Nubble Light

The Cape Neddick Lighthouse in York, Maine, is the most photographed lighthouse in North America.

Aerial view aerial

But it's even more beautiful underwater.
Topside

Nubble Light tidepools divers gearing up Charlotte on the surface

Fish

cunner Charlotte and a cunner cunner closeup Cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus

school of pollocks pollock Pollock, Pollachius virens

flounder head-on flounder Winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus

sculpin longhorn sculpin Longhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus

juvenile sculpin sculpin closeup Shorthorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius

face of red sea raven yellow sea raven red sea raven red sea raven closeup yellow sea raven Sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus

Paul and a lumpfish male lumpfish Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus

Atlantic torpedo ray Atlantic torpedo, Torpedo nobiliana

black sea bass Black sea bass, Centropristis striata

cod Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

gunnel eel Rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus

female skate Winter skate, Raja ocellatus

Snails and Nudibranchs:

moon snail moon snail Northern moon snail, Lunatia heros

 

red-gilled nudibranch spawning red-gilled nudibranches red-gilled nudibranches on pink-hearted hydroid Red-gilled nudibranch, Flabellina pellucida

White Atlantic cadlina White Atlantic cadlina, Cadlina laevis

white nudibranch <TBS>

bushy-back nudibranch Bushy-backed nudibranch, Dendronotus frondosus

little white dorid White dorid, Onchidoris muricata

Doto fragilis Doto cf fragilis

Tunicates:

three sea peaches sea peach Sea peach, Halocynthia pyriformis

Cnidarians and Anemones:

Northern red anemone Northern red anemone, Urticina felina

soft coral Dead man's fingers soft coral, Alcyonium siderium

frilled anemone two frilled anemones frilled anemone, closed Frilled anemone, Metridium senile

two cnidarians Northern cerianthid, Cerianthus borealis

Crustaceans:

lobster pot lobster lobster closeup Northern lobster, Homarus americanus

face of rock crab Rock crab, Cancer irroratus

hermit crab Acadian hermit crab, Pagurus acadianus

mating rock crabs Jonah crab, Cancer borealis

decorator crab Toad crab, Hyas araneus

skeleton shrimp Skeleton shrimp, Caprella sp.

Echinoderms:

Scarlet psolus Scarlet psolus, Psolus fabricii

green sea urchins Green sea urchin, Stronglyocentrotus draebachiensis

two sea stars sea stars eating sea urchin sea stars Northern sea star, Asterias vulgaris

blood star on crumb-of-bread sponge blood star Blood sea star, Henricia sanguinolenta

Sponges and Algae:

finger sponges Finger sponge, Haliclona oculata

ribbon kelp Southern kelp, Laminaria agardhii

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