Dive #464 - Wall Beach - 11 February 2021
Beautiful dive at Dolphin today. Dale spotted some kind of sucker fish. Little orange nudi. Brown rockfish. Gumboot chitons of all sizes, including a few cute little ones, and a few with yellow mottling. Two ling cod egg masses guarded by dads. Beautiful spiral nudi egg ribbon. Some big healthy-looking sunflower stars. Male wolf eel has taken up residence, although was shy.
I was swimming along and almost ran head-first into a big male GPO that was sitting out on the sand/rock. He started to trundle along, doing a little hunting for snacks and not bothered by our presence at all. He found a tree branch and chewed it in half (!!!). My video light worked great to get some nice photos of him out and about. I ended up in deco and went up into the water column to watch from above.
I don't know what it is about this year and GPO encounters, but this is the 4th one this season that's been out and about without caring divers are around.
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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)Observer
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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)Observer
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Sharpnose Crab (Scyra acutifrons)Observer
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Red-fingered Coryphella (Coryphella verrucosa)Observer
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Northern Clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus)Observer
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Red-fingered Coryphella (Coryphella verrucosa)Observer
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Red Aldisa (Aldisa sanguinea)Observer
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Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)Observer
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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)Observer
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Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)Observer
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Brown Rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)Observer
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Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)Observer
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Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)Observer
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Male guarding eggs
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Armored Sea Cucumber (Psolus chitonoides)Observer
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Sea Hedgehog (Halocynthia igaboja)Observer
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Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)Observer
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California Spot Prawn (Pandalus platyceros)Observer
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Remarkable Red Chiton (Tonicella insignis)Observer
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Stiff-footed Sea Cucumber (Eupentacta quinquesemita)Observer
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Rose Sun Star (Crossaster papposus)Observer
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Brown Rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)Observer
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Gumboot Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)Observer
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Velcro Star (Stylasterias forreri)Observer
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Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)Observer
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Morning Sun Star (Solaster dawsoni)Observer
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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)Observer
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Leafy Hornmouth (Ceratostoma foliatum)Observer
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Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)Observer
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Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)Observer
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Slime Star (Pteraster tesselatus)Observer
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Gumboot Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)Observer
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Does anyone know what the orange mottling is?
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Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)Observer
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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)Observer
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Slime Star (Pteraster tesselatus)Observer
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Common Feather Star (Florometra serratissima)Observer
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Pacific Sea Peach (Halocynthia aurantium)Observer
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Giant Plumose Anemone (Metridium farcimen)Observer
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Nudibranchs (Order Nudibranchia)Observer
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Rose Sun Star (Crossaster papposus)Observer
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Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)Observer
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Slime Star (Pteraster tesselatus)Observer
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This one's got some regrowing to do
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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observer
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Giant Pink Sea Star (Pisaster brevispinus)Observer
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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observer
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Velcro Star (Stylasterias forreri)Observer
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Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)Observer
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Gumboot Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)Observer
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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)Observer
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Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)Observer
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Rainbow Star (Orthasterias koehleri)Observer
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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observer
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Tubesnout (Aulorhynchus flavidus)Observer
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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observer
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Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)Observer
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A pregnant copper rockfish missing most of her tail :-( She was able to swim okay, though, it seemed.
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Brown Rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)Observer
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Red Aldisa (Aldisa sanguinea)Observer
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Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)Observer
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Arctic Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)Observer
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Gumboot Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)Observer
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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observer
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Hudson's Horned Dorid (Acanthodoris hudsoni)Observer
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Eelgrass (Zostera marina)Observer
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Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)Observer
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Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta)Observer
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