April 4, 2024:
Loh Buaya Visitor Center, Rinca Island:
On the ninth day of our Komodo National Park Cruise, prior to diving, we made an early morning visit to the Loh Buaya Visitor Center on Rinca Island, in order to spend additional time with Komodo Dragons.
We took a guided hike at this well-designed facility, and observed numerous Komodo Dragons at a close, but safe, distance under the watchful eye of our guide.
Along the way, we were also treated to a few additional brief encounters!
Here are several of my favorite images from this enjoyable visit to the Loh Buaya Visitor Center:
Four photos of Komodo Dragons; statue of two fighting Komodo Dragons at the entrance to the facility; Crab-Eating Macaque; Butterfly; a soaring Brahminy Kite; panoramic view from the highest point of our hike; and Damai II awaiting our return.
Enjoy!
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April 3, 2024:
Horseshoe Bay Topside, Rinca Island Beach:
In between dives, late in the afternoon of the day that we spent in Horseshoe Bay, we cruised in one of the dive tenders to just off the shore of Rinca Island.
We hoped to observe Komodo Dragons up close and personal, and we were not disappointed!
There were three Komodo Dragons patrolling the beach near the water’s edge!
These apex predators are impressive animals!
The Komodo Dragon, a Monitor Lizard species, is the world’s largest lizard, with adult males growing up to 10 feet long, and weighing up to 200 pounds.
They are, however, an endangered species, whose range is limited to just five islands located in, and adjacent to, Komodo National Park.
Among their prey are mammals such as Rusa Deer.
There was a Rusa Deer buck on the beach in close proximity to the Komodo Dragons.
It kept an eye on the Dragons, and was not attacked during our visit.
We were also treated to an impressive Brahminy Kite perched in a tree bordering the beach.
Here are a few of my favorite images from our brief visit to this Rinca Island beach:
Four photos of individual Komodo Dragons; two Komodo Dragons wrestling; Komodo Dragon & Rusa Deer buck; two shots of the Rusa Deer buck; and two images of the Brahminy Kite.
Enjoy!
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April 2, 2024:
Tatawa Kecil:
The final dive of our Komodo National Park Cruise aboard Damai II was at Tatawa Kecil, a sloping, healthy, hard coral reef.
At the beginning of the dive, the current was quite strong, but it eased off as the dive progressed.
The visibility of 100’+ was outstanding!
During the dive I spotted, but was unable to photograph, two Hawksbill Turtles, as well as schooling Fusiliers and Jacks.
I did, however, manage to shoot Reefscapes.
After the dive, Damai II sailed back to Labuan Bajo Harbor.
Here are a half dozen of my favorite images from our dive at Tatawa Kecil.
Enjoy!
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April 1, 2024:
Return To Lighthouse Reef:
For the tenth, and final, day of our cruise, we returned to northern Komodo National Park for a couple of dives, prior to sailing back to Labuan Bajo.
First, we did an early morning dive at Lighthouse Reef, where we had been six days before.
During our previous dive at this site, we had encountered at least three, somewhat curious Reef Manta Rays.
We were hoping for a similar encounter on our return to Lighthouse Reef.
Unfortunately, it didn’t occur.
So I contented myself by photographing reefscapes of this attractive, healthy, predominantly hard coral reef.
Here are a few of my favorite images from our repeat dive at Lighthouse Reef.
(As I reviewed these photos today, I noticed that on the third image, there is a pretty good-sized turtle tucked in the reef, which I didn’t notice when I took the shot! Do you see it? Hint: Check out the bottom right hand corner of the photo.)
Enjoy!
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March 31, 2024:
Back To Wainilu:
After diving Pengah Slope, we dove a site called Mauan, also located in central Komodo National Park.
This gently sloping reef is largely coral rubble, with scattered healthy coral bommies.
Mauan boasts known Reef Manta Ray cleaning stations, so we hoped to encounter Mantas during our dive.
Unfortunately, we had no such luck!
In fact, variable currents, sometimes ripping and directed downward, were the major feature of our dive at Mauan!
I came away from this dive with a healthy respect for the currents, but with no images worth posting.
We concluded our dive day with a night dive at Wainilu, as we had done four days previously.
Once again, we encountered many critters, and had an enjoyable and photographically productive dive at this site.
Here are some of my favorite images from our repeat night dive at Wainilu:
Two photos of a Starry Night Octopus; Nudibranch (Ceratosoma species); a pair of Banded Coral Shrimp; Nudibranchs (I’m not sure what species); a couple of shots of a juvenile Crocodile Flathead; another Nudibranch (I’m not sure what species); Painted Stingfish; and a Banded Sole.
