20 Jan 2020
While we slept, the boat relocated northeast to Balbulol:
but today was a short day- only 2 dives- since the boat needed to move north and there was a serious head-wind (we were making about 3.5 knots with all 3 engines going)
Baby Rock on the left, and Two Tree Rock on the right- our sites for today.
Dive #21 – Two Tree Rock – Balbulol
Phyllidia elegans:
Banded pipefish:
This little guy had such a cool tail!
This sea fan contained several pygmy seahorses:
We found so many of these little guys that by the end of the trip we were almost sick of seeing them, though that didn’t stop me from trying to get a picture with one of them directly facing my camera.
A very-lightly pigmented Phyllidiella pustulosa (most of them are more pink):
Nembrotha cristata:
Spot the scorpionfish!
Such a happy little blenny!
Peacock mantis shrimp:
Chromodoris lochi (L) and willani (R):
Bubble Coral Shrimp:
Look at his little pinchers!!
Whip coral shrimp:
Chromodoris dianae:
Blue dragon nudibranch:
Wobbegong- bearded shark:
look at his face!!!
Dive #22 – Baby Rock – Balbulol
Goniobranchus kuniei:
These guys have a fun under-skirt
Blue spiny lobster:
Juvenile Emperor Angelfish:
Nembrotha kubaryana:
Phyllidiella pustulosa:
Twospot coralfish:
Lizardfish:
Orangutan crab:
Lionfish:
Scorpionfish:
Pseudobiceros bedfordi flatworm:
Pseudoceros laingensis – Purple-spotted yellow flatworm:
Bubble coral shrimp:
Blacktip Grouper:
Another coral full of damselfish:
Shy little guy!
Indo-pacific sergeant:
Fluorescent orange sea star:
Blackside hawkfish:
Spadefish:
My group waiting for the speedboat to pick us up:
The Bathtub, the larger, but slower speedboat, stowed and ready for our crossing:
While our boat relocated, the crew sang and played for us a variety of songs in English and Indonesian- it was pretty awesome to hear “Burning Ring of Fire” in an Indonesian accent:
Ronald, Andris, Adam, Ading and Meidy:
The sun sets on a fun night
Every night after dinner, Nora would bust out the nautical charts and show us where we were headed next:
