Laurie and I were diving at Cove 2 in West Seattle this past weekend when we saw a sea creature we hadn’t seen there before — an adult wolf eel had taken up residence under a steel plate that was amongst the debris that is scattered around the site. I’ve seen juvenile wolf eels around Cove 2 before which are distinguishable by their brighter orange coloring, but this was the first time we’d seen an adult at the site.

He was acting pretty shy and tucked up under the plate when we approached him, so I had to do my best to get a photo with my GoPro. You can see from the coloring that he is a young adult — he was probably about 3 feet long at this point.

Time will tell whether he sticks around or if he finds Cove 2 a little too busy for his tastes. I will keep an eye out for him though.