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Scuba Diving Pictures from Browning Wall
in Browning Passage near Port Hardy, B.C.
Canada (Just bought a camera so more pictures to be added as I take them.) These are medium quality jpegs. But I have the RAW images as well. Email tjfidler@telus.net Directions to the Dive Site are located at the bottom of the page. Number of dives I've done at this scuba diving site: 2 as of Oct 2009 Type of dive: boat dive Rating for this dive site: 9.5/10 Parking: NA Bathroom/Washroom/Toilet: Not unless there is one on the boat your on. :) Boat ramp: Nearest might be Port Hardy Ease of entry: [Wheel chair access: No] NA Abundance of life: 9.5/10 Accommodations: There are several places in Port Hardy that you could find lodging at. Including Inns and Campgrounds. Attractions: There is lots of life here, and I can hardly wait to re-dive this spot. Bottom and depth: Well over 100 feet. Facilities: NA - nearest might be Port Hardy Hazards/Obstacles: There was some evidence of recently fallen rock from the cliffs above. But probably a rare event. Sensitivity to tide/current: current is an issue here, and you need to consult the tide tables or ask your guide. Terrain: solid rock wall and debris from the wall Tides, transportation and weather: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Tide Page., BC Ferries Schedule and Sailings. , The Weather Network Other comments: I've now added some widescreen versions of some of the images. Look for a link below the image to get a widescreen version.
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Painted Greenling ~ 12 inches [30 cm] long. [Oct 4, 2008] | Painted Greenling ~ 12 inches
[30 cm] long. This is actually the same fish as shown on the left. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Scalyhead Sculpin ~ 7 inches
[17.5 cm] long. Sitting on top of some Short Plumose Anemones. [Oct 4, 2008] Click on this link for a widescreen version of this photograph. |
Scalyhead Sclupin ~ 5 inches
[12.5 cm] long. Sitting beside the claws of a dead Puget Sound King Crab. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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A sculpin of some kind ~ 3
inches [7.5 cm] long. Sitting on top of a layer of some type of compound tunicates. [Oct 4, 2008] |
Black Rockfish ~ 16 inches [40
cm] long. |
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China Rockfish ~ 16 inches [40
cm] long. Quite common a fish at this site but hard to get a decent picture [digital image] of it. |
Kelp Greenling ~ 18 inches [45
cm] long. This male fish would not stay still for a decent close up. They are common here at Browning Wall. |
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Grunt Sculpin ~ 2.5 inches [6.25
cm] wide. This fish was hiding or living in a hole in this large yellow sponge. |
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Geoduck Clam in the center of
this digital image. |
Giant Rock Scallop ~ 12 inches
[30 cm] wide. With a lot of sponge growing its shell. They are usually covered by what ever is living around them. |
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The beautiful and gorgeous Orange Peel Nudibranch. [Tochuina
tetraquerta] ~ 12 inches [30cm] long. This was my first encounter ever with this species, and I was very happy to have it situationed on a rock shelf that allowed me to take 30 photographs of this animal. Getting a side view picture of one of these animals turned out to be a rare event. Click on this link for a widescreen version of this photograph. |
Orange Peel Nudibranch.
[Tochuina tetraquerta] ~ 12
inches [30cm] long. Same one as that found to the left of this image. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Orange Peel Nudibranch [Tochuina
tetraquerta] ~ 12
inches [30 cm] long. The more common way that you will find them sitting and hunting on Browning Wall. It appears to be eating the Red Soft Coral? |
Lemon Dorid [Peltodoris nobilis]
~ 5 inches [12.5 cm]
tall in this image. |
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Red Soft Coral ~ 12 inches [30 cm] wide and a Blood Star to
its lower right. [Oct 4, 2008] |
Crimson Anemone ~ 14 inches [35
cm] wide. Quite common at this dive site. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Painted Anemone ~ 14 inches [35 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] | A view of the wall covered in
Short Plumose Anemones. Each roughly 6 to 8 inches [15 cm to 20 cm] tall. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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A group of Plumose Anemones ~ 20
inches [50 cm] for the tallest one. For more information on anemones check out this link to Wikipedia. [Oct 4, 2008] |
Red Soft Coral ~ 10 inches [25 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Red Soft Coral ~ 12 inches [30 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] | Red Soft Coral no longer in the
feeding mode, and note the several Yellow Sea Spiders near the ends of the soft coral polyps. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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A small starter colony of Red
Soft Coral sitting near Sulphur Sponge, and also beside some, perhaps, Sea Pork Tunicates. [Oct 4, 2008] |
White Spotted Rose Anemone ~ 12
inches [30 cm] tall. It looks like it must have caught something and is digesting what ever it has caught. [Oct 4, 2008] Click on this link for a widescreen version of this photograph. |
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Green Anemone and some Pink
Tipped Anemones. ~ the large anemone here is about 10 inches [25 cm] wide. |
Green Anemones ~ 9 inches [22.5
cm] wide. Common in the shallows here at Browning Wall. |
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Pink Tipped Anemones ~ 2 inches
[5 cm] wide for the largest ones. Common in the shallows here at Browning Wall. |
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Basket Star ~ 12 inches [30 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] | Basked Star ~ 30 inches [75 cm]
wide. [Oct 4, 2008] Click on this link for a widescreen version of this photograph. |
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Basket Star ~ 3 feet [90 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] | Leather Star ~ 16 inches [40 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Painted Star ~ 14 inches [35 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] | Vermilion Star ~ 6 inches [15
cm] wide. Not the small hermit crab on the tip of its most left top arm. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Striped Sunstar ~ 2 feet [60 cm]
long. Given its size this is actually a juvenile. They reach up to almost 3 feet [90 cm] in width. [Oct 4, 2008] |
Red Sea Urchin ~ 10 inches [25 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008] |
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Blood Starfish ~ 8 inches [20
cm] tall. Next to some sponge and some young white anemones. Note how orange in color this one is and how red the one is in the next digital image. |
Blood Starfish ~ 8 inches [20
cm] tall. And a small hermit crab hanging off of the same sponge. |
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Sea Cucumber ~ 2 feet [60 cm]
long. Quite common at this dive site. |
Striped Sunstar ~ 18 inches [45
cm] wide. This one was a beautiful shade of orange in colour. |