Whidbey Island Critters

[Jan K]

Keystone Jetty, March 29th.
While Pat found many Lumpsuckers and I didn't see not even one, I found GPO out in the open, which at the jetty is a rare sight these days. Not a Giant one, but now I settle for any size ...
I managed to get air leak on my pressure gauge and still can't find a single blade of Bull kelp among the seaweed dominated by Japanese wireweed in the shallows near the jetty...

[Jan K]

Possession Point Fingers, March 31st.
Adding new fish to the list is getting harder and harder.
Diving the wall, I spotted this small fish under an overhang, could not get a better angle, so have to settle for this. In spite of its name, the Puget Sound sculpin eluded me all these years I been diving here

[oldsalt]

Congratulations on a new sighting.
Curt

[Jan K]

Thanks Curt, it is satisfying to add another specie to the list of critters found.
Of course, diving the same places over and over, make it harder.


Well, it looks like we will have to wait and see the baby rockfish grow little older until we can be sure who they are.
These Keystone Jetty youngsters are still too small to ID them...

[Jan K]

Deception Pass April 4.
Unlike two weeks ago, the one hour and five minute difference between the old and new current tables were opposite in their prediction. This time, new tables were correct. Of course, because we had Small Craft Warning West winds during the night, there was quite a surge at the Little North Beach and I could not judge the current flow from the beach. Thus this time, I entered the water too early. Visibility was dismal, silty ten feet. Photographically speaking, the dive was not rewarding.

[Jan K]

April 2nd. Driftwood Park Pond.
The slimy algae is starting to take over the shallows. Moon jellies still present, some displaying the weird upside down mode. Surprisingly, some of the oysters which somebody dumped in from the road, are still alive. The hardy Sticklebacks are hugging the very shallow waters beneath the floating driftwood debris.

[Jan K]

April 5th. Skyline.
Red and orange are the colors of Skyline.
Cucumbers, fish and scaleworms - brighten up the dives here these days...