Olympic Coast
National Marine Sanctuary
Multimedia Gallery

Explore rugged coastlines, towering kelp forests, and a storied seascape.

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Monitor Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay

West Coast Region

Channel Islands Cordell Bank Greater Farallones Monterey Bay Olympic Coast

Pacific Islands Region

American Samoa Hawaii Humpback Whale Papahānaumokuākea

Southeast Region

Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef
An urchin and anemone on a rock

Invertebrates
waves crash against rocks on a rocky coast

Climate Change in your Sanctuaries
A sunset over the ocean

Go Coastal
A diver swimming next to a shipwreck

Sea Stars
a jellyfish swimming in Olympic Coast Marine Sanctuary

Animals of Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
bobcat sitting on a rock in a river fishing for salmon

Connection from the Mountains to the Sea
sea lions playing under water

Sea Lions in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
photo of cliffs and beach of olympic coast national marine sanctuary

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
A Jellyfish

Sea Nettles
Sea otter with its mouth open

Sea Otters
Sea otter swims through kelp

Sea Otters on the Olympic Coast
girl holding up marine debris

Million Waves Project
man walking on the beach carrying a surfboard

Todd Fischer
man digging up clams on the beach

Quinault Indian Nation
people sitting a log on the beach watching the sunset in olympic coast

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Superintendent Carol Bernthal
Native american statues in a field

Journey to the Beginning of the World with the Makah Tribe
A tunicate slowly grows over neighboring orange cup corals

Tunicate and Cup Corals
An overhang on Tatoosh Island covered with giant plumose anemones, Metridium farcimen

Metridium Wall
kelp forest

Sea Urchins - Predators of the Kelp Forest
Hard substrate below the kelp canopy hosts a colorful palette of sea stars, sea urchins and cup corals

Kelp Canopy Kaleidoscope
Diver explores colorful algae

Diver Explores Colorful Algae
fish eating anemone

Fish Eating Anemone