These things again, they look like underwater grapes
Moray Eel
Puffer
Ghost Pipefishes, now these are special
I’m pretty sure that’s a Trumpetfish
And another Scorpionfish trying to go unnoticed
Butterflyfish
Lionfish
Red Snapper, I think, but don’t know what variety
Soft corals that dance in the currents
These Scorpionfish would be beautiful if they weren’t so ugly
Are they eggs of some kind?
Now what movie does this remind me of?
Crown-of-thorns Starfish, a very nasty thing
Just nice looking corals
Once again, no idea what kind of fish this is, the colour pattern reminds me of a Giraffe
I was a-maze-d by this coral
We’re doing our safety stop again
End of the first dive
The Phi Phi Islands
Second dive, we stay in the shallows for a bit, hoping to see some small sharks but didn’t see much
A Longfin Batfish
Could this be a Grouper?
This Mortay Eel looked kind of surprised
But it was more than happy to pose for a photo
Another Nudibranch
Lobster, trying to whack me with its tentacles
And what is this!? Some parasite? Or is this what comes out of these egss (if that’s what they are)?
Young Lionfish
Lovely coloured coral
LionFish, this one seems to have all its spines interconnected via some kind of webbing?
Fish galore
More hard coral
A close-up
Leaving the Phi Phi Islands for Shark Point
A lot of Lionfish today!
And Moray Eels
These always look funny to me, and they’re always just lying somewhere, never swimming, unless you scare them
This is also something rather special these crabs but I forgot what they are called
They’re beautiful though, nice patterns
There’s a Flounder hiding in this photo
And this, it could just as well have been some plant living above the water but instead it’s a coral living under water, crazy
A Cuttlefish, not cuddle fish
I see these a lot as well, soft corals curled up like a fern
Yet another Lionfish
And a beautiful purple Anemone
Little coward of a Clownfish hiding in his villa
I don’t think I’ve seen so many Moray Eels in one dive before
See what I mean?
End of the dive at Shark Point
Hoi Edwin,
Ik hoop dat je het niet erg vindt dat ik je nog steeds volg. De connectie met jouw blog is ooit gestart via jouw vader door het zweefvliegen en Nieuw Zeeland. Je maakt schitterende foto’s met boeiend commentaar, ook van je hikes door het prachtige NZ. Nu weer van het duiken. Echt prachtig om te zien.
Gaaf wat je allemaal onderneemt.
Met hartelijke groeten,
Elly
Hoi Elly,
Je hoopt dat ik het niet erg vind? In tegendeel! Leuk te weten dat er in ieder geval iemand mijn blog bekijkt! Dank voor het compliment aangaande de foto’s en commentaar, ik doe mijn best. 🙂 Ik hoop dat er nog vele posts mogen komen die je waardeert.
Hartelijke groeten terug,
Edwin
Wow. i especially like the red snapper, cuttlefish and purple anemone. I would be pretty freaked out by all the scorpion fish – especially if they’re in shallow water where they could be accidentally stepped on?
Scorpionfish tend to stay near coral which you don’t normally find in the shallow water. I have however seen Stonefish (much more dangerous!) in the shallow waters in Dahab in Egypt, you wouldn’t want to step on one of those.