Last octo-snoop post for a while

I will be having surgery tomorrow, so I'll be out of the water for a hopefully little while. I saw 5 octopuses..I wonder if they will miss me?
HA.

 Can't blame ya if you can't see the octopus above...It's the brown part just above all the rocks. I'm pretty sure that, being as intelligent as they are, they choose the "shady" side of the rocks. Makes me wonder if they move to adjust for the afternoon sun....

 I guess I need a new gardening glove..

 Hiding behind a fence of rocks.

 The octopus is just above and to the left of the white/red rock.

 This one was a really good hider! Above and to the left of the group of rocks. It has white lines radiating out from its eye.

 Same octopus, but now, with smooth skin. They can go from bumpy to smooth very quickly.

A surprise octopus near the end of the dive.  Very nice sightings. 

 He had the one eye open to watch who was sneaking up on him.

Two of my fave fish: Abudefduf and Pinktail Durgon

 Ambon Puffer...ok, I have a LOT of fave fish! You can just barely see the electric blue fin near his tail. Very pretty. 

 Barred file fish, sneaking away.

 Christmas Wrasse. I'm always glad when I get even a mediocre picture of them, as they move pretty quickly.

A Drupe shell and possibly a cone shell. The Drupe is the black spotted one.

 Doesn't it look like egg yolk on its back?

 More goat fish milling about.

This Leaf Fish was hiding out in a new spot. It was smaller than the one I have been seeing, so it might be a new one.

 Needle Fish

 Pencil Urchin

Isn't sand amazing? So chock full of stuff.  And of course, the Leaf Fish.
Enjoy the ocean near you! Thanks to God for safety and all the cool critters.
Aloha!

New Year's Eve Day post

We sent the old year off right: 6 octo-sightings!

You have to work to see the one below: it is across to the right from the Rock Mover Wrasse...brown underneath tan coral.

 Same octo-fish, but in the lower left corner.

This one was near the other one....

 And this one was in its den. Note the eye above and to the left of the siphon.

This one is hard to see...you can see the little white line above its eye, in the lower right quarter of the photo.

 Another hiding in its hole.

The siphon looks big, but the photo is cropped to emphasize it...and note the sand in the water.

 Would you see the octopus? This was my first glance at #1.

The Abudefduf

 Ambon Puffer

Eel

 Wrasse and Trunk Fish, sharing the spotlight

Male Trunk Fish

And the Female Trunk Fish

Brighteye Chromis

 Really nice cone shell...occupied, so I left it. In pristine shape.

Snowflake Moray eel

 Whitemouth Moray

Everybody, butterfly fish, Barred File Fish, Hawaiian Hog Fish, Surgeon, and damsel all got into the act of trying to eat the broken urchin.

 Hawaiian Hog Fish, alone above, and with a Threadfin Butterfly below. Isn't it amazing how they can have all the same colors but look totally different?

 Hawk Fish resting on top of a coral head. Good view..

Picasso Humu heading into a hidey hole.

This wrasse was hiding also.

 These guys were milling about, irritating the tang near the coral head.

 Juvenile Rock Mover Wrasse, pretending to be sea weed.

Leaf Fish. Pretending it wasn't visible..

 Lovely parrot fish.

 Millet seed butterfly. Note the black line over the eye...helps the eye be camouflaged. 

No clue what these were..egg cases?

 Nudie

Pencil urchin feeling squashed, no doubt.

 Pinktail Durgon.

A quartet of Rock Mover wrasses trying really hard to eat something. Goat fish awaiting leftovers.

 Sand can be so busy, right?

Look closely: the shell has orange antenna of a crab from inside.

 Scorpion fish. A really small one. Maybe 4 inches long.

Curvy Snowflake eel

 The two chromis have me interested....I'll have to look 'em up.

Have a great New Year's Eve!