Posts Tagged ‘Harbor Seals’
Harbor Seal Pupping Season Arrives
Seal Sitters: Share the Shore from EarthFix on Vimeo. [space height=”20″] The Pacific Northwest has many marine mammal species- Orca, whales, dolphins, porpoises, and several Pinnipeds, including seals and sea lions. One of the most common is the Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Harbor seals live year-round throughout Puget Sound, and can be seen swimming about…
Read More5 Fish That Prove Puget Sound Scuba Diving Is The Best
Scuba diving in Puget Sound is an amazing experience, and the main reason is the wide variety of marine life we have to offer. Here are 5 rock star fish (and where to find them) that make Puget Sound scuba diving so great: 1- Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger) These members of the Rockfish family are…
Read MoreHarbor Seals join us for a Night Dive
One of the best parts of a night dive are the different animals that come out in the evening hours. Our night dive last week had Harbor seals join us for most of the dive, using our dive lights to hunt for invertebrates. Harbor seals are fairly common marine mammals in Puget Sound with healthy…
Read More6 Reasons To Try A Night Dive
Have you thought about a night dive but just weren’t sure? Here are some great reasons to get you in the water at night! 1- Natural curiosity During a night dive, everything takes on a new look. Your focus changes as you move about the dive site, observing life around your dive light and seeing…
Read MoreCalifornia Sea Lions
Second to Harbor seals, California Sea Lions are the most common Pinniped that we see in the Northwest, with a total population of over 300,000 ranging from the southern tip of the Baja peninsula in Mexico to as far north as Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Some of these will choose to spend late summer through…
Read MoreMid-Winter Night Dive with Harbor Seals
Followers of our blog, twitter, and Facebook posts have heard us mention the Harbor seals that frequently accompany us on our night dives, especially at Seacrest Park Cove 2. Here’s a video from last week taken by Northwest diver Ben Hollis and Seattle Dive Tours Divemaster Chen Hsu. Harbor seals are common in and around…
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