Great start to the weekend

Now that I have retired, I don't worry so much about cramming a bunch of good stuff into the weekend. But that doesn't mean I don't enjoy good stuff when it arrives.

Today the waves behaved and I was able to spot the frogfish:
You can see its eyes and fins (I think of them as feet with a lot of toes!)

 And the mouth agape:

They are rare and very cool, but they don't react to me as the octopus does. So the octopus is still #1. (Not that it cares. In fact, it would probably prefer that I leave it totally alone. At least I just take pix and don't touch.)

And 3 octopuses:

Here is #1. Which was in the deep side. It didn't move at all, so apparently didn't care that I was there.

Octopus #2:

 This one is the same one I saw the last time I swam. Glad that none of the walkers-on-the-bottom have made it mad yet!

I know where to look for it now. And I stayed over it while the lady and her kid were getting used to their equipment. Didn't want accidental treading upon the octopus.

And #3: 
I also saw this one last time:

 See the nice aqua color? 

I'm not sure how they color just part of their siphon. Wicked clever they are!

 Same octopus, different colors

Sometimes you just don't want to stop taking pictures. But I did eventually leave it alone. Wasn't easy.







Two Brighteye Chromis and a friend

 A big Cornet fish. Probably bigger around than my wrist.

 Christmas Wrasse

Cleaning station duo

Clouds after the rain

 Fishing with your friend, goatfish and trevally And below, the honu

Indopacific damsel

 Sleeping honu KA8

 Leaf fish

 Male box fish

A lone needlefish. Unusual

 Nice shell

 This was probably an octo-den, but the octopus was not at home as far as I could see. Drat! It would have been a big one.

 Palms and clouds

Pencil Urchin

 Purple goat fish

OK, now that I've reported, time for reading and/or nap!

3 he'e oh yeah

Well, this is a rarity: a Brighteye Chromis looking at my first octopus of the day. The Brighteyes can be quite aggressive against other animals in their territory. This octopus wasn't intimidated!

 He'e 2 out near where the poor tourists thrash the bottom.....happily, they didn't tromp on the octo-den....

He'e 3. This was a small one and it didn't do much....even when I wiggled my gloved fingers at it. 

These little snowflake morays are all over the reef. Just another reason I wouldn't walk on the bottom.

One of the tiny Humu out and about now....they dart into holes when intimidated.

 Abudefduf. Say it aloud. That's the fun part.

A bishop's mitre shell. I tried to pick it up, but it resisted, so I think the animal was still in it. So I didn't "harvest" it.

 Brighteye Chromis and my shadow. Lets you know the size comparison.

Clouds and water...taken from the water.

 Cowry, hiding.

Same Cowry and a wrasse nearby.

 Honey Cowry and urchin. Nice colors, eh?

I am unsure if this is a very small lizard fish. But very cute and quick.

 Flea Bite Cone Shell.

 Trevally and goatfish fishing together. They were circling a snowflake moray.

Green Coral and a Brighteye Chromis (at the top of the photo), which I didn't see until I got the pix home.

Hermit crab on coral head. (look for orange bits outside the pink shell.)

A horn shell. I think.

 Adult humu.

Tiny humu, hiding.

An operculum still in the turban shell. I think no one was using it, but I left it in case.

Pencil urchins. They are a nice contrast to the sandy-colored bottom.

I tried to compare the little humu with the Raccoon butterfly fish. I guess you need to know the size of the Raccoons to know the size of the humu....

 Shrimp hiding underneath a rock.

A snowflake Moray eel, telling me it doesn't like me. Good thing I have a strong personality and do not take these things personally. I guess I'd be intimidated by something as big as I am!

Always grateful to God for His wonderful creations.