Before we get too far away from the Blackline Fireworm post, I want to share some photos of the Bearded Fireworms (Hermodice carunculata). The Bearded Fireworms seem to be much more varied than the Blacklines, often having bodies ranging anywhere from white to pale green…
Fireworms seem to be a regular sight at the Blue Heron Bridge – both during the day and on night dives. I’ve seen Bearded Fireworms before (and I’m sure I’ll share photos of them soon) but this was my first time seeing Blackline Fireworms (Chloeia…
I’ve been on the lookout for this for a while now since we have seen some Common Octopus mating when I first got here, and there are plenty of them that appear to be guarding burrows like I would expect them to do when guarding…
I have no clue how this situation started… we happened upon this Honeycomb Cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonia) during one of the dives, and at first I noticed that something was hanging out of its mouth… or so I thought. I don’t know if the cowfish tried…
Ok – this is one of those subjects that I am quite excited to have found and managed not only good photos but also some rather good video. I still feel like I should have taken more, but I guess I’ll keep looking to find…
Alright! Another Friday and this week is a triple feature! Last week after meeting Rob and Jen at the Blue Heron Bridge, they invited me to join them for a shark dive charter the next day. They sealed the deal by telling me that there…
Frogfish are one of those really interesting fish. I got to see a couple in Bali, which reminds me that I still need to share the second one… Anyway, this Striated Frogfish (Antennarius striatus) sat nicely for a bunch of photos, but I still would…
The other evening, I went to the Blue Heron Bridge hoping to get in a night dive. Plenty of divers just dive solo at the bridge, but I try to be a safe diver and so when I don’t have a dive buddy scheduled, I…
All the bird photos from the other day came from a place called Winding Waters Natural Area which is about 10 minutes away from where I’m staying (yes, that was part of the reason why I chose to stay where I did). At over 500…
This Common Octopus was putting up some nice spikey skin textures during my first night dive at Blue Heron Bridge.
Well, I was going to post something else today, but last night was my first dive at the famous Blue Heron Bridge. Because of how things worked out, I ended up jumping right into a night dive, which is cool with me. The start of…
This little octopus was just peeking out of its burrow an made for a nice portrait…
On one of our last dives in Timor Leste, we went through an area where there were dozens of these tiny little anemones. I am not sure if they are just a very small species or if they were indeed babies/juveniles. I lean towards the…
Alright! Two easily identified species here. A Flagtail Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris yanoi) and its roommate a Randall’s Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus randalli)… both of which are beautifully colored and make me wish I could be back in those warm waters off a beach in Bali… I…
I remember this dive very well… The visibility was absolutely horrible. There were five of us, and we lost each other multiple times (once requiring a trip to the surface to regroup)… and we circled over the same patch a couple times trying to orient…
