I woke up feeling pretty good. It’s a beautiful day out and I’m ready for
some diving.
I serviced the o-ring on my housing and made sure that
everything was really clean. Things
seemed to work just fine
My dive computer showed less than 100% for the first time
ever. I’ve had it for a while, so that’s
to be expected.
We did a dive today on a beautiful reef… but nobody liked
the reef because it is too hard to spot the nudibranchs. Everyone likes the muck diving and sandy
rocky bottom.
This is not a new nudi, but the coolest mating shot of
Thecacera pacifica. You can see both sex
organs extending into the other.
Awesome.
I found out that Martha and I are going to be roommates at
Villa Markisa. She is so great. She’s the one who bailed me out in 2012 when
neither of my credit cards would work to pay the bill.
Over lunch I checked the moisture muncher and it is
completely dry. Ditto after the night
dive. Thank God.
We were met by a pod of dolphin on the way back from our
night dive. The skiff drivers took us in
a couple special laps around to get them to play and jump. It was so fun. J
I was so tired at the end of the day could barely make it
through dinner.
Here are the new nudis for today:
136 - Goniobranchus reticulatus
137 - Chromodoris hamiltoni
138 - Chromodoris annae
139 - Hexabranchus sanguineus (juvenile)
140 - Goniobranchus collingwoodi
141 - Mexichromis trilineata
142 - Ardeadoris angustolutea
143 - Goniobranchus sp. 5
Check out the little red things by the gills.
144 - Dendronotus regius
145 - Oxynoe sp.1
146 - Aplysia sp. (Orange sea hare)
147 - Elysia sp. 12
I really didn't think this was a nudi but I trusted the dive
guide and took pictures anyway. It paid
off - see the rhinophores!
148 - Moridilla brockii
149 - Thuridilla gracilis
150 - Cuthona sp. 28
151 - Jorunna sp. 2
152 - Aplysia parvula (Maroon with blue edges)
153 - Plocamopherus pecoso
154 - Marionia sp. 15
155 - Trapania gibbera
156 - Atagema sp.
157 - Phyllodesmium tuberculatum
With eggs.
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