Hermissenda crassicornis
Corynactus
Can you identify this fish?
Tube Anemone
Hermissenda laying eggs. note egg cases scattered on the kelp
Brittle star
Tube anemone
Christmas tree worm
Vermillion Rockfish
Purple seastar
California spiny lobster
Healthy kelp in the cold water (10.5 C) of San Miguel Island
Cormorants on the Northeast cornor of Santa Cruz Island
Garibaldi and Sheepshead swim together
Sargassum horneri encroaches on kelp as the water warms; this macroalgea takes over and provides a very different habitat causing a noticeable change in marine life.
A wall of sea fans and soft gorgonia of of Catalina Island
Green Flash as seen south of San Miguel Island on 10 April 2015. Look through this sequence shot over about 3 seconds
This image was 6 seconds after the previous image... Amazing sunset!