Dive #460 - Es-hw Sme~nts (Oak Leaf) - 23 January 2021

We intended to go in the right bay, but the recent storm threw up huge logs that blocked the way. We went in via the middle bay and exited the left bay. Vis was great. Spotted a crangon right away, then a buffalo sculpin by a pinto abalone. Various stars, including two sunflowers. Two sea spiders (one with eggs) on boot sponges. Yellow-edged cadlina with a weird red circle internally. PSKC hiding upside down under a rock. A leather star and a red urchin that both looked like they'd had a strip taken off them. We looked for lumpsuckers, since there were reports, but didn't find the one on the can. There was a barnacle nudi, though.

Posted on 02 February, 2021 07:42 by leftcoaster leftcoaster

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Stout Coastal Shrimp (Heptacarpus brevirostris)

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leftcoaster

Date

January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Buffalo Sculpin (Enophrys bison)

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leftcoaster

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January 2021

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Lewis' Moon Snail (Neverita lewisii)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Red Sea Urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Sand-paper Henricia (Henricia aspera)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Morning Sun Star (Solaster dawsoni)

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Painted Anemone (Urticina grebelnyi)

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Rose Sun Star (Crossaster papposus)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Slime Star (Pteraster tesselatus)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Crested Star (Lophaster furcilliger)

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Rhinoceros Crab (Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Apple Anemone (Stomphia didemon)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Pacific Blood Star (Henricia leviuscula)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

Does anyone know what the big red circle might be? Prey of some kind? I've never seen one with this before

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Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Freckled Dorid (Peltodoris lentiginosa)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Puget Sound King Crab (Echidnocerus cibarius)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Common Siphonophore (Nanomia bijuga)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Painted Anemone (Urticina grebelnyi)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)

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leftcoaster

Date

January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Red Sea Urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)

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leftcoaster

Date

January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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White-lined Dirona (Dirona albolineata)

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leftcoaster

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January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

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Day dive

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Barnacle-eating Dorid (Onchidoris bilamellata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

January 23, 2021 11:08 PM PST

Description

Day dive

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