{"id":12086,"date":"2024-03-13T23:59:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=12086"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:24:38","slug":"thailand-day-13-liveaboard-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2024\/03\/thailand-day-13-liveaboard-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Day 13 – Liveaboard Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First day of my 6 day liveaboard trip! We start the (early) day with a dive at Koh Ha Lagoon<\/a>. There’s not that much to see here but it’s for the guide to get an idea of our capabilities, so things are kept deliberately easy<\/p><\/div>\n

I always like these views of all the air bubbles rising up from below<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking for things to look at<\/p><\/div>\n

Like this<\/p><\/div>\n

Not spectacular this dive<\/p><\/div>\n

A Titan Triggerfish<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The odd bit of coral<\/p><\/div>\n

Ok, that’s out of the way, now off to more interesting dive sites, hopefully<\/p><\/div>\n

Breakfast<\/p><\/div>\n

Lovely morning, sunny but with a nice breeze<\/p><\/div>\n

Our schedule for today, so we’ve done dive #1 and are on our way to Hin Muang for dive #2<\/p><\/div>\n

A Blue Surgeonfish<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

I see these a lot and have as usual no idea what they are. Is it some egg? Is it a jellyfish with a tiny brain?<\/p><\/div>\n

At least this I know: it’s coral<\/p><\/div>\n

Emperor Angelfish<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Pretty sure this is a Coral Grouper<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Butterflyfish<\/a>, with a very long dorsal fin<\/p><\/div>\n

This fish seems interested in those ‘things’<\/p><\/div>\n

Starfish<\/p><\/div>\n

More colourful coral<\/p><\/div>\n

Moray Eel<\/p><\/div>\n

Some kind of clam (?) with a distinctive zig zag opening<\/p><\/div>\n

A Crinoid<\/a> on some coral<\/p><\/div>\n

Another Coral Grouper<\/p><\/div>\n

Moray Eel<\/p><\/div>\n

Looks like grass<\/p><\/div>\n

Sea Cucumber<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Coral<\/p><\/div>\n

This dive site is indeed a lot more interesting than the first one from today<\/p><\/div>\n

The water hear is very clear, making the coral colours really pop<\/p><\/div>\n

A bit of a lazy fish these groupers, always just lying on something<\/p><\/div>\n

A Spiny<\/a> Cushion Star<\/p><\/div>\n

Worthy of its name<\/p><\/div>\n

Yellow coral<\/p><\/div>\n

Tentacles of the Sea Cucumber’s mouth<\/p><\/div>\n

I wish I could make a timelapse of Starfish, to see their movevement<\/p><\/div>\n

Not sure. Shrimp? Crab? Lobster?<\/p><\/div>\n

Occasionally you see another group of divers<\/p><\/div>\n

Some fishes I can Google but I’m out of luck with this one<\/p><\/div>\n

A Honeycomb Moray<\/p><\/div>\n

A four (!?) legged Starfish. I wonder if it’s lost one or if I just discovered a new species!<\/p><\/div>\n

I just can’t get enough of the colours of these soft corals<\/p><\/div>\n

Pink Skunk<\/a> Clownfish<\/p><\/div>\n

Love the contrast<\/p><\/div>\n

Christmas Tree Worm<\/a>, I think these things are beautiful and if you move some water over them then jump back into the hole they live in, the entire fan disappears<\/p><\/div>\n

Aren’t they beautiful?<\/p><\/div>\n

They come in many colours, like these blue ones<\/p><\/div>\n

We also saw a turtle but it didn’t want to pose for a photo<\/p><\/div>\n

End of another day of diving. In the distance is a fishing boat, I guess the light is to attract fish?<\/p><\/div>\n

Beautiful sky<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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