2021-10-02 Diving Shingle Bay (Panda Access) - Pender Island, BC.

A great dive spot on Pender Island access from Harpoon Rd.
Distance from car to water is 100 steps down a sloping trail to stairs down to the beach. Heading left along the cliff there are a series of reefs after swimming approx. 100 meters. Reefs usually end at a depth around 80ft.
These was my first sighting of Buffalo Sculpin and Giant Nudibranch (free swimming) at this site.

  • Burrowing Brittle Star (Amphiodia periercta). Most of the star is burried with on arms protruding.

    • Burrowing Brittle Star (Amphiodia periercta). Most of the star is burried with on arms protruding.

  • Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)

    • Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)

  • Rough Patch Shrimp (Pandalus stenolepis)

    • Rough Patch Shrimp (Pandalus stenolepis)

  • Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata) with Orange Social Tunicates

    • Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata) with Orange Social Tunicates

  • Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)

    • Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)

  • Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)

    • Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)

  • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

    • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

  • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

    • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

  • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

    • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

  • Heath's Dorid (Geitodoris heathi)

    • Heath's Dorid (Geitodoris heathi)

  • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

    • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

  • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

    • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

  • Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)

    • Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)

  • Blood Star (Hendricia leviuscula leviuscula) with Coonstripe Shrimp

    • Blood Star (Hendricia leviuscula leviuscula) with Coonstripe Shrimp

  • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

    • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

  • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

    • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

  • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

    • Buffalo Sculptin (Enophrys bison)

  • Yellow-Edged Cadlina sp.

    • Yellow-Edged Cadlina sp.

  • Rough Patch Shrimp (Pandalus stenolepis) on unknown Chiton

    • Rough Patch Shrimp (Pandalus stenolepis) on unknown Chiton

  • 2021-10-09 Diving - Panda Access (33 of 42)

    • 2021-10-09 Diving - Panda Access (33 of 42)

  • Red Sea Urchin

    • Red Sea Urchin

  • Sculpin sp

    • Sculpin sp

  • Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)

    • Giant Nudibranch (Dendronotus iris)

  • Gumboot Chiton

    • Gumboot Chiton

  • Lined Chiton (Tonicella lineata) with Gray Brittle Star (Ophiura lutkeni)

    • Lined Chiton (Tonicella lineata) with Gray Brittle Star (Ophiura lutkeni)

 

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Rough Patch Shrimp (Pandalus stenolepis) on unknown Chiton