Dianne came over this morning to go diving, but her heart was not in it. It took forever to get her into a plush skin Matt had loaned her. When we got to the beach, it was one thing after another, so I took her home and then came back to make a solo dive.
There was a moderate East wind and some 3-4 ft breakers at the sand bar, but I got out easily enough. Swam to the reef and descended over the old block. Found a few blennies to photograph, but the connection had slipped on the hot shoe and I had no strobe. Still, they came out pretty well.
Caught a rather large Scamp trailing me and very curious about what I was doing.
Swam up to a Purplemouth Moray Eel who was out hunting. I got a couple of shots while he was still exposed, but he quickly headed under a coral head.
I ended up on the Big Coral Knoll, even though I had thought I was headed due East to the Fish Camp Rocks. Well, at least it was someplace I recognized. Found a juvenile Yellowtail Damselfish on the Knoll and got several good shots.
I also ran into a Hawksbill Sea Turtle. First one I have seen for a while. The turtle was not concerned about me and we swam together for 10-15 minutes.
I also spotted a large Green Sea Turtle on the Knoll, but never got close enough to get a good shot.
I spotted a Giant Anemone with a Squat Anemone Shrimp on top, but by the time I got a shot, the shrimp had disappeared into the tentacles.
Ran into another Purplemouth Moray on the way back to the beach. I was chilled after 86 minutes in the water. I was wearing my rash guard, a sleeveless vest and some 1 mm shorts. Still, it was nice to be out of the wetsuit.
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