This Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dolpheini) was one of about five GPO's we saw out in the open during four days of diving in Barkley Sound with Rendezvous Dive Adventures. Conditions were perfect deep on the reef, and our group found many GPO's hunting and resting on the rocky topology of Barkley Sound.

A Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dolpheini) strikes a pose on a colorful part of the reef surrounded by Giant Plumose Anemones (Metridium farcimen).

Nikon Z8 w/8-15mm Fisheye lens + 1.4TC, f9@1/20s iso320, Pair of Retra Maxi strobes with 4500k filters

Great photo Dave, kind of spooky. I like the fantastic combination of colours.

2 hours ago, Floris Bennema said:

Great photo Dave, kind of spooky. I like the fantastic combination of colours.

This one is a bit spookier:

Kraken and Ghost Diver

Nikon Z8 w/8-15mm Fisheye lens + 1.4TC, f9@1/25s iso500, Pair of Retra Maxi strobes with 4500k filters

That’s sweet @Dave_Hicks

Here is a video of one of the GPO's on this trip that was grooming and cleaning its suckers. It's pretty crazy!

Nikon Z8 w/8-15mm Fisheye lens + 1.4TC, f8@1/30s iso800, Pair of Retra Maxi strobes with 4500k filters in 6000 lumen video mode

Edited May 13May 13 by Dave_Hicks

Great shots and video. I'll be heading to Rendezvous Dive Adventures in a couple of weeks. Your photos and video have me pumped up for the trip.

Nice work!

1 hour ago, PeterN said:

Great shots and video. I'll be heading to Rendezvous Dive Adventures in a couple of weeks. Your photos and video have me pumped up for the trip.

Nice work!

Have fun! Summer vis can be variable. I hope it's fantastic!

Be sure to order nitrox for you and your buddy! During my visit we had 50-100ft vis but only below 55 feet. 25-55 was close to zero. So all the diving was deep and my buddy was on air. I was on CCR. Let's just say my buddy ended up in deco on every dive with close to zero reserves!

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Dave_Hicks

Very cool Dave! That’s how I clean my suckers, too.