Pacific Northwest Marine Life Identification

Not just a what-cha-ma-call-it anymore!

Wing Footed Snails, Octopus, Heart Crabs, Broken Back Shrimp, Lumpsuckers, And More…

If you are tired of always asking "What was that thing?" or "Did you see that funny critter by that BIG white flower?"

"PACIFIC NW MARINE LIFE IDENTIFCATION" is the answer to your fantasies!! The course is designed to introduce you to many of the creatures that inhabit our beautiful marine environment.

Why learn to identify marine life?

Increase each dive experience by identifying what you are seeing. Understand when, where and how to find different marine life local to the Pacific Northwest. Stop passing octopus dens, lumpsuckers and kelp eating tank creatures

What will I do?

Learn to locate these creatures and plants as well as what they eat, what eats them, how many of them reproduce and how they attack or defend themselves from other marine creatures.

If you are looking for an "Art Show", this isn’t it!! The Stars of this show are in their natural environment and in many cases require you to search them out. Why? Because many of them have mastered the Klingon cloaking technology!

How long will it take?

4 interactive slide show presentations and 2 open water dives over 1 day.

What do I need to start?

• PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water
• Minimum age: 10
• Non-Divers welcome for non-diving activities

Recommended Materials:

• Whelks to Whales – Harbo
• Pacific Coast Nudibranchs – Behrens
• Guide to Marine Invertebrates – Gotshall
• Pacific Subtidal Marine Invertebrates – Gotshall
• Coastal Fish Identification – Humann
• Coastal Fishes of The Pacific Northwest – Lamb
• Pacific Cost Inshore Fishes 4th Edition – Gotshall

**All books are available at Bubbles Below and Whelks to Whales is included with the course!

Become a Master Scuba Diver?

Show off your training and knowledge by receiving the Master Scuba Diver certification. This is the highest recreational diver level in the PADI system of diver education. It indicates you have received a significant amount of training and experience in a variety of dive environments. Completing this specialty brings you one step closer to achieving this sought after certification.

Our Philosophy

At Bubbles Below we are committed to encouraging the growth of not only divers but local opportunities for the advancement of the sport of SCUBA diving in the greater Northwest.

Everyone who is involved with our dive center is committed to not only a buddy system but that your buddy or student is always first. We know that:

• Nothing in the water is as important as my buddy.
• Keeping myself and my buddy safe means there is always another day to dive.
• Fun and safe diving are the only way to dive.