Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Two Blue Whales!

Our first dive was on The Great Wall of Pantar.  And there was a good amount of current but we were able to duck into some small pockets where it wasn’t too bad.

Then we had two blue whales on our surface interval.  So cool.  We sat on the boat with them for a while and watched them spout and I witnessed at least one fluke.  Sorry, no pictures as I didn't bring an above water camera.

Then when we went to the Jetty, there was a mola mola that jumped.  I didn’t even know they could jump out of the water.

I also made an appointment for Uri to take a look at my Air 2.  It continues to have a little leak that I would love to get fixed.  He is confident he can work on it.

At lunch Max and Lauren showed up.  They were able to get my batteries and my wetsuit is almost here.  Woo Hoo!  I hugged Lauren and called her my travel angel.  Max asked about Graham Abbott.  He’s the one who introduced me to Alami Alor.

I jumped the house reef and looked for the octopus again.  No luck.

The night dive was fabulous again.  I love diving with Nikko.  We saw at least three different kinds of octopus.  Lots of nudis and other crazy stuff.

At dinner, Timo and I both showed up in colorful underwater garb, so I had Alex take our picture.  


I had absolutely zero turkey on this Thanksgiving.  It’s ok though because I swear I eat a turkey sandwich almost every single day.

Here are the slugs for today…

63 - Jorunna funebris


64 - Tambja kava


65 - Hypselodoris lacuna


66 - Chromodoris joshi


67 - Goniobranchus hintuanensis


68 - Phyllidia picta


69 - Nembrotha sp. 2


70 - Hypselodoris whitei


71 - Petalifera ramosa


72 - Cadlinella ornatissima


73 - Aegires villosus


74 - Phyllodesmium tuberculatum


75 - Pleurobranchus weberi



76 - Hexabranchus sanguineus



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