Showing posts with label he'e. Show all posts
Showing posts with label he'e. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

3 octopus and lunch with a friend...what could be better?!!

Well, maybe 4 octopus and lunch, but I'm happy with the 3 count today.

 Are you wondering why on earth I included the photo below?
 Look carefully at the beige bump sort of in the middle of rocks....that's #2 peeking at me.
 And this is what the #2 octopus looks like closer.It did retreat into its den....And what is that in its siphon? Hope it's not fishing line!!!

This was awwww so cute he'e #3, a little one. You can see its eye. 
 And its teensy tiny suckers. Am I wrong or are those just so cute? (Your mileage may vary.)
  
We also had a nice sunrise and some rain out at sea:
 Sunrise pink and palm trees.


















Here's the rain at sea. Neat, huh?


And finally the sun peeked over the far rocks.  

And hiding underneath all this celestial beauty were fishes, eels, etc.:
 This is not a great photo of the orange spined unicorn, but can you spot its blue eyeliner? Isn't that a hoot?!
 And these 2 cousin Humu were both preparing to dart into holes. Apparently, I am quite fierce and scary. HA
 Talk about really fierce and scary, this eel was so large, I couldn't get it into one photo.
 And also in the fierce category, this Giant Trevally flew through. Fast, too! I got 2 photos only. The fish do run from these guys.

 Picasso Trigger. Note the Convict Tang in the lower left above; they rub themselves against rocks for some reason. Maybe getting shed of parasites?

 Needlefish














This Ornate Butterfly fish was on its own. Unusual, as they usually travel in pairs.
 Tentacles. And you can just barely see the eye on the left, above the algae.
A nice swim. Oh and I found something on the bottom:
There was an engraving on the inside: D. Yurman. Turns out to be a jewelry store. We'll see what we do with it. Thankful for the safe journey to the Bay and all the great creatures inside it!

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

three he'e

I saw 3 octopuses today, but all in the deep side! Surprising.
 He'e #1 peeking out of its den. On the right...look in front of the gray sand...
 #2
 #3 below the coral, in a "c" in the rock
 And turning dark.
 and then light. so clever to turn colors and different skin, some with bumps

The day was cloudy...well, I should say, the clouds were offshore and very pretty.




Lots of choices of clouds.  Cirrus, cumulus and just really pretty.
 And palm trees with clouds for my sweetheart.

I saw 3 different juvenile Rock Mover wrasses. These require nimble fingers to catch with my camera.













A Cornet fish
Female Christmas wrasse.

Hebrew Cone shell 
 More juvenile Rock Mover photos












I love the color and their little "antlers" on the head. Which disappear when adult.


 Very bendy. Just like seaweed.


 Adult male trunk or box fish














Two sets of pencil urchins amongst the coral
 This could be another juv rock mover, but it seemed to act differently. And it didn't have the headgear.












A white mouth moray
 The adult Rock Mover












A pair of saddleback butterfly fish
 Sleeping honu












Puhi...Snowflake type

 This is the bluefin trevally and a chub. Some have these strange white spots. No idea why.
 This is another female Christmas Wrasse outside what was an octopus den. It may still be one, but I couldn't see the octopus!
Nice to be back in the water after 4 days off!