So many octopuses, I almost lost count!

Hello! I saw at least 8 octopuses...I say at least because there were two more that I wasn't sure if I'd already seen them. A good problem to have! 

I'll just throw some pix up and you can decide: mostly I can tell if the rocks surrounding the den are the same. But that doesn't work if the octopus moves! Which is what #1 did:

 This photo previous is after it flew around a bit. The one following is when I first saw it. The wrasse on the right was pestering it. (I put up the short video...https://youtu.be/ocVk3GTEaCo  )

I should send it to Ellen so she can play it while Twitch is catching his breath. ha.
I really have to hold up the fingers to count the octopus at the beginning of each octopus...that would help keep track.

 He'e in the beginning with rock mover. 



to the left of these words

 He'e with horns

 Nice light.....on its skin and eye

Siphon and bumps

 The eye is in the v of the rocks....

the white is the siphon

See how bumpy their skins can get? Eye is again in the v near the bottom

 Horns again. Eye on the left

 I actually showed an octopus to a couple today...they watched for a few seconds then swam away. How could they?! I decided perhaps they couldn't see it...or didn't care. (!!!!!)

 The siphon below shows what the water looks like after it blows water at me...all the sand gets up in it.

 Tentacles!!!! And it saw me, because it sank down into the den. A REALLY good one, too! I couldn't see any of it, as it was hiding below the rocks.

Oy, I love these animals...the octopuses, that is. 

 Above, a pair of Brighteye Damsel fish.

 Cowry hiding

 Whitemouth Moray taking a look.

 A herd of goats

Hawaiian Green Lion Fish

 And a large Honu swam by

 Juvenile Barred File fish

 Moorish Idol

Needle fish

 Pencil urchins

Young Pinktail Trigger

 Rainbow octopus. Siphon and eye just above

 Devil Scorpion Fish, hiding under an overhang.

 Seal snoozing

Snowflake Moray eel

the white line to the left of these words is the white line on its tail.

 This young Pinktail hid in the hole ..see photo above. I didn't realize they did that too. I mostly see Humu hiding in holes that way. I guess it's a trigger fish thing

In the upper right corner, a very small Rock Mover wrasse juvenile!

It's on the left in this one

Two urchins, fully laden down with shells and rocks.
Gosh, such a great swim. I am truly thankful for nice water and lots of octopuses!

Nice swim with no centerpiece

After over a week off swimming due to bronchitis, I finally decided that it was time to get wet again.

The octopus had left town, having decided apparently that I was no longer interested.  Nay, nay, mes amis! But they stayed hidden anyway.

I won't lie and say I wasn't disappointed, but I did see some shells and two Scorpion Fish, so the swim was good, even without my octo-pals.

 Nice male trunk fish, showing colors and his butt.

 Christmas Wrasse, not to be out-done, also showing nice colors.

 The light helps.

Cowry shell, hiding.

 Somebody had crab for breakfast...

Female trunk fish

 Another cowry hiding.

 Everybody was hiding! Even the humu...this one had just darted into the hole.

And then backed back out.

 I think these look like a Mohawk haircut. Orange-spined unicorn juvenile.

 Moorish Idol

Needle fish and a little indo-pacific chromis

 Scorpion fish #1

 Snowflake Moray

 Aww so adorable..

 Urchin with its rocks and shells as protection

 Urchin digging into the red and purple rock

Someone had taken a few bits of this yellow tail coris. Didn't seem any the worse for the wear.

Scorpion fish #2. You can just see the green body and the fin at the end. Well, maybe!

So, boo to bronchitis. But yay to God and nice-ish water! C'mon octopuses! I'm back!