Hood Canal Diving

[tiggymalvern]

It's been a few weeks since the trip to the Hood Canal, and 10 days or so since I finished editing the video. And then last week was utter chaos, with a bunch of pre-planned stuff and then I did extra time at work due to somebody's uncle dying (and the crap that was dumped on me when I got there because other people hadn't been keeping on top of their shit is a WHOLE other story), so I'm only just now linking the videos here.

The first one has a lot of wolf eels, a giant pacific octopus in a den guarding her eggs, and a couple of the yellow cloud sponges that like the deep cold water. The big ones can be two or three centuries old. There was a yellow black-eyed goby perched on top of one of the yellow sponges, perfectly posed :-)

https://youtu.be/IkHXzsslDN0

More wolf eels (there might be too many wolf eels in these videos, but who can resist them when they're so ugly they're cute?), various nudibranchs and (drum roll) a fully exposed giant pacific octopus, not in a hole for once!

https://youtu.be/JaEDM6-gS0A

And finally, this one has a wolf eel not in a hole, just to mix it up :-)

https://youtu.be/pp9lCYnvbuY

Comments

[bymyverytoes]

We watched one and have the other one on the Watch Later list. The first one was amazing! (and Agree totally on the wolf eels :) )

[tiggymalvern]

They're adorable! And if you wanted a sense of scale, they might be bigger than you think.