We were doing a morning dive at Batu Bolong. The water was crystal clear, the atmosphere was tranquil and very beautiful and I noticed this surgeonfish (?) playing in the bubbles, so I took a video of it.
Turtles - they eat, sleep and go to the spa.... and sleep there too. Full video here - Turtle Spa
I had a fantastic experience with Dive Komodo and their ship, the Tatawa. The ship was quite basic, but the purpose was to dive a lot and we did that. I enjoyed it a lot and have nothing but good things to say about the group I was with and the operation.
We were supposed to do three night dives, one each on the first, second and third night. The first night dive was pretty meh, but the second one was great. We saw a lot and I filmed this small cuttlefish.
On the third night nobody really felt like doing another night dive, so we asked whether we could move the dive to the next day and turn it into another day dive, doing three instead of two dives on the last day and the crew were happy to accommodate us.
Nothing but good memories from that trip, honestly.
Here is a nice little local (SoCal) fringehead from a dive on Saturday
OM-1, 45 macro, 2 x AOI RC strobes
Here is a nice little J. pardus from a local SoCal dive on Saturday. Warmest water in more than 20 years. This guy locally is quite rare but here he was.
10 1/2” oil on panel, mounted in a porthole! I had a recent post go kinda wild, and this is the only completed one I have currently!
Here is a nice little (see the size of the tentacles) Clark's anemone fish in a totally bleached anemone in Komodo. We saw only a bit of bleaching in the North and none in the South but the South was cold (20C) and green, good for the coral, not so good for the divers. In any case enjoy