Today we're doing two dives.
Dive Number 1: Wall Street.
Bubbles!
Blue coral.
Gah! The Sun!
Bubbles and a Sea Plume.
That one's me!
Scaled Lettuce Coral?
Tube sponges.
Om nom nom!
Lots of little blue fish.
Uh, hello.
Mutton Snapper!
So many yellow sponges.
Sea Plumes and Rope Sponges.
Row Pore Rope Sponge.
I see a Golfball Coral.
Sponges and divers.
Sea Plume!
Maybe a dead Sea Plume?
Golfball coral!
Pink Vase Sponge.
Yellow Sponges! Blue fish! Weird coral sponge thing!
This photo is so we know this dive ended.
I'm not sure if the red filter got left off the GoPro or what, but I had trouble color correcting these photos. So....take that as you will.
Dive Number 2: Lone Star
Grunts!
Bubbles!
Under the ledge.
Escaping the ledge.
What's this?!
ROCK Lobstah!
And now the lobster is doing the flight safety routine for exit locations.
Bye lobster!
Lionfish hiding in the rocks.
Trumpetfish!
A Spotted Drum!
Mutton Snapper. Maybe this one will follow us around too.
I think that's Jim. Also lots of Rope Sponges and tiny fish.
I don't know why, but this makes me think of the Little Mermaid movie cover.
A rather large Sea Fan.
Grunt, Grunt, Grunt, and whatever that brown and white one is.
Blue fishies! And...whatever that black and yellow thing is.
Some sort of Star Coral and a closer look at a blue fish.
Lettuce coral! I'm a little disappointed it isn't green.
So....that coral/sponge is green, but not of the lettuce variety.
This Grunt is having fun winding through the corals.
A canyon and ledge to explore.
Hello French Angelfish!
Is it me, or do most fish look grumpy?
This one does not want to follow us. In fact, I think it will be pleased when we leave.
A little Conch?
There is a Moray hiding in there. You can make out its snout.
Maybe a Black Grouper.
Ah, no. It's a Tiger Grouper. You can tell because of its stripes.
Uh, this is either a juvenile Spotted Drum or a Jackknife fish.
Brown Bowl Sponge.
Enhance!
Seascape.
Branching Tube Sponge.
Is that a thing?
It is a thing! It's a Caribbean Whiptail Stingray!
This Filefish isn't hiding very well.
Maybe he hides a little better in this direction. I think it's hiding in a Black Sea Rod.
One very tall singular sponge.
Hey, another lobster!
Yellow Tube Sponge and some orange blobby sponge.
Hi Dan!
More of the local seascape.
Sea Fan!
Parrotfish!
Hello little Trunkfish.
It's a Smooth Trunkfish.
It's kind of a funny shape, but it probably thinks we're kind of a funny shape.
Hey! It's a Porcupine fish!
I want to pet you.
Nooooo! Don't leave us! You're adorable!
AH! You have a friend!
SQUEEEE! They're so cute!
Oh no! They're separating.... : (
Maybe we can take this one home.
Oh! They found each other again. Yay!
Bye Porcupine fish!
Scuba selfie post Porcupine fish.
Sponges!
What is that?!
I think it's a little Spotted Moray Eel.
Queen Angelfish, you're upside-down.
There were little sand furrows between coral ridges.
Another deceptive Pink Vase Sponge.
There's a tiny blue fish in the bottom. Neat.
Dan and Sherrie, I think.
Apparently that is a delicious piece of coral or something.
A Parrotfish and maybe a black Doctorfish.
Grunts, and whatever that thing is.
Yay! More Yellow Tube Sponges. And unknown blue fish.
So nubbly.
Our guide could make air rings. This one didn't work.
That one worked. Neat.
Dan is just hanging out. Neutral Buoyancy Turtle would approve.
Bye reef!
And now everyone tries to get back on the boat.
This concludes our adventures for today.
