VIDEO: ‘Spring underwater’ in West Seattle

5:22 PM: Thanks to “Diver Laura” James for sharing her newest work – results of a dive in the “Alki Junkyard” area on Saturday. She says, “It is spring underwater with clusters of eggs everywhere.” Take three minutes to see for yourself!

P.S. The “Junkyard” area is off the west end of the public beach/promenade – approximately 64th SW.

ADDED 9:04 PM: More from Diver Laura:

Yesterday on our dive, Lamont pointed out a sea star to me and was surprised at how excited I got.

The sea star may be a large Leptasterias specimen, one that i have not seen previously in 25 years of diving at the site (that doesn’t mean they were not there, just that I didn’t see them). It is unclear how this might relate to the Sea Star Wasting Syndrome other than they may have been in hiding or always eaten by the bigger predatory stars. A cool thing about Leptasterias is that they are brooding sea stars, and if this one is female we may get to see her babies!

You can learn more about this special sea star here, at Chris Mah’s amazing echinoblog!

2 Replies to "VIDEO: 'Spring underwater' in West Seattle"

  • miws February 14, 2016 (6:20 pm)

    Thanks for another great vid, Laura and crew!

    Mike

  • heather February 15, 2016 (8:54 am)

    2 octopi!!!! Yay! That made my day :)

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