19 Jan 2020
I’m not a morning person, but sunrises at sea sure are pretty!
We moved westward again, this time to Wayil for another awesome day of dives!
Dive #17 – Wedding Cake – Wayil
(most days, I could get a shot of the board with just a little bit of glare, but this morning, the sun would not cooperate)
Crocodilefish! I was super excited that we found another one because I learned they have really cool eyes…
Crocodilefish eye!
Pseudoceros liparus flatworm:
Phyllidia elegans:
So I had seen these sea feathers all over the place- usually hanging out on a sea fan or something, but this one was moving. Apparently, they’re mobile!
Glassfish
Red lionfish:
Comet:
Orange-lined cardinalfish
Greetings from a pair of anenomefish!
…and apparently they have teeth…
Six-bar angelfish:
Bearded Scorpionfish:
Another bearded scorpionfish:
Find the Tasselled Scorpionfish:
Clown Triggerfish:
Blue dragon nudibranch:
Old Glory (for real, that’s his name!):
Between dives, we took the speedboats out for a tour of the lagoons!
Farewell, Amira
Hello, lagoon!
The water was so clear!
I could totally live on that beach:
Best surface interval ever!
Dive #18 – The Four Kings – Wayil
This was a very large site, so we dove it twice
Fish soup, with a diver
Obligatory underwater shot of me:
Peacock Mantis Shrimp:
Bluestriped fangblenny:
Usually, blennies just hide in their holes, so it was cool to see this guy free-swimming. I love how they look like they’re smiling:
Threadfish Hawkfish:
Leopard wire coral shrimp (on the underside of that coral, he was NOT a fan of pictures):
Eclipse butterflyfish:
Lionfish!
Philippines chromis:
Ringtailed cardinalfish:
Find the tiny shrimp:
NEMO!!!
Dancing shrimp:
A whole gang of these guys were hanging from the ceiling- not gonna lie- they creeped me out
Orangutan crab:
Nemo family:
This is probably one of my best underwater shots- super-proud of this one!
FROGFISH!!!
Leaf scorpionfish:
A school of spadefish:
They were easily the size of large dinner plates.
Dive #19 – The Four Kings – Wayil
Lionfish:
This guy snapped shut right after I took his picture:
Another lionfish:
Banded coral shrimp; this picture is not upside down:
Emperor Angelfish:
Lionfish face:
Longnose hawkfish, again, with some parasites:
Titan triggerfish with a cleaner wrasse:
Coral Grouper:
A very skeptical damselfish:
Pink anemonefish:
Usually, these corals contain pygmy seahorses, but this one had a tiny crab:
Pipefish! I never got tired of seeing these guys!
Pseudoceros lindae:
Phyllidiella pustulosa:
Dive #20 – Batu Barracuda – Wayil
Phyllidia coelestis:
Coryphellina exoptata:
Frogfish!
Doriprismatica atromarginata:
A pair of Coryphellina exoptata:
Nembrotha kubaryana:
Eel on the hunt!
Phyllidia coelestis + Doriprismatica atromarginata (didn’t notice the ruffly one til I loaded up the pictures!):
Not sure who this spindly little guy is:
Phyllidia coelestis:
Little eel:
This plant was coiled up and on the move!
This twitchy little fish did not want his picture taken!
Tiniest little squid ever! He was MAYBE the size of a pencil eraser!
Walking shark, on the run (again):
Another eel on the hunt:
This plant was coiled up, but stationary:
