There was a helicopter buzzing us. I would say it was irritating, but I think it was the rescue chopper, so hope they found what they were looking for.
Looks like a bomb went off.
Palm trees for Alex.
Rain out at sea
And 3 octopuses. Not so easy to see!
You'll have to trust me on he'e #1...very well hidden. And never came out that I saw.
He'e 2 was more accommodating and was out for all the times I visited.
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The octopus is behind the Unicorn fish.
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And then octopus #3:
You can barely see its eye in the den on the left.
Of course, there were other interesting animals, like the Spotfin Scorpion Fish. Actually, I saw 2 of these:
... even though the lifeguard said we don't have Scorpion fish. HA.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uXEv9z12UCQnD70N7PvAWrCfgUvo5nKZylmI8a9Dpy7Ab9ZKM89hthtd2X5KSkKMwGDg6EwGEHT2o7ZejER7eaTlMuPDPh7bbAqpTMkPAGYI6rUeJQ8xGKFaYc-m6YGq7OfQ_c5QlwI/s320/spotfin+scorp+use.jpg)
Nobody said they were pretty...
I rarely see a group of Christmas Wrasse, but there were some young ones frolicking near each other today.
And a big Cornet fish. Bigger around than my wrist...This crazy Ulua kept swimming around and around. Never did figure out what it was hoping for.
I figured this crab was dead, as it didn't move, but it still had legs. Weird. (They normally get bitten off by predators.)
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Humu out in the deeper water:
A two very cute juvenile Barred filefish. Love the polka dots!
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Dots not as evident in this one.
Juvenile Rock Mover wrasse. These guys can really move and bend gymnastically.
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Kihikihi. You can barely see its well disguised eye.
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And speaking of well disguised... The only reason I saw this is because it scooted along the bottom and dug itself in this sand.
Needlefish
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Pencil urchins
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Rock Mover Wrasse adult
I think this is in the Trevally family because of its shape, but it had a yellow tail and fin.
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Circling and circling
More pretty clouds and waves.
OH YEAH: hard to see the lizard fish
Nice water and good swim. Until the visitors arrived and walked on the bottom. They don't know any better, apparently. Can't teach 'em all.