2. Diving

Reef Net Rocks

SUPER dive today off our little spot on Lopez - Reef Net Rocks. Claude found all sorts of goodies, including Penpoint Gunnels, Puget Sound Rockfish, and a Giant Pacific Octopus! This guy really performed for us - uncoiling many of his tentacles and extending them towards us the whole time we hung around.
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He kept reaching his arms out to us, and then bringing them back in under the rock. Quite feisty!
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He kept reaching his arms out to us, and then bringing them back in under the rock. Quite feisty!

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  • It may not look like much, but when we divers see this - broken crab shells strewn about - we know there's probably a Giant Pacific Octopus lurking somewhere nearby.
  • And we weren't disappointed! We were able to see him through several holes in the rocks he was hiding under.
  • Here's his eye.
  • He kept reaching his arms out to us, and then bringing them back in under the rock. Quite feisty!
  • A nice big Longfin Sculpin
  • A little juvenile Puget Sound Rockfish
  • In the eelgrass in the shallows we found this nice Hooded Nudibranch
  • A Blood star looks lazy sitting among the Red Urchins.
  • Usually very skittish and shy, this female Kelp Greenling just sat there and let us take many photos of her. She was probably nesting or something like that.
  • A Rainbow Star with all its colors
  • An unusual sight to see both a White Lined Dirona next to a Bi-Color nudibranch.
  • Scalyhead Sculpin
  • Claude and I getting ready to hop in.
  • Rainbow Star up close
  • Claude gearing up.
  • Beautifully frilly White Lined Dirona (nudibranch)
  • Butterfly crab
  • Eelgrass
  • Red Rock Crab
  • Sea Urchins adorn the rocks
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