Enjoy!
Happy Easter!
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March 27, 2024:
Pengah Slope:
Our ninth dive day began with a dive at Pengah Slope, located near Pengah Kecil Island in central Komodo National Park.
This dive site features a lovely, healthy, predominantly hard coral sloping reef and wall, with numerous small pinnacles.
I photographed reefscapes during this mellow dive.
Here are several of my favorite images from Pengah Slope.
Enjoy!
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March 25, 2024:
Manta Alley & Pink Beach:
Our eighth dive day was rather frustrating for me, and not especially productive photographically.
We began the day with two dives at Manta Alley.
This dive site, located in south central Komodo National Park near Komodo Island, comprises Reef Manta Ray cleaning stations and feeding areas.
There were at least 4 or 5 Reef Manta Rays at the site during our dives.
Unfortunately, however, they spent most of their time feeding near the surface, and little time at the cleaning stations, where we were hanging out.
In addition, the 30′-40′ visibility was quite poor.
Pink Beach was the site for our third dive of the day.
This Komodo Island dive site features a sandy bottom, and a few “rocks” that project above the water surface.
Visibility was also quite limited during this dive.
Compounding the situation, for some reason my mask kept flooding!
So I decided to end the dive, and call it a day!
That’s the way it goes sometimes!
In any case, here are three images from Manta Alley:
Two photos of Reef Manta Rays; and a Reefscape.
And one shot from Pink Beach:
Nudibranch (Nembrotha cristata).
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
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March 23, 2024:
Torpedo Alley:
My day of diving in Horseshoe Bay concluded with a night dive at Torpedo Alley, accompanied by Damai II cruise director Joshua.
This dive site, a relatively shallow sand slope, is named for Torpedo Rays which have been encountered there.
Joshua and I had a challenging dive at Torpedo Alley, due to a “snowstorm” of tiny shrimp, worms, and other small creatures, which were attracted by our dive lights.
This impressive swarm at least partially obscured virtually all of the critters that we spotted!
We resorted to frequently turning off our lights during the dive, in an attempt to intermittently briefly improve the situation, with minimal success.
In particular, we encountered several different species of small crabs at Torpedo Alley, but no Torpedo Rays.
When illuminated, the crabs feasted on the mass of small critters attracted by our lights!
Eventually, it became abundantly clear that the maelstrom was not going to abate, so we ended our dive.
I did manage to salvage a few images from Torpedo Alley, and here are my favorites:
A couple of photos of two different Anemone Decorator Crabs, each on its own Sea Pen; Juvenile Crocodile Flathead partially buried in the sand; Nudibranch (Nembrotha lineolata); Anemone Hermit Crab; Moon Snail; Orangutan Crab; Nudibranch (Armina species); Barred Sand Conger Eel; and a Soft Coral Crab.
Enjoy!
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March 22, 2024:
Cannibal Rock:
Cannibal Rock is a renowned dive site located in the heart of Horseshoe Bay.
It is a lush seamount situated adjacent to a small ilet/rock.
On the day that it was discovered, a Komodo Dragon was observed to be eating another of its kind nearby, hence the dive site name Cannibal Rock!
Unfortunately, we dove the site in less than ideal conditions.
There was a moderately strong current, and diminished visibility of about 30 feet.
Nonetheless, this amazing dive site could be appreciated!
I did my best to create a few decent images under these technically difficult conditions.
Here are a few of my favorite photos from our dive at Cannibal Rock:
Red Sea Apple & Magnificent Fire Urchin; another Red Sea Apple; Tasseled Scorpionfish; Nudibranch (Glossodoris atromarginata); Colonial Tunicates; well-camouflaged Whip Coral Shrimp; a pair of Threadfin Hawkfish; and a foraging Sea Cucumber.
Enjoy!
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March 21, 2024:
Yellow Wall of Texas:
Near the entrance to Horseshoe Bay, I dove Yellow Wall of Texas, another iconic dive site, tagging along with Joshua, one of Damai II’s superb cruise directors, and an excellent diver.
The “Yellow Wall” part of the dive site’s name derives from the abundant yellow soft corals on the wall.
The “of Texas” part of the name honors the late, great Larry Smith, a much beloved Indonesia diving legend, originally from Texas.
Joshua did a great job finding “critters” for me to photograph, including two tiny octopi, perhaps Algae Octopi? (I’m not sure.)
