1 Sept 2022
I had originally planned on going back to the bridge to explore on my own, but last night’s blackwater dive was longer than expected (we could have up to 2 hours in the water!), and I was exhausted, so I took a rare morning off, which turned into an afternoon off since I didn’t need to meet my blackwater boat til 7pm.
Dive #3 – Blackwater
The most common, but harder to photograph, critter were these Arrow worms:
They were everywhere, but usually darted off a split-second before my camera could focus on them:
Also abundant tonight were these little crabs:
They were equally hard to photograph as they liked to spin around and never stayed still:
A flounder:
I think this thing is a crab larva:
I think this might be a Mantis shrimp larva:
Acorn worm:
A salp:
Eel:
Whoever this guy is, he seems quite happy!
A lobster! These guys are awesome because they are completely flat- totally 2-dimensional!
Cool jelly:
Another spinning crab- look at those little pinchers!
A moon jelly:
I like the arms on this guy:
I want this to be a larval Wahoo! but I’m not really sure:
One last crab:
A short, but enjoyable night of diving!