VIDEO: West Seattle’s Cormorant Cove Park, the undersea view

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Late-night extra – another peek beneath the surface, courtesy of “Diver Laura” James. This is likely the first in a series of glimpses into the undersea world beyond the most-popular dive spots near Seacrest; in this short video, she shows you around at Cormorant Cove, the city park off Beach Drive by the Harbor West condos-on-pilings.

P.S. While you won’t see them because they were tucked away in crevices, Laura says “some surviving Ochre Sea Stars (the purple ones) and some young Mottled Stars (the orange ones)” were in view. She also calls our attention to South Sound U.S. Rep. Denny Heck‘s reintroduction of a bill to provide federal help to try to solve marine-disease emergencies like sea-star wasting syndrome – read about it here.

Puget Sound Matters February 17, 2015 (6:10 am)

Beautiful and powerful video, thank you Laura and WSB for bringing this to us. Many of us walk by Cormorant Park and don’t think of the creatures going about their daily lives right in front of us. West Seattle school kids in particular feel so much more protective of our precious Puget Sound when they can watch this for themselves.

miws February 17, 2015 (7:40 am)

Many of us walk by Cormorant Park and don’t think of the creatures going about their daily lives right in front of us.

Exactly! I was thinking similarly while watching this. We may be very well aware of the “Other World” right in our backyard, but Diver Laura’s videos really show us how busy and active that world is.

Thanks, Diver Laura, and WSB!

Mike

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