In any case, here are some of my favorite images from our dive at Yellow Wall of Texas:
Two photographs of the tiny octopi, (perhaps Algae Octopi); Nudibranch (I’m not sure of the ID); another Nudibranch (Dermatobranchus species?); Holthuis’ Anemone Shrimp; Nudibranch (Chromodoris species); Nudibranch (Tambja morosa); Marine Blue Flatworm; Nudibranch (I’m not sure of the ID); and a pair of Pipefish.
Enjoy!
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March 18, 2024:
Rodeo Rock:
Early in the morning of our seventh dive day, Damai II cruised into Horseshoe Bay, located in southern Komodo National Park, between the south coast of Rinca Island and the north coast of much smaller Kode Pulau Motang Island.
We were the only dive vessel in the Bay, and spent the entire day enjoying several of the fabulous dive sites of Horseshoe Bay!
At 75° F, the Indian Ocean water flowing into the Bay was about 7° F colder than the Pacific Ocean water in northern Komodo National Park!
We first dove Rodeo Rock, a Horseshoe Bay seamount.
During the dive, I concentrated on “macro” photographic subjects, including tiny amphipods no larger than a grain of sand, which were quite abundant at the dive site.
Here are several of my favorite images from our dive at Rodeo Rock:
Two photos of Cyproidea ornata Amphipods, (commonly know as Ladybug or Ornate Amphipods); Red Sea Apple, (a sea cucumber species); Nudibranch (I’m not sure what species); Tubastrea Coral, (commonly known as Orange Cup Coral); Black-Blotched Porcupinefish, (with an adjacent pair of Bruce’s Hinge-Beak Shrimp) (Do you see them?); Macro Reefscape featuring Tunicates & Sponges; White-Eyed Moray Eel; a pair of Yellow Sea Cucumbers, (which were also all over the place) (Did you notice the Ladybug Amphipod on one of them?); and another Nudibranch (Nembrotha cristata).
Enjoy!
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March 17, 2024:
Night Dive:
We concluded our sixth dive day with a night dive in an unnamed shallow bay in the Padar Island Region of south central Komodo National Park.
Here are several of my favorite images from this fun dive:
Three photos of Zebra Crabs on Fire Urchins; two shots of Spiny Devilfish; Nudibranch (Phyllodesmium species); Pygmy Squid; two images of a pair of mating nudibranchs (Nembrotha yonowae); and a Tasseled Scorpionfish.
Enjoy!
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March 16, 2024:
Secret Garden Wrap Up:
Here are a few of my favorite non-nudibranch images from our dive at Secret Garden:
Two photos of a Crinoid Shrimp; Clark’s Anemonefish; Headshield Slug (Chelidonura amoena); and a Black Coral Crab.
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March 15, 2024:
Secret Garden:
Secret Garden is another dive site located near Padar Island in south central Komodo National Park.
It is a coral rubble slope, with scattered soft corals.
During our dive at Secret Garden I concentrated on “macro” subjects, particularly nudibranchs.
Here are images of several different nudibranchs that we encountered:
Chromodoris magnifica; Goniobranchus reticulatus; Goniobranchus geometricus; Hypselodoris species & Doriprismatica species; Hypselodoris species 7; Thecacera pacifica; and Hypselodoris species.
My next post will feature photos of a few non-nudibranch subjects from our dive at Secret Garden.
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
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March 14, 2024:
Pillar Steen:
Pillar Steen is a dive site situated adjacent to a pinnacle/rock, located east of Padar Island in south central Komodo National Park.
The topography of that portion of the site that we explored comprised a ridge and a wall.
Here are a few of my favorite images from our dive at Pillar Steen:
Two photos of a Giant Frogfish; two Reefscapes; Painted Spiny Lobster; and a Reefscape with a diver model providing added interest.
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
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March 13, 2024:
Three Sisters:
Our sixth dive day began at Three Sisters, a dive site comprising three adjacent pinnacles, located in the Padar Island region of south central Komodo National Park.
Here are a few of my favorite images from our dive at Three Sisters:
Two photos of a pair of Common Lionfish; and four Reefscapes.
Enjoy!
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March 12, 2024:
Wainilu (Continued):
Here is a second set of images from our night dive at Wainilu:
Mantis Shrimp; Longhorn Cowfish; Bobtail Squid; Decorator Crab With Eggs (Do you see the eggs?); Anemone Decorator Crab (Can you make out the crab?); Banded Coral Shrimp; and Nudibranch.
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March 11, 2024:
Wainilu:
We completed our fifth dive day with a night dive at Wainilu, a central Komodo National Park dive site featuring a sloping, rubbly coral reef.
