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 Clover Point in Victoria, 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. Number of dives I've done at this scuba diving site:  1, yes only 1 as other locations nearby are better. Note: This page is under construction , 2009 Type of dive: shore dive Rating for this dive site: 6/10 Parking: plenty of parking. This site is often used by people with kites, and people having lunch in their cars,... Bathroom/Washroom/Toilet: Boat ramp: Ease of entry: very easy  [Wheel chair access: Yes, but there are some stairs going down to the water, and plastic boards along the ramp.] Abundance of life: 6/10 Accommodations: Attractions: ease of entry, first place I encounterd a Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker Bottom and depth: rocky out croppings, meeting the sand at about 20 - 40 feet. Facilities: Closest would probably be Ogden Point. Hazards/Obstacles: Current if you go to the end of the point, Sensitivity to tide/current: Terrain: rocky, sandy bottom below the rocky area 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.

Panoramic view of Clover Point in Victoria, British Columbia.

This is the set of stairs that I take to get into the water. So, I park close to the building that appears on the left side in the panoramic image of Clover Point.
The Millennium Peace sculpture at Clover Point. Victoria, British Columbia.
The other side of the Millennium Peace sculpture at Clover Point.

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

Foliate Kelp Crab ~ 5 inches [12.5 cm] wide.	Foliate Kelp Crabs ~ 5 inches [12.5 cm] tall. These two appear to be mating.
Giant Acorn Barnacle ~ 6 inches [15 cm] wide. The orange objects are Orange Social Ascidians [tunicates].	Helmet Crab ~ 8 inches [20 cm] wide across the legs.
Northern Kelp Crab ~ 10 inches [25 cm] wide with the legs.

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Fish

Copper Rockfish ~ 12 inches [30 cm] long.	Scalyhead Sculpin [?] ~ 4 inches [10 cm] long. Well this fish is some sort of sculpin.
Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] long. This is the first time I have ever seen one of these fish. And then a few days later I encountered one at Ogden Point.	Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] long.

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Mollusks


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Nudibranchs [or Sea Slugs] & Snails

Dorid or Nudibranch of some kind. ~ 2 inches [5 cm] wide.	Leopard Dorid ~ 4 inches [10 cm] long.
Noble Sea Lemons ~ 9 inches [22.5 cm] long each. I actually saw three pairs of them this day. Oddly enough I rarely see them alone.

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Sea Anemones ( Cnidarians )

Brooding Anemone ~ 2 inches [5 cm] in diameter.	Brooding Anemone ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] in diameter.
Fish Eating Anemone ~ 14 inches [35 cm] wide.	Painted Anemone ~ 12 inches [30 cm] wide.
Fish Eating Anemone ~ 14 inches [35 cm] wide.	Fish Eating Anemone ~ 14 inches [35 cm] wide. A close up of the animal on the left of this image.
Painted Sea Anemone ~

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 Sea Cucumbers & Starfish ( Echinoderms )

Blood Star ~ 8 inches [20 cm] wide.	Creeping Petal Sea Cucumber ~ 3 inches [7.5  cm] tall. Note the Orange Sea Cucumber and "Brown" Sea Cucumber below it.
Daisy Brittle Star arms ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] long on average. What you see here are not worms, but the arms of starfish that like to hide, but wave their arms about to catch particles of food.	Green Sea Urchin ~ 4 inches [10 cm] wide.
Orange Sea Cucumber ~ 6 inches [15 cm] wide. This one must either just be finished feeding, or about to start as its feeding arms are not fully extended.	Orange Sunstar ~ 4 inches [10 cm] wide. This is a juvenile as I have seen them up to a foot [30 cm] wide.
Pale Sea Cucumber ~ 8 inches [20 cm] tall. Note the chiton to the right of it.	Purple Sea Urchin ~ 8 inches [20 cm] wide.

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Tunicates



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Worms


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Miscellaneous

Bull Kelp [?] ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] across the bulb.	Sea Pen ~ 18 inches [45 cm] tall. There were several of these animals out on the sand just past the rock structure of Clover Point.
Coralinae Algae and ? Algae

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