Posted by Merry on October 04, 2016 at 09:18:44:
Scarlett Point Lighthouse on Balaklava Island. Read its fascinating history at http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1191 
We're diving HERE?. Hunt Rock lies beneath this smattering of bull kelp in the middle of the channel...a fabulous wall dive with shell channels running in either direction of the rock.

Cindy and Rick Rogers debrief after the dive. For wonderfully descriptive write-ups of their trips to God's Pocket, please see Rick's blogs at http://divertrek.com/blogs

Plumose anemone, Metridium senile

An attack tentacle of the plumose anemone directed at a neighboring anemone.


Brooding anemone, Epiactis lisbethae. White pin-stripes all the way down the column distinguish this species from the proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera.

Brooding anemone, Epiactis lisbethae

Both color variations of the crimson anemone, Cribrinopsis fernaldi

Tiny candy-stripe shrimp, Lebbeus grandimanus, are usually associated with the crimson anemone, but can be found on several other species of anemone.


Pink-tipped anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima

Painted anemone, Urticina grebelnyi

Green surf anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica


Serpula columbiana



Basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis



Morning sun star, Solaster dawsoni

Six-rayed sea star, Leptasterias hexactis

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