During the dive, we encountered a nice variety of photographic subjects, which I’ll feature in today’s post and the next.
Here’s the first set of some of my favorite images:
Snowflake Moray Eel; Giant Tridacna Clam; Sponge Decorator Crab; Leafy Filefish; Crab; Pleurobranch (forskalii); Spotfin Lionfish; and another Crab.
Enjoy!
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March 10, 2024:
Batu Bolong:
Batu Bolong is a seamount dive located in central Komodo National Park.
In particular, I enjoyed the shallower portions of the dive site, which featured lovely coral gardens and encrusting sponges of virtually every imaginable color!
Here are several of my favorite images from our dive at Batu Bolong:
Four Reefscapes; Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips; and five more Reefscapes.
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
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March 9, 2024:
More From Tatawa Besar:
Here’s a second set of images from our dive on the stunning reef at Tatawa Besar.
Enjoy!
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March 8, 2024:
Tatawa Besar:
Tatawa Besar, located in central Komodo National Park, was the most beautiful and vibrant reef that we dove on during our trip!
We dove it in a strong current.
Consequently, the reef’s extensive soft corals were all pumped up and glorious!
Bright orange soft corals dominated, but virtually every color of the rainbow was represented.
Fishlife was also abundant on the reef during our dive!
I’ll devote this post and the next to some of my favorite reefscapes from Tatawa Besar.
Enjoy!
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March 7, 2024:
Karang Makasar:
Our fifth dive day began with a drift dive in moderately strong current at Karang Makasar, a dive site located in Central Komodo National Park.
We drifted over a gently sloping sand and rubble bottom.
Along the way, we encountered three Reef Manta Rays being cleaned near the bottom.
Unlike us, they had no difficulty cruising seemingly effortlessly against the current, and stayed just far enough away from us to preclude obtaining decent photographs.
Towards the end of the dive, the current eased significantly, and we emerged in a lovely, predominantly hard coral reef, with impressive patches of Cabbage Coral in particular.
I also encountered a good-sized, mellow Green Sea Turtle that let me hang out with it for several minutes at the end of my dive.
Here are several of my favorite images from this dive at Karang Makasar:
Six photos of the Green Sea Turtle; and four Reefscapes.
Enjoy!
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March 6, 2024:
Back To Crystal Rock:
For our last dive of the day we returned to Crystal Rock, which we had dove the previous day in a ripping current.
This time the current was mild, and it was easier to navigate the dive site and to take photographs.
Here are some of my favorite images from our second dive at Crystal Rock:
Schooling Longfin Spadefish; and seven reefscapes.
Enjoy!
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March 5, 2024:
Toko Toko:
The site for our next dive was Toko Toko, a small island located in the northernmost part of Komodo National Park.
I had my best Manta Ray encounter of the trip during our dive on the healthy, predominantly hard coral, reef there.
As we began our dive, at least three Reef Manta Rays were feeding near the ocean surface.
Subsequently, they glided down towards the reef to be cleaned.
Based on the reef topography, I guessed where the main cleaning station might be located, and just hung out there for a while.
Luckily, I was correct!
As a result, soon I was treated to the Manta Rays repeatedly circling around in close proximity to me as they were being cleaned!
It was a fun dive, with excellent photographic opportunities!
Here are several of my favorite images of the Reef Manta Rays being cleaned at Toko Toko.
Enjoy!
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March 4, 2024:
Lighthouse Reef:
Lighthouse Reef is a healthy, sloping, predominantly hard coral reef located in the northern part of Komodo National Park.
We experienced light current and excellent visibility when we dove this site.
At least three, somewhat curious, reef Manta Rays were the highlight of this dive!
Here are a handful of my favorite Manta Ray shots, and a few reefscapes, from our dive at Lighthouse Reef.
Enjoy!
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March 3, 2024:
Castle Rock:
Castle Rock is another iconic seamount dive located in the northern part of Komodo National Park.
Unfortunately, about 15 years ago, the dive site was dynamited by local fisherman.
Consequently, though resilient and slowly recovering, the reef at Castle Rock remains rather devastated.
However, it’s still an excellent, generally very “fishy” dive!
We encountered numerous species of schooling fish during our dive at Castle Rock.
Here are several of my favorite images from this dive:
Schooling Yellowmask Surgeonfish being hunting by Giant Trevallies; two additional photos of schooling Yellowmask Surgeonfish; schooling Slender Pinjalo & Longfin Bannerfish; another shot of schooling Slender Pinjalo; Scrawled Filefish; two images of schooling Golden-Lined Snappers; Schooling Surgeonfish; and schooling Philippines Chromis.
