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Cold Water Reefs

Cold Water Reefs

To most people the term reef implies a tropical coral reef. That is only one kind. A reef is basically any structure that supports a mass of underwater life. In the cold, plankton rich waters of the west coast of North America there are plenty of reefs. They even support species that are more often associated with tropical seas.  Colourful soft corals, sponges, anemone, and other life form lush environments in many places along the coast.  Along with Kelp Forests, these areas are a valuable habitat for many fish species as well. 

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Rich invertebrate life on the reef on Steep Island, Discovery Passage.
Soft Coral and sponge in the shallows near Telegraph Cove, BC
A rare bare patch of rock on the reefs around  Telegraph Cove
Soft coral, Painted Anemone, Giant Barnacles, Zooanthids, sponges and more cover the rocks in Telegraph Cove.
Crimson Anemone, Basket Star, and bright red Amoured Sea Cucumber, among other life in the rich waters near Telegraph Cove.
Soft coral, Crimson and Painted Anemone, Giant Barnacles, Zooanthids and more cover the rocks in Telegraph Cove.
Kelp Greenling gliding past colourful coldwater reef structure in Discovery Passage.
Kelp Greenling gliding past colourful coldwater reef structure in Discovery Passage.
Sea Lemon Nudibranch cruising over the reef on a dive site called Richmonds Reef, on the west side of Quadra Island.
Beautiful colour at 90 feet on a dive site called The Rock at Whiskey Pt, Quadra Island, BC
Quillback Rockfish over rocky reef structure covered with Feather DusterTube Worms and Strawberry Anemone. Steep Island, Disc...
Orange Peel Nudibranch over a clump of soft coral in Browning Pass
Abundance of life cover the  rocks near Telegraph Cove, including Crimson Anemone, soft coral, Encrusting sponge, Zooanthids ...
Abundance of life cover the  rocks near Telegraph Cove, including Crimson Anemone, soft coral, Encrusting sponge, Zooanthids,...
Masses of life cover an overhanging rock near Telegraph Cove, including Painted and Crimson Anemone, soft coral, sponge, and ...
In the shallows of Browning Wall. A Basket Star  and Sea Strawberry soft coral cover the rocks.
In the shallows of Browning Wall. A Basket Star clings to kelp and Sea Strawberry soft coral grows among Plumose Anemone
Soft coral and Basket Stars compete for the plankton drifting by on Browning Wall, Browning Passage, Port Hardy, BC
School of Black Rockfish, Sebastes melanops, as well as a single Puget Sound Rockfish in Browning Pass.
Soft Coral, Encrusting sponge, Basket Star and Plumose Anemone on Browning Wall, British Columbia
Incredible variety of life adorn the wall at Browning Pass, with a large school of adult Widow Rockfish
Soft Coral and Plumose Anemone on Browning Wall, British Columbia
Small clumps of Cloud Sponge and rockfish in Discovery Passage, north of Campbell River.
A huge Cloud Sponge, Aphrocallistes vastus, in Discovery Passage, Campbell River.
A huge Cloud Sponge and Scuba diver in Discovery Passage, Campbell River.
A Copper Rockfish sheltering under a Cloud Sponge in Discovery Passage.
Colourful Glove sponge, Sea Strawberry Soft Coral and Plumose Anemone adorn the wall at Browning Pass, Port Hardy
Masses of invertebrate life on the rocky walls along the western shore of Quadra Island.