Dive #518 - Keel Cove - 6 November 2021

Night dive at Keel. Lot of cool critters: 6 grunts on the wreck, 3 Cockrell's dorids (two right near each other), stubby squid. The highlight was a little wee red octopus on a golf ball!!!

Posted on 22 November, 2021 06:10 by leftcoaster leftcoaster

Observations

Photos / Sounds

What

White-lined Dirona (Dirona albolineata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Sailfin Sculpin (Nautichthys oculofasciatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

North Pacific Lampshell (Terebratalia transversa)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

C-O Sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Stubby Bobtail (Rossia pacifica)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Red-fingered Coryphella (Coryphella verrucosa)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Cerebratulus marginatus

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Sand Star (Luidia foliolata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant Rock Scallop (Crassadoma gigantea)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Northern Spearnose Poacher (Agonopsis vulsa)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Sand Star (Luidia foliolata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Cerebratulus marginatus

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Deep Blade Shrimp (Spirontocaris prionota)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Cockerell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Rhinoceros Crab (Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Deep Blade Shrimp (Spirontocaris prionota)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Blackeye Goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Cadlina

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Mopalia spectabilis

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Taylor's Social Tunicate (Metandrocarpa taylori)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Boreoberthella chacei

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Leafy Hornmouth (Ceratostoma foliatum)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Channeled Topsnail (Calliostoma canaliculatum)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

White-lined Dirona (Dirona albolineata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Cockerell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Crescent Gunnel (Pholis laeta)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Kelp Pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Sea Lemons and Allies (Superfamily Doridoidea)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

November 6, 2021 09:41 PM PDT

Place

Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Google, OSM)

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