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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. If you like these pages, and wish this web site to continue, please remember to check out some of the Google Ads. Just clicking on the ads helps pay for the web site.

The following images are thumbnails. If you click on them a larger image will open up and the picture will take up most of your screen. Again these are medium qualifty jpegs. Higher quality images can be purchased directly from me via paypal using my email address tjfidler@telus.net And many of these photos can be found for sale on Cafepress through the Calendar link and Photo CD link. As well some of these can be found as posters via Cafepress, and some of these ocean life photographs are available as widescreen backgrounds via the widescreen link immediately below some of the photographs.

A few people have already asked me about "What is that pink stuff on the rocks in some of the pictures?" Well, they're usually Pink Rock Crust (aka Encrusting Coralline Algae) or in some cases might even be Encrusting Hydrocorals. They're eaten by a variety of animals - apparently as a good source of calcium.

Links to the various groups of organisms:
Cephalopods, Crustaceans, Fish, Mollusks, Nudibranchs, Sea Anemones, Sea Cucumbers & Echinoderms, Sponges, Tunicates, Worms, Miscellaneous

Crustaceans

The claws of a Puget Sound King Crab. ~ 10 inches [25 cm] long. I did not see any living ones myself this day, but the other divers I was with said they saw a few adults hanging out on the wall. [Oct 4, 2008]	Sharp Nosed Crab ~ 8 inches [20 cm] long by measuring from the claws to the end of the legs of this individual. [Oct 4, 2008]
Pygmy Rock Crabs ~ 2.5 inches [6.25 cm] wide. One hiding in a Giant Acorn Barnacle and the other just to the left of it.	Moss Crab ~ 4 inches [10 cm] wide. These crabs were quite common at Browning Wall but not always easy to spot.
Decorator Crab ~ 5 inches [12.5 cm] tall. Next to and right of the white anemone in the center of this digital image. It is wearing quite a collection of material that it has gathered at Browning Wall in Browning Passage.	Giant Acorn Barnacles ~ 4 inches [10 cm] tall each. If you look closely you will see that all three of them are feeding. [With their "legs" out]
Puget Sound King Crab ~ 16 inches [40 cm] wide. They are common at Browning Wall but you need to look for them carefully at this dive site.	Pygmy Rock Crab hiding in a Giant Acorn Barnacle. Along with some Bushy Pink Mouth Hydroids - just below the crab and also left of it.
Sharp Nosed Crab sitting on a Rock Scallop [12 inches or 30 cm wide]. You can clearly see the eyes on this Rock Scallop.	Widehand Hermit Crab ~ 2 inches [5 cm] wide. This is the only one that I spotted here at Browning Wall, but this was a current dive with not much time to look carefully for small animals and life forms. It is next to the striped snail in this digital image.
Moss Crab ~ 3 inches [7.5 cm] tall, sitting on some Sulphur Sponge.

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Fish

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]
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]
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.
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.
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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Mollusks

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.

Nudibranchs [or Sea Slugs] & Snails

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]
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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Sea Anemones ( Cnidarians )

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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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.
Pink Tipped Anemones ~ 2 inches [5 cm] wide for the largest ones. Common in the shallows here at Browning Wall.

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 Sea Cucumbers & Starfish ( Echinoderms )

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.
Basket Star ~ 3 feet [90 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008]	Leather Star ~ 16 inches [40 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008]
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]
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]
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.
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.

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Sponges

Glove Sponge ~ 16 inches [40 cm] tall. [Oct 4, 2008]	Hermit Crab Sponge ~ 10 inches [25 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008]
Sulphur Sponge and a Painted [?] Anemone ~ 12 inches [30 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008]	Sulphur Sponge on Browning Wall. This mass is about 2 feet [60 cm] tall.
Glove Sponge ~ 10 inches [25 cm] tall. Common at Browning Wall.	Sulphur Sponge around a Giant Acorn Barnacle and below it some Bushy Pink Mouth Hydroids.

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Tunicates

Mauve Lobed Tunicates ~ 16 inches [40 cm] wide. [Oct 4, 2008]	Orange Social Ascidians - this vein of orange is approximately 2 feet [60 cm] long. [Oct 4, 2008]
Orange Social Ascidians and a Sea Cucumber ~ 2 feet [60 cm] long. The branch like stuff above them and to the right is acutally an animal as well. These are actually, or likely to be, Coarse Sea Fir Hydroids. [Oct 4, 2008]	Mauve Lobed Tunicates and some Sulphur Sponge surrounded by Short Plumose Anemones. [Oct 4, 2008]
Stalked Tunicate ~ 6 inches [15 cm] long. [Oct 4, 2008]	Stalked Tunicate ~ 6 inches [15 cm] long. With a back ground of Orange Social Ascidians [tunicates]. [Oct 4, 2008]
Orange Social Ascidians ~ 1/2 inche [1.25 cm] wide. This digital photograph just looked too good not to post.

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If you want to locate this site on a map, or print out a map, you can user either:

Google Maps: coming sometime in the future
Or
MapQuest: coming sometime in the future