High tide did not kick my ***!

I debated about going into the deep side today, as it was high tide. But the surf wasn't very big, so after due consideration and a discussion with a very nice lady from Illinois, I decided it was ok. And it was nice, once I got in there. The water did move me around a bit, but not unmanageably. And I was not swept over to the shallow side against my will, so that's all good too.
Two octopuses spotted:

 You can see some bumps on its skin.

 And the eye is at the top of the body, so just below the rock above its den.

And this is what I saw at first. Hard to see, isn't it?

 He'e #2 was hiding in a hole in a rock.

 But at one point, it did show more of itself. But it didn't come out to play.

Did you see the recent PBS show on octopuses?! If not, catch up on DVR, as it's a story about octopuses and how cool they are, as experienced by an Alaskan professor and his daughter! And no, it's not the Pacific octopus featured, but the kind we get over here, the cyanea. Very neat show, with lots of video of the coolest animal on the planet. (It's possible I'm a little bit biased.)

 I recently learned the Hawaiian name for Moorish Idol: Kihikihi! (Say it key-he-key-he). Cool, non?

 I have not yet learned the Hawaiian name for a Cowry shell, however. Doesn't stop them from being pretty.

 Crab hiding inside a hole.

 God's Rays

 Manini group of juveniles...Manini being manini!

Rainbow. Worth popping up for.

 Scorpion Fish. They do blend in very well, I think.

 You can see, following, a bit of the orange on the inside of the side fin.

Bluefin Trevally irritating a Snowflake Moray.

 Juvenile Yellow Tail Coris. I saw the adults today, too, but didn't think to snap a photo. I see them so often.

A nice swim all around. Glad I ventured into the deeper side. 

One octopus!

I saw a new octopus today, so glad of the swim:

 This was in the deep side, so wasn't able to get really close. 

Trevally hassling eel

There's just something about Ambon puffers with light on them.

 Blenny could have used more light...

The blue spined unicorn before it got its horn

 Christmas wrasse

Find the blue chromis

 This crab was walking with its big house on its back..

 Cowry hiding in the rocks.

 More crab

 Brighteye Chromis and pencil urchins

 Sea cucumber threads

Today's trash. It took me at least 5 minutes to wind the fishing line up on the lead just below the scissors. Lots of glass, too.

 Male trunk fish

 An unfortunate crab inside a horn shell. (Unfortunate because I brought it home, not knowing the crab was in there....sorry, crab!)

Urchin with a shell and other protective gear.

 What not to do. I had a closer-in picture, but wanted to protect the bySTANDERS in the water. If you need to confer with your partners, why not do it before getting in the water? This way, you step on unsuspecting wildlife.

This honu came out of nowhere; I had to tell the other guy not to chase it.

This Humu was expelling sand as it sped along the bottom. I guess they pick up sand along with their food. 

 Awwwww. A tiny Lizard Fish.

Needle fish

A nice swim. I enjoyed seeing all the pretties.

The Trinity

You will probably think this is odd. Yesterday, I was totally gifted with sightings of at least 8 octopus! Banner day.

So today after church, I was almost ready to get out of the water when I thought, Please God! Give me one more octopus! It would be like 3 reminding me of the Trinity!

And then it appeared:

See it? Peeking out at me. So I did get to spot 3 octopuses. Father, Son, Holy Spirit has power!!!

And here is the octopus showing its siphon. And the shell that it probably had for lunch. They do that: blow the shells out of their dens after they eat the animal.

 And it got dark. Didn't like me looking, apparently.

But #1 octopus was also great. I had seen a spear fisherman about 2 minutes previously, so I was a bit leery of actually seeing an octopus, knowing that many spear fishermen like to catch the tako! (Boo, hiss.) And then I spotted this big adult octopus, with the accompanying Rock Mover Wrasse, who continued to dog that poor octopus!

 I was in the deep part of the pond, so couldn't get as close as I'd like.
Luckily, the spear fisherman had swum away.

The two eyes are in between those 2 orange parts of its breathing apparatus. And it made its skin bumpy too.

Darn wrasses! In your face. 

 Wrasse was still watching the octopus to make sure it wasn't missing anything.

And rubbing up on it, too.

 Alone at last. Actually it should be alone at first...this was how it was when I first saw it.

And octopus #2:

 See the siphon inside the den, behind the rocks? They are wicked clever.

Here you can see the tentacles behind the rocks. Of course, I would hide also if I thought an unthinking tourist was going to walk on me!

Siphon deep inside the den.

 A mess of goat fish near the crossover point.

 Tangs out for an afternoon swim.

Apparently, I am scarier than I knew. This Humu was about to disappear in the hole.

 Cowry shells hiding in a niche in the coral.

A cranberry drupe shell

 Don't they look rather like Easter eggs in a basket?!

 Overloaded Urchins

Palm trees and clouds

 Pencil Urchin up close

 Pink Coral

 Pretty Parrot fish

Shrimp hiding. If you hear popping when you're in the water, it is often the shrimp making their noise.

 I think this is the same shell, with crab, that I found last week!

And an upside down Cowry shell. 

 And an urchin with mostly plant material instead of big rocks and shells. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the after church swim: nice water, low surf and only one person almost bumped me. It's a good Sunday!

Oops! Almost forgot the Juvenile Rock Mover wrasse and the Lizard fish for my sweetheart:

OK, now I'm good. Thanks for viewing and reading: this is my 350th post on Google!