I saw my first adult octopus!

[Novice]

It only took 20 dives or so but I finally spotted an good sized adult octo. I qualify this as adult octo this because Blaiz did find me a little bugger on a dive at Driftwood but he was tiny. I think he was a "Red octo" but my ID skills, like my diving skills, are in their infancy. He was in one of the big tubes at the MUK. I also got to see another Sailfin Sculpin which are one of my current favorite critters. Its a bit of poetic justice that I got to see both of these guys because I always bad mouth Muk as a boring site. I have to admit, every night dive I have done there has been pretty cool.

I think I saw some NWDC folks there too. I also heard them talking about a wolf eel which is the next critter I need to spot. I wish I could post some pics but I am still saving up my pennies for a camera set up.

[Norris]

Ahh yeah we should have introduced ourselves. You two entered the water just before us I think. Yeah we did our bubbles and suds at Mukilteo last night. We went out to the buoy and checked out the boat and made our way back up slope. I think we saw you then too.

I was the bald dude in the tan Jeep.

[Fishstiq]

Don't discount The Muk!

My first adult seal, baby seal, red octo, red octo on eggs, sail fin sculpin, GPO on eggs, skate, grunt sculpin, and squid were all at Mukilteo. My first shark was at cove 2 and first wolf eel was at les davis, also "boring sites". I've learned there's no such thing as a boring place to dive, for me at least.

Awesome find on the adult octo, they are too cool! How was vis?

[Tangfish]

Congrats. Octos are one of the reasons I find most compelling to dive here in the PNW. I love looking at them and seeing the intelligence looking back.

[Norris]

Don't discount The Muk!

My first adult seal, baby seal, red octo, red octo on eggs, sail fin sculpin, GPO on eggs, skate, grunt sculpin, and squid were all at Mukilteo. My first shark was at cove 2 and first wolf eel was at les davis, also "boring sites". I've learned there's no such thing as a boring place to dive, for me at least.

Awesome find on the adult octo, they are too cool! How was vis?

Viz was really good last night! There was some current but all in all a great night.

Novice did you guys have the same experience?

[spatman]

My first adult seal, baby seal, red octo, red octo on eggs, sail fin sculpin, GPO on eggs, skate, grunt sculpin, and squid were all at Mukilteo.

didn't you find a fiancèe there recently, too?

[Jeff Pack]

I saw a big octopus@Redondo last weekend and some other divers told us of a second nearby

[Novice]

Yeah I thought the viz was great. There was even some bio-luminescence at times, not a ton, but I got to do the flip upside down and watch my bubbles glow thing. I should put in a caveat on my viz reports that as a new diver just getting wet is awesome. Seeing a rockfish in 10ft viz at EUP still counts as a sweet dive in awesome viz.

I like the Rat fish at Muk. Every night dive I have done there it seems like there are these fairly big schools. Shinning your light out into the dark and seeing all the glowing eyes is sweet!

[Fishstiq]

My first adult seal, baby seal, red octo, red octo on eggs, sail fin sculpin, GPO on eggs, skate, grunt sculpin, and squid were all at Mukilteo.

didn't you find a fiancèe there recently, too?

I did indeed! Really weird critters, they are.......

[RoxnDox]

Congrats - I got to see my first Octo this last weekend too, at Sund Rock (dives #8,9)... Two nice big fellas, up at fairly shallow depths in daylight (due to low O2 levels I would imagine), one hanging out on the side of a rock and the other underneath an overhang in the hull of a wrecked boat. I don't have a camera (yet) but sure wished I did for that sight. Plus, tons of wolf eels and other fishey and nudie and other invertebrate type critters I wouldn't have a clue on IDing :-) (It did happen, Alexitt has lots of pics!).

And you really can see there's an intelligence behind those eyes staring back at ya! Alien, but it's there...

There were a bunch of divers out there that day (Hi Lavachickie!) - quite an experience for a newbie. One might be tempted to call it a circus but it was better organized than that.


Jim

[Linedog]

Hey Jim, was that a drysuit dive?

[RoxnDox]

Hey Jim, was that a drysuit dive?

Yes it was - first run on my new Bare D6 It's back in the shop for Wally to put the pockets & wrist rings on, but it did the important bits - kept the water outside and the warm inside

Jim

[Linedog]

Outstanding!

[Alexitt]

Proof... but not a very good shot though...

Good dives, I'll post a few more pics later...

[Linedog]

Nice, that's a beauty.