Channel Islands Underwater Images from the underwater habitat of the the Channel Islands National Park. Most images are from around Anacapa & Santa Cruz islands.

Bat ray stirs the sand while searching for food Squid hovers above eggs laid by many squids. Anemone variations Garibaldi Giant kelp detail Giant sea bass Mantis Shrimp Lobster Detail Nudibranch sp? Pike Blenny Swordtail Squid Scallop Detail Rosa Anaemone brittle star on knobby star Brittlestar close up Tangle of brittlestars Brittlestar on bat star Club-tipped anemone Fish hiding in anemones Tiny black-eyed goby Giant sea bass Navanax detail (a sea slug) Reef colors Nudibranch & brittle stars Janolus barbarensis nudibranch Pelagic red crab Anacapa reef scene Sculpin eye detail Sculpin face Pelagic sea jelly Flabellina verrucosa nudibranch Tube anemone Black-eyed goby Camo Crab, look close to find the decorator crab Hermissenda nudibranch Giant kelp Garibaldi Sheephead Golden gorgonian Shrimp Squid eggs on kelp stipe Yellow zoanthids Sheephead & zoanthids Reef off West Anacapa