Alberthead Lagoon in Metchosin, B.C. Bear Cove in Port Hardy, B.C. Bob's Spot in the Plumper Island Group, B.C. Braemar Ave in North Saanich, B.C. Breakwater Island near Gabriola Pass, B.C. Browning Passage near Port Hardy, B.C. Browning Wall near Port Hardy, B.C. China Creek near Port Alberni, B.C. Clover Point in Victoria, B.C. Copper Cliffs near Campbell River, B.C. Daphne Islet near Brentwood Bay Deep Cove near Sidney, B.C. Discovery Island near Victoria, B.C. Dolphin Beach near Nanoose Bay, B.C. Elliot's Beach Park in Ladysmith, B.C. Five Fathom near Port Hardy, B.C. Forest Island (north end) near Sidney, B.C. GB Church [ship to reef] near Sidney, B.C. Gowland Point on South Pender Island, B.C. Henderson Point near Sidney, B.C. Madrona Point in Nanaimo, B.C. Maple Bay near Duncan, B.C. McKenzie Bight near Victoria, B.C. McNeill Point aka Kitty Islet in Victoria, B.C. Neck Point in Nanaimo, B.C. Northeast Pearse Wall, Telegraph Cove, B.C. Ogden Point in Victoria, B.C. Porteau Cove Marine Park, B.C. Port McNeil, B.C. Rocky Point in Nanaimo, B.C. Row & Be Damned near Campbell River, B.C. Saltery Bay near Powell River,B.C. Saxe Point in Esquimalt, B.C. Sidney, B.C. Ten Mile Point in Victoria, B.C. Wall Beach near Nanoose Bay, B.C. Whytecliff Park near Vancouver, B.C. Willis Point near Sidney, B.C. International Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, USA Kaui - an Island of Hawaii, USA Aquatic but Non-Marine Life Vancouver Island, B.C.

Scuba Diving Pictures from ???, B.C. Canada These are medium quality jpegs. But I have the RAW images as well. Email tjfidler@telus.net Directions to the Dive Site are located at the bottom of the page. Note: This page is under construction , 2009 Number of dives I've done at this scuba diving site: Additional notes: Lifeforms I saw here that I did not get a picture of or the quality was too poor: Type of dive: shore dive / boat dive Rating for this dive site: Parking: Bathroom/Washroom/Toilet: Boat ramp: Ease of entry:  [Wheel chair access: No] Abundance of life: Accommodations: Attractions: Bottom and depth: Facilities: Hazards/Obstacles: Sensitivity to tide/current: Terrain: rocky, sandy, solid rock, both, all Tides, transportation and weather: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Tide Page., BC Ferries Schedule and Sailings. , The Weather Network If you like these pages, and wish this web site to continue, please remember to check out some of the Google Ads. Just clicking on the ads helps pay for the web site.

The following images are thumbnails. If you click on them a larger image will open up and the picture will take up most of your screen. Again these are medium quality jpegs. Higher quality images can be purchased directly from me via paypal using my email address tjfidler@telus.net And many of these photos can be found for sale on Cafepress through the Calendar link and Photo CD link. As well some of these can be found as posters via Cafepress, and some of these ocean life photographs are available as widescreen backgrounds via the widescreen link immediately below some of the photographs.

A few people have already asked me about "What is that pink stuff on the rocks in some of the pictures?" Well, they're usually Pink Rock Crust (aka Encrusting Coralline Algae) or in some cases might even be Encrusting Hydrocorals. The algae are eaten by a variety of animals - apparently as a good source of calcium.


Links to the various groups of organisms:
Cephalopods, Crustaceans, Fish, Mollusks, Nudibranchs, Sea Anemones, Sea Cucumbers & Echinoderms, Sponges, Tunicates, Worms, Miscellaneous

