The weather, however, was not cooperating at first: it dumped on me! So I sat in the car, hoping for clearing. Which I did get. And I saw 3 octopuses!!!
If you look closely, you can see just the head of octopus #1. Hurray! This is the octopus that has been hiding down in its den. It came up to see if I would go away.
And here's the siphon of #2.
And #3 posed for me. Unfortunately, this was when the rain was starting to PELT DOWN and the wind picked up quite a bit. It was actually blowing the rain sideways.
I decided that as cute as the octopuses are, there's no reason to get blown about in the water, so I got out soon thereafter.
But not before I caught a photo of some of the usual suspects:
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A nice 4 spot butterfly
Abudefduf
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Cornet
And an adorable tiny Humu. I'm not sure why the juveniles of the various species make me smile, but I'll enjoy it without knowing the reason.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaktJjPfvBpJd6FU9bvp_Ba6VaNtRA_S0OjKooRT35TaWwNVwga5FeIUuvAhvB8Chkf3w91HT0CbXEgWHUapJCK-Kh4_KTeBk10HIvPL_856ZhfjFVCM-rZBnbm6pTL5prsKKRPB8YLOg/s320/juv+rock+mover+%25282%2529.jpg)
The juvenile Rock Mover Wrasse. This one, unlike the one the other day, was brown and white, instead of green. Maybe a sex difference?!
Male Box Fish. I'm not sure if the difference in the blue color was due to different lighting or just different shades of blue.
Pencil Urchins
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And some raindrops on the surface of the water.
Saddle Wrasse. I see these so often, that I sometimes forget to take their photo.
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Saddleback Butterfly
And of course, no rain post would be complete without rainbows:
The cloud rainbow might be my fave.
But a double rainbow is a close second.
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Clouds in French are NUAGES. Sounds nice, right?
Rain out at sea. I think that's the sun peeking through.
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Two turtles and a seal were snoozing on the island.
And you can see why it's called a Threadfin Butterfly fish.
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This is what it looked like when I got out. Everything got wet.
But it was a nice swim. I'm trying not to call it my last swim; perhaps the last for a while....here in Poipu....on Kauai.
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