2. Diving

The Very Best of Neah Bay 2009

REEF annual survey trip to the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
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Colorful Longfin Sculpin hangs upside down among the pink coralline algae and red urchin covered rocks.
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Colorful Longfin Sculpin hangs upside down among the pink coralline algae and red urchin covered rocks.

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  • A Red Irish Lord looks over an Orange Peel Nudibranch
  • A Brown Sea Nettle undulates gracefully near the surface
  • Tiger Rockfish peers out of its safe hiding hole
  • Blue Rockfish! These had been absent the last few years of our survey, so it was nice to see them again.
  • Fish Eating anemone with colorful tentacles
  • A male Scalyhead Sculpin sits disguised inside an empty Giant Barnacle shell, with a snail on top.
  • A decorative finger sponge along one of the walls.
  • Canary Rockfish - colorful and a treat to see.
  • Black Rockfish, the most common rockfish in the sanctuary, lazily swim amongst the kelp.
  • Stubby Rose anemone. Beautiful pinks!
  • Colorful Longfin Sculpin hangs upside down among the pink coralline algae and red urchin covered rocks.
  • Accordian Boy - the gnome that came along on the trip - seen here underwater.
  • Clusters of Pink Hydrocoral add a colorful splash to the surroundings
  • What a rare treat!! Several fairly rare-to-see rockfish all in one shot! China Rockfish (in background), Canary Rockfish (orange one on top) and Quillback Rockfish all together.
  • A delicate and small White Lined Dirona (Nudibranch or Sea Slug) nestles in between the arms of a Vermillion Sea Star.
  • Pink Hydrocoral clusters along a wall.
  • Not sure WHAT this is - very flat, on a rock inside one of the sea caves. I think it might be a brooding anemone. Thanks to Nick Brown (REEF AAT) he's figured out it's a Ritter's Anemone (Epiactis ritteri), a particular type of Brooding anemone that is extremely flat and can come in some unusual color combinations.
  • Claude, winding up the line attached to our surface marker. We are about 20 feet under at this point. Most of the stuff we see is about 50-60 feet below the surface.
  • A Stalked Medusa - a type of attached jelly.
  • Fish Eating Anemones with various colored tentacles.
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