Dive #502 - Dolphin Beach - 28 August 2021 - Sea Cucumber Mortality Event

There's a sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) mass mortality event happening in Nanoose. My buddy Jill and I dove at Dolphin Beach this morning, and every cucumber we found above 30m was dead or dying. Temp was 17c in the shallows, 10c at 30m. Divers around the corner at Tyee report the same thing, as of two days ago. For our second dive, we went to Wall Beach and while there was some evidence of the same type of cucumber dead, there was less and all cukes under 14m appeared healthy. Temp in the shallows was 17c, under 15m was 10c.

Posted on August 29, 2021 05:25 AM by leftcoaster leftcoaster

Observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Ribbon Worm (Tubulanus polymorphus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Blood Stars (Genus Henricia)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Smooth Sun Stars (Genus Solaster)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Butterfly King Crab (Cryptolithodes typicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellow-edged Cadlina (Cadlina luteomarginata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Sea Squirts (Class Ascidiacea)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Vermilion Rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Smooth Sun Stars (Genus Solaster)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Vermilion Star (Mediaster aequalis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Tiger Rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Predaceous Aeolis (Coryphella trophina)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Puget Sound Rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Freckled Dorid (Peltodoris lentiginosa)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Orange Puffball Sponge (Tethya californiana)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Freckled Dorid (Peltodoris lentiginosa)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Frilled Dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Spiny Scallop (Chlamys hastata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Hydroids (Subclass Hydroidolina)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Gumboot Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Giant California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Ribbon Worm (Tubulanus polymorphus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Kelp Pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Pile Surfperch (Phanerodon vacca)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

Photos / Sounds

What

Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)

Observer

leftcoaster

Date

August 28, 2021 09:50 PM PDT

Description

Day dive at Dolphin Beach. First sighting of sea cucumber mass mortality event.

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