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San Benitos Island – A perfect mix of tropical and temperate diving?? The seal grabbed my fin in it’s mouth!!!

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2013-11-13
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By Nautilus Staff on November 13th, 2013 in Archive

On my break today I slipped into my wetsuit and clambered aboard the dive skiff along with Hostess Carmen. First Mate Shaun expertly drove us out to a kelp patch located along side San Martin, a small island a few hours off the coast of the Baja California. Only fishermen live on this small island […]

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  • Tags Baja California, dusky damselfish, Garibaldi, harbor seals, kelp forest, lobsters, reefs, San Benitos, sea urchins, seaweed, tropical fish, wrasse

10 Wolf Eels on One Dive

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  • Post date 2008-07-11
By Nautilus Staff on July 11th, 2008 in Archive

We tested my theory yesterday on a scuba diving site I named Vancouver Rock (in honour of the legendary explorer of this coast – Captain George Vancouver – I’m a fan of his) and sure enough, found 3 mated pairs of wolf eels sitting in the back-eddy on the ebb tide. Whoooeeee. We went back to Vancouver Rock today for more exploration and one of our guests – James Negris from Seattle – spotted a total of 10 WOLF EELS on one dive!

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  • Tags Alaska, Baranof Island, george vancouver, invertebrate life, orange social ascidions, port alexander, scidions, sea urchins, vancouver rock, wolf eel habitat, wolf eels

Shark sightings and spawinging urchins at Clipperton Island

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  • Post date 2007-04-17
By Nautilus Staff on April 17th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike

Far and away the coolest thing we saw on our afternoon dives were spawning sea urchins! Yup, we happened across in-water sexual reproduction as the urchins released sperm into the water column. It looked almost as if the urchins were sending up smoke signals with puffs of white “smoke” (sperm) spiraling up from the top of these amazing echinaderms. You have to think that it is a very long shot that eggs are going to get fertilized this way but that’s what happens.

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  • Tags CLipperton, Clipperton Atoll, galapagos sharks, giant manta ray, longlines, sea urchins, silky sharks, silvertip sharks, us navy wreck, white tip reef sharks
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