Diving the Strait of Juan de Fuca

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Diving the Strait of Juan de Fuca

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Hi
ScubaJess and I and several friends have been making runs out to the Strait of Juan De Fuca lately. It's been a lot of fun exploring and learning, and we had some incredible luck with findings of Rock Greenlings (super elusive) and Gooseneck Barnacles! And I hope you guys all saw h2odoc's awesome video from Sekiu with the incredible swimming birds! (viewtopic.php?f=14&t=28196&p=296958&hilit=sekiu#p296925)

Here are some recent photos:
The elusive rock greenling.  Aka Rocky!
The elusive rock greenling. Aka Rocky!
Gooseneck barnacle city! (Expand photo for less compression loss)
Gooseneck barnacle city! (Expand photo for less compression loss)
Scuba Jess and Rocky
Scuba Jess and Rocky
Sea cave
Sea cave
The surge zone is gorgeous
The surge zone is gorgeous
To complete the picture of what diving is like out there, here are some older pics from the site
Old photo: Fish eating anemone
Old photo: Fish eating anemone
Old photo: boa kelp
Old photo: boa kelp
Old photo: stimpson star
Old photo: stimpson star
Old photo: Fish eating anemones
Old photo: Fish eating anemones
Old photo: Great macro subjects too
Old photo: Great macro subjects too
If you do ever head out there, be super careful. Diving in waves can be dangerous. Viz is bad when there's waves anyway. Have a plan b dive in mind (viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25130). Scubie Doo pointed us to the surf report at magicseaweed.com, which has been very useful for planning. It can get super wavy out there even when there's no wind. It's best to go on a 1-star surf day, of which there's not a lot of this time of year.

Have a great weekend!
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Wow, the viz looks like it was fantabulous!
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Beautiful snaps Yellow Eye! :luv: :eric: :taco: :partydance: I love ROCKY :eek: :luv:

Here are a few of mine! :popcorn:
Happy and safe diving!!!

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Cool Diving duck
Cool Diving duck
Stalked Jellyfish
Stalked Jellyfish
Alien spaceship
Alien spaceship
Sea lion blowing bubbles at my camera
Sea lion blowing bubbles at my camera
Fish eating Anemone
Fish eating Anemone
Cool jellyfish
Cool jellyfish
Sea star and green Anemone friends
Sea star and green Anemone friends
Mom and baby Stalked Jellyfish :)
Mom and baby Stalked Jellyfish :)
Gooseneck Barnacles
Gooseneck Barnacles
Live Long And Prosper!!!

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Fantastic shots. The one of the duck is so cute. Took me awhile to figure out what I was looking at on the pinniped pic!
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Friends: You bring a great amount of pleasure to this old armchair diver with memories of Salt Creek/Seiku/Neah Bay. YE, each of your pictures is composed beautifully, any one could be framed and hung in my home. Wow. Jess, I love everything you do. I have yet to identify your duck, it is a different bird than Doc videoed. As with Calvin, I had to stare at your sea lion for some time to get it. Great job.
-Curt :rawlings:
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Thanks OldSalt!!! :luv: :eric: :taco:

It's a DUCK!!!
- Away Mission 886
- Salt Creek, WA
- The experts say long tailed duck (used to be called "oldsquaw") :rawlings:

As for the huge sea lion who blew bubbles at my macro lens I thought it was a funny snap! Not the correct lens but I liked the bubbles waterfall effect he created! He was a fun dive buddy at salt Creek! He was following me around! :luv:
Live Long And Prosper!!!

Stay Warm underwater with the Weezle Extreme Plus undergarment! Please let me know if you would like to order one or have any questions. :luv: :partydance: :eric: :taco:
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What a wonderful collection of photographs from the team of photographers who are diving relentlessly in all the dive sites accessible in our area.
True King and Queen of Salish Sea and beyond ! :)
Thank you for sharing the fruits of your work.
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Thank you guys!
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Totally amazing shots! Writing this down as a place we need to research further!
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