Enjoy!
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March 2, 2024:
Crystal Rock:
Crystal Rock is a seamount located in the northern part of Komodo National Park.
It barely rises above the ocean surface as a “rock.”
The dive site is quite healthy and lush, and was very “fishy” when we dove it.
However, there was a ripping current, which made underwater photography with a large camera rig like mine quite difficult!
In any case, I enjoyed our dive at Crystal Rock, and did manage to capture a few reefscapes.
Enjoy!
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March 1, 2024:
Shotgun:
We began our third day of diving from Damai II in the northern part of Komodo National Park (KNP).
First was an early morning dive at Shotgun, (also called The Cauldron), an iconic KNP dive site.
This is an exciting dive in the channel located between the islands of Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat.
If the dive is properly timed with regard to the tide, as was the case for us, as the channel narrows, the current rapidly picks up and blasts you forward as if shot from a gun.
It’s a brief but fun ride!
Here is a selection of my favorite images from our dive at Shotgun:
Stingray; four Reefscapes; Schooling Bigeye Trevally; and four additional reefscapes.
Enjoy!
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February 29, 2024:
Big Nose:
Our final Gili Banta dive site was Big Nose.
This site comprises a sloping reef and wall, with a few adjacent small pinnacles.
During the dive I continued shooting reefscapes with my 15 mm fisheye lens.
Here are a few of my favorite images from Big Nose.
Enjoy!
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February 28, 2024:
GPS Point:
For our second day of diving, Damai II cruised to Gili Banta, a small island located just northwest of Komodo Island.
During our first dive at Highway To Heaven, a sloping hard coral reef and wall, my camera malfunctioned.
So I just tucked it under my arm and enjoyed the dive, which featured a black Giant Frogfish perched on a sponge, and a Pigmy Seahorse clinging to a Sea Fan.
Subsequently, we dove GPS Point, a large coral bommie.
The current was fairly strong, and the visibility was excellent for this dive.
During the dive I shot reefscapes with my 15 mm fisheye lens.
Here are several of my favorite images from our dive at GPS Point.
Enjoy!
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February 27, 2024:
Bonto:
We rounded out our Sangeang Island dive day with a night dive at at dive site called Bonto, named for its proximity to Bonto Village.
This site is a shallow bay, with a gently sloping black sand bottom.
Here are several of my favorite images from this dive:
Moon Snail eating a Heart Urchin; Snail preparing to attack another Heart Urchin; Dwarf Cuttlefish; Magnificent Fire Urchin; Porcelain Crab on a Sea Pen; a pair of Banded Coral Shrimp; Bobtail Squid; and an Anemone Hermit Crab with a tiny crab hitchhiker. (Do you see it?)
Enjoy!
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February 25, 2024:
Black Magic:
Black Magic was our next Sangeang Island dive site.
It also featured a sloping black sand bottom, which was bordered on both sides by coral bommies.
Here are several of my favorite images from this dive:
Female Squarespot Anthias; Sapsucking Slug (Turidilla sp.); Tube Anemone; White-Banded Cleaner Shrimp; Flounder; Nudibranch; Bicolor Angelfish; Flowers’ Flatworm; and a Clark’s Anemonefish.
Enjoy!
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February 24, 2024:
Indonesia, Starting With Sangeang Island:
I spent last September on a wonderful trip to Indonesia!
I enjoyed visiting the beautiful island of Bali for several days on both my outbound and return journeys.
The bulk of the trip, however, comprised back-to-back cruises aboard Damai II, perhaps my favorite liveaboard dive boat in the whole world.
During the first cruise, we traveled in and around Komodo National Park.
The second cruise started in Komodo National Park and ended in Kupang on the island of Timor, traversing the “Alor Region” along the way.
I am finally getting around to reviewing my many images from this trip, and plan to devote numerous posts in the near future to a representative sample.
We began our diving at Sangeang Island, located northwest of Komodo National Park.
So today’s initial post from my Indonesia trip features several images from a dive at Tekno, a Sangeang Island dive site featuring a sloping black sand bottom dotted with scattered small coral heads:
Two photos of Ornate Ghost Pipefishes; Blenny; Napoleon Snake Eel; Clark’s Anemonefish; Nudibranch (Flabellina sp.); Juvenile Scorpionfish; Pixy Hawkfish; Freckled Hawkfish; and a Dwarf Hawkfish.
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
