
You've probably mentioned this before, but where is this anchor?


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