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Tidepooling.

Maybe young Stiliger fuscovittatus? At least 6 in a single pool.

One individual, it was using the surface tension

tiny

Bit of a unicorn this guy. Only a single rhinophore and it's in the middle of it's head. Also no evidence of another rhinophore stump. Very unique specimen

Several on same piece of giant kelp

Adults and eggs.
A bloom like I've never seen. They were everywhere.

Nudibranchs with eggs.

@kljinsitka check this out!
@clauden what do you think? Unfortunately I only got one view.

A fairy palm hydroid (Corymorpha palma) with blister glassy bubble (Haminoea vesicula) eggs and Cooper's aeolid eggs laid upon that.
Adult Cooper's present.

Adults everywhere.
Attached to a fairy palm hydroid (Corymorpha palma).

Exciting observation! Might I be seeing nematocysts?

I think?

3 H. crassicornis and 8 H. opalescens this morning.

Found by @Mari_co. A couple feet away from Monterey Dorid.

amazing find by @thetidepooler

Kellet's Whelks and eggs Photographed off of Breakwater/San Carlos Beach near Metridian Field.

Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Hairy Shore Crab) eat Cymatogaster aggregata (Shiner Perch)

Four Columbian black-tailed deer wandered through the intertidal, something our local deer seem to be doing much more recently, ignoring the people on the beach.

Does this nudibranch have an egg mass next to it?

To the right of the Tritonid. ID and post suggested by @jeffgoddard