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A freediving spearfisherman glides quietly through the kelp forest in search of game fish to hunt. The most skilled spearfishermen forego the use of SCUBA, which is noisy underwater and scares away fish. Instead, they practice breathhold techniques to move silently through the water. San Clemente Island.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 10235  

North Pacific Yellowtail school under a patch of drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: North pacific yellowtail, Yellowtail, Kingfish, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07000  

Palm kelp, Isla Afuera. Southern sea palm.
Species: Southern sea palm, Eisenia arborea
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 01287  

Half-moon perch schooling under offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Macrocystis pyrifera, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02747  

Kelp fronds with encrusting bryozoans.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03402  

Purple urchins destroying/eating giant kelp holdfast.
Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03404  

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts (air bladders).
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03410  

Kelp forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03424  

Blacksmith schooling amid kelp forest.
Species: Giant kelp, Chromis punctipinnis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05123  

Anemone on kelp.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 00574  

Green sea anemone.
Species: Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Image ID: 12858  

Green sea anemone.
Species: Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Image ID: 12859  

Drift kelp has washed ashore on a sandy California beach. Winter brings large surf and increased wave energy which often rips giant kelp from the ocean bottom, so that it floats down current, often washing ashore.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Image ID: 14884  

Kelp holdfast and substrate.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00622  

Assorted lowlying kelps, including surf grass and southern palm kelp.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 01046  

Juvenile rockfish hiding amidst kelp holdfast, offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01262  

Senorita feeding on bryozoans on kelp.
Species: Senorita, Macrocystis pyrifera, Oxyjulis californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01292  

Kelp canopy.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02120  

Drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02414  

Purple sea urchins on rocky reef amid kelp forest.
Species: Purple urchin, Macrocystis pyrifera, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 03111  

Elkhorn coral.
Species: Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
Location: Roatan, Honduras
Image ID: 05563  

Elkhorn coral.
Species: Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
Location: Roatan, Honduras
Image ID: 18502  

Pillar coral.
Species: Pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus
Location: Roatan, Honduras
Image ID: 18503  

Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Species: Purple aeolis, Spanish shawl, Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: California
Image ID: 00266  

Nudibranch.
Species: Dendronotus albus nudibranch, Dendronotus albus
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01067  

Juvenile fish referencing on offshore drift kelp.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01260  

Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Species: Purple aeolis, Spanish shawl, Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Santa Cruz Island, California
Image ID: 02033  

Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe.
Species: Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02478  

Anemone on kelp stipe.
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 02485  

Nudibranch.
Species: Clown nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 02518