And here, hidden in plain sight, is a Scorpionfish, they are true masters of camouflage and for the non-divers: you do not want to touch them!

We’re at the King Cruiser wreck, this soft coral grows on the wreck, lots of fish here too

Nasty jellyfish, brrr, I hate them

A beautiful Lionfish, again for the non-divers: you don’t want to touch this fish!

A happy looking Moray Eel

Coral, no idea what kind, fan coral?

Same, no idea

But definitely lovely colours

These remind me of Julia sets

My dive buddy today, we are doing our 3 minutes at 5 meters safety stop here

2nd dive, I think this is another Puffer between some fan corals

And a cute baby one

Another Lionfish, lying almost vertically against the coral

No idea what this is but it looks cool

Some Long Snout Butterfly Fish

I get the Long Snout part, just not the Butterfly part

Is this a Snapper?

Anemone and what I assume has to be a Clownfish (since it lives in the Anemone), just not the usual orange/white variety

So many crazy things under water

A shrimp!

Nudibranch

Seahorse

And this kind of blistery looking stuff, WTF is that?

Some turban made out of custard is what it looks like to me

Another Scorpionfish

Another Moray Eel

My dive buddy again, he reminds me of Hugo

End of yet another dive

Koh Doc Mai

My dive buddy again, staying well hydrated, important!

Calm sea, nice weather, today we’ll be diving at 3 dive, 1 halfway to the Phi Phi Islands (Koh Doc Mai) and 2 at the Phi Phi Islands (Koh Bida Nok and Koh Bida Nai)

After the first dive at Koh Doc Mai, relaxing on the boat and waiting till our bodies are ready for the next dive

Philip taking a photo

I can never remember which is which but I think this one is Koh Bida Nok

Which would make this Koh Bida Nai

After the 3rd dive, Philip and Jan having a bite

Bye bye Phi Phi Islands

First dive is again at Koh Doc Mai, the second one will be at the King Cruiser wreck

Map of the King Cruiser dive site

Map of Koh Doc Mai

Aboard the MV Dive Asia II, up to the next dive site

Still at Koh Doc Mai

The next dive site: Koh Bida Nok, just south of Phi Phi Island

This is pretty much where we’ll jump into the water

I wonder if anyone has ever climbed Koh Bida Nok and stood on top

Koh Bida Nai, this rock/island lies right next to Koh Bida Nok (which is just outside this photo)

And we’re leaving again, up to the third dive site of the day which will be Shark Point which is completely submerged so no photos of that to show

Map of Koh Bida Nok

Map of Shark Point

After the dive at Shark Point it’s back to Phuket, we will soon pass Koh Dok Mai again

About to enter Chalong Bay again, Koh Lon on the left, Koh Thanan straight beneath the sun