Sea Clown Triopha, Triopha catalinae, Nudibranch, Montana de Oro
It is truly amazing what lies beneath the waters of our oceans. An early morning of tidepooling resulted in some amazing finds. I just love these nudibranchs! This is a brightly colored Nudibranch called the Sea Clown Triopha.
Spotted Triopha, Triopha maculata, Cayucos, CA
Back out for day 3 of tide pools. The new year is getting better by the day. The light was fading faster as the tide was at it's lowest point very late in the day. We had a good time that's for sure.
Speckled Triopha, Triopha maculata, Nudibranch, Montana de Oro S
It is truly amazing what lies beneath the waters of our oceans. An early morning of tidepooling resulted in some amazing finds. I just love these nudibranchs! this little one is called Speckled Triopha. These are just amazingly beautiful creatures!
Spanish Shawl Nudibranch (Flabellina idinea) Morro Bay, Californ
All I wanted for my birthday was a Spanish Shawl Nudibranch. Thank you to Marlin for taking me out this morning on a successful tidepool adveneture. I had a blast and got my first Spanish Shawl Nudibeanch.
Sea Lemon, Peltodoris nobilis, Nudibranch, Montana de Oro Sate P
It is truly amazing what lies beneath the waters of our oceans. An early morning of tidepooling resulted in some amazing finds. I just love these nudibranchs! This is a really large Nudibranch called the Sea Lemon. You can see it's large gill rosette tinged with white at the tips. Looks like a flower to me!
Sea-clown Triopha, Triopha catalinae, Hazard Canyon, California
The first day out at the tidepools. This was the last day of the year. Couldn't have been a better day for getting out and about looking for sea creatures to photograph. This is one of my favorite names for a Nudibranch, Sea-Clown
Ring-spotted Nudibranch, Diaulula sandiegensis, Cayucos, Ca
The New Year started out with extremely high tides and low tides. So, you can imagine where, living on the California coast, the photos were to be found. There was a general call to go to the tidepools and shoot whatever we could find. I must say that I find myself a little myopic when out there. I tend to focus on Nudibranchs. I know there are many other amazing things to be photographed, but I just can't seem to get away from these little sea slugs. they are so cool!
Orange-Peel dorid, Acanthodoris lutea, Cayucos California
Back out for day 3 of tide pools. The new year is getting better by the day. The light was fading faster as the tide was at it's lowest point very late in the day. We had a good time that's for sure.
Opalescent Nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis
This was from day 2 of Tidepooling. First day out at Cayucos. We found quite a number of critters and I think there were more than we could photograph. At least I know I missed a lot of things I could have photographed.
Back out for day 3 of tide pools. The new year is getting better by the day. The light was fading faster as the tide was at it's lowest point very late in the day. We had a good time that's for sure.
Hopkin's Rose, Hopkinsia rosacea, Nudibranch, Montana de Oro Sta
It is truly amazing what lies beneath the waters of our oceans. An early morning of tidepooling resulted in some amazing finds. I just love these nudibranchs!