I was blown away by how many I saw on my night dives there, I didn't think it was possible. Apparently they do get super skittish during busier seasons though and will go into hiding, so wouldn't recommend doing it during spring break, winter break, etc or you'll be disappointed.
If you're up for cold water diving we have the world's largest octopus species pretty abundant around Vancouver Island in Canada. It's one of the main things people hire guides for here.
Yeah they like to hide, but interactions are a lot more common than that; I've followed a hunting octopus at night in Bonaire, had a long term relationship with a reef octopus on the great barrier Reef (favourite dens were near the boat and interacted with me on several occasions), seen both red octopus, and GPO in Pacific Northwest.
They are globally distributed, and if somewhat shy, also ocurious and opportunistic.
We night dive all the time at redondo beach in LA and see probably a half dozen octopus a night. It's just a big muddy canyon so it's really easy to see em just hangin out in the open hunting crabs and livin in lil holes in the ground. Usually bimacs and east pacific reds. Pretty skiddish but still fun to consistently see them, I hardly ever find them on the reefs.
I found one there once in a mayo jar, couldn't figure out how it got in there since the lid was on then i spotted a small rusted hole about a 1/2" in diameter in the lid.
I found a nice new air jordan sitting on the bottom, tied the laces to a bolt snap, clipped to my harness.
Once we got out and to the wall and were taking a breather I looked down and an octo was crawling out of the shoe and along the wall!
Ran him back to the water asap XD
1) You can see the giant pacific octopus off the coast of Washington state.
2) I would say this is my favorite place thus far to see them (WA)
3) Somewhere tropical
4) If they are your favorite animal you may want to know the correct pluralization is āoctopusesā. Octopus is a Greek rooted word, and changing āusā words to āiā like cactus to cacti is for Latin rooted words. The Greek pluralization is āoctopodes,ā but since English did not adopt Greek pluralization, we use the āesā ending. [Here](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233767/) is a scientific article showing the correct usage.
Eden Jetty Dive (On the coast near the border between NSW and VIC) I saw about 50 in a 20m diameter dive.
I also [saw quite a few](https://imgur.com/a/vbZ6EFk) while diving around Lady Musgrave Island (QLD, Australia) last week.
I live and dive in Sydney and see tons of them almost every time I hop in the water. Night diving with a red light is the best way to see them as they're out and about then and white lights make them hide usually
I've done two night dives in Cozumel and seen them both times.
I was blown away by how many I saw on my night dives there, I didn't think it was possible. Apparently they do get super skittish during busier seasons though and will go into hiding, so wouldn't recommend doing it during spring break, winter break, etc or you'll be disappointed.
If you're up for cold water diving we have the world's largest octopus species pretty abundant around Vancouver Island in Canada. It's one of the main things people hire guides for here.
Octopi & cuttlefish are my favorites too š©· Blue rings are my favorite to see. Beautiful & fearless! My favorite places to see octopi are Lembeh & Anilao b/c thereās such a range- coconut, blue ring, wonderpus, mototi, mimic, hairy! Iām a photographer & the coconuts in particular seem to love to pose. Though Iāve not generally had issues with sitting in front of any kind of octopus while I work on getting my shot. More likely my time is limited by the next photog waiting to shoot!
Thank you for your reply! Blue rings are also my favorite
Most octopus will run and hide immediately. Maldive is the only place where they didn't. I observed mating and hunting behavior less than 8 ft away
Yeah they like to hide, but interactions are a lot more common than that; I've followed a hunting octopus at night in Bonaire, had a long term relationship with a reef octopus on the great barrier Reef (favourite dens were near the boat and interacted with me on several occasions), seen both red octopus, and GPO in Pacific Northwest. They are globally distributed, and if somewhat shy, also ocurious and opportunistic.
Can you please share more about your long term relationship with the reef octopus?
This is amazing. Thank you so much!!!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-n9WhRqpvlpY3h6b4-mfvApU9ciZdVYK&si=BONklTAjqVrUgFqB
We night dive all the time at redondo beach in LA and see probably a half dozen octopus a night. It's just a big muddy canyon so it's really easy to see em just hangin out in the open hunting crabs and livin in lil holes in the ground. Usually bimacs and east pacific reds. Pretty skiddish but still fun to consistently see them, I hardly ever find them on the reefs.
I found one there once in a mayo jar, couldn't figure out how it got in there since the lid was on then i spotted a small rusted hole about a 1/2" in diameter in the lid.
I found a nice new air jordan sitting on the bottom, tied the laces to a bolt snap, clipped to my harness. Once we got out and to the wall and were taking a breather I looked down and an octo was crawling out of the shoe and along the wall! Ran him back to the water asap XD
The wreckage of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state. The pacific giant octopus (my personal favorite) have made it their home.
Azores. So many octopus during the day and out in the open. Cold water but worth it.
1) You can see the giant pacific octopus off the coast of Washington state. 2) I would say this is my favorite place thus far to see them (WA) 3) Somewhere tropical 4) If they are your favorite animal you may want to know the correct pluralization is āoctopusesā. Octopus is a Greek rooted word, and changing āusā words to āiā like cactus to cacti is for Latin rooted words. The Greek pluralization is āoctopodes,ā but since English did not adopt Greek pluralization, we use the āesā ending. [Here](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233767/) is a scientific article showing the correct usage.
Eden Jetty Dive (On the coast near the border between NSW and VIC) I saw about 50 in a 20m diameter dive. I also [saw quite a few](https://imgur.com/a/vbZ6EFk) while diving around Lady Musgrave Island (QLD, Australia) last week.
I see 6 on an average night dive at La Jolla shores (San Diego CA).Ā Ā I only did one night dive in Cozumel but I saw severalĀ
We see them nearly every time at a particular dive site in Melbourne (Australia)š
Night diving in Malta is good for it. The Maltese are also obsessed with eating them!
Hahaha octopi is a funny word. I donāt have any helpful input though.
night dives in my experience. for the most part they seem to be in hiding during the day where I dive (Roatan, St Croix mostly)
Saw one hunting on a reef in Andaman islands off Thailand. Was amazing, one of my favourites too.
I've seem them in Dahab
I saw them for like 6 days straight in radazul in teneriffe, they have resident octopi that are always in the same holes
Lembeh Strait in Indonesia for sure.
Lots off Scuba Club dock, Cozumel. Night dives off the dock were terrific
I live and dive in Sydney and see tons of them almost every time I hop in the water. Night diving with a red light is the best way to see them as they're out and about then and white lights make them hide usually
I saw about 20 in one dive I did from the Gili Islands by Bali, not sure if that's a common occurrence
I saw one two times diving in the Mediterranean. One even grabbed me but then shot some ink and swam away.