Cephalopods



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Crustaceans

Butterfly Crab [Cryptolithodes typicus] ~ 2 inches [5 cm] wide Croaker Rock	Puget Sound King Crab [Lopholithodes mandtii] this juvenile was approximately 6 inches [15 cm] wide. Croaker Rock
Helmet Crab [Telmessus cheiragonus] Clam Cove	Clam Cove
Scaled Crab [Placetron wosnessenskii] ~ 12 inches [30 cm] wide. This was the only one that I spotted during the entire trip here at Browning Passage. Seven Tree Island	Shrimp Croaker Rock
Shrimp of some kind Eagle Rock	Coonstripe Shrimp [Spirontocaris holmesi] Hideaway Island
Heart Crab [Phyllolithodes papillosus] Hideaway Island	Puget Sound King Crab [Lopholithodes mandtii] Hideaway Island
Sharp Nosed Crab [Scyra acutifrons] Hideaway Island	Decorator Crab Hussar Point
Puget Sound King Crab [Lopholithodes mandtii] - juvenile Hussar Point	Puget Sound King Crab [Lopholithodes mandtii] - mature adult Hussar Point
Moss Crab [Loxorhynchus crispatus] and a Bering Hermit Crab [] Rock of Life	Sharp Nosed Crab [Scyra acutifrons] Rock of Life
Pygmy Rock Crab [Cancer oregonensis] Seven Tree Island	Pygmy Rock Crab [Cancer oregonensis] Seven Tree Island

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Fish

China Rockfish [Sebastes nebulosus] Croaker Rock	Copper Rockfish [Sebastes caurinus] Croaker Rock
Sailfin Sculpin [Nautichthys oculofasciatus] Clam Cove	Canary Rockfish [Sebastes pinniger] Croaker Rock
Quillback Rockfish [Sebastes maliger] Croaker Rock	Black Rock Fish [Sebastes melanops] Eagle Rock
China Rockfish [Sebastes nebulosus] Eagle Rock	Kelp Greenling [Hexagrammos decagrammus] Eagle Rock
Red Irish Lord [Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus] - I've never seen one of these fish  with so much orange. Eagle Rock	Yellowtail Rock Fish passing a Quillback Rockfish Eagle Rock
Grunt Sculpin this fish is peaking out of the stuff around it - in the middle of this digital image Hideaway Island	Irish Lord - Brown or Red? Nice colour for this fish regardless of what it is. Hideaway Island
Penpoint Gunnel this fish was approximately 6 inches across in this digital image Hideaway Island	Painted Greenling Hussar Point
Wolf Eel [Anarrichthys ocellatus], this is a juvenile fish that has just gained its adult coloration. Hussar Point	Wolf Eel [Anarrichthys ocellatus] Rock of Life
Red Irish Lord [Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus], a fish Rock of Life	Kelp Greenling [Hexagrammos decagrammus], a fish Seven Tree Island
Decorated Warbonnet [] Hussar Point

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Mollusks

Geoduck Clam in the center of the image with one open hole with an orange border, and the one below it closed. Just below that is a starfish. Eagle Rock	Lined Chiton [] Seven Tree Islan

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Nudibranchs [or Sea Slugs] & Snails

Lemon Dorid Eagle Rock	Orange Peel Nudibranch [Tochuina tetraquerta] Eagle Rock
Hooded Nudibranch Hussar Point	Hooded Nudibranch Hussar Point
Hooded Nudibranchs Hussar Point	Noble Sea Lemon [], this nudibranch Seven Tree Island
Orange Peel Nudibranch [Tochuina tetraquerta] Seven Tree Island

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Sea Anemones and its other relatives ( Cnidarians )

Croaker Rock	Croaker Rock
Giant Plumose Anemones [Metridium farcimen] Croaker Rock	Sea Pen Croaker Rock
Red Soft Corals Croaker Rock	White Spotted Rose Anemone Croaker Rock
Not so much of a wall as a rock slope but it contains both the Giant Plumose Anemones [Metridium farcimen] as well as the Short Plumose Anemones. Eagle Rock	Orange Sea Pen [Ptilosarcus gurneyi] Hussar Point
White Spotted Rose Anemone [Urticina lofotensis] Hussar Point,	Crimson Anemone [] Rock of Life
Red Soft Coral [] Rock of Life

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 Sea Cucumbers & Starfish ( Echinoderms )

Velcro Star Croaker Rock	Purple Sea Urcin Eagle Rock
A pair of Blood Stars Hideaway Island	Northern Sunstar Hideaway Island
Rose Star Hideaway Island	Spiny Red Star Hideaway Island
Giant Sea Cucumber Hussar Point	Basket Star [] Rock of Life
Leather Star [] Rock of Life

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Sponges

Glove Sponge [] Rock of Life

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Tunicates

Glassy Tunicate Croaker Rock	Red Ascidians [compound tunicates] above some Red Soft Corals Eagle Rock

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Worms

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Miscellaneous

Croaker Rock

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