Damar Island and a Taste of Italy

Today we are headed to Damar Island for three dives.  Only three more days of diving.  So sad.

I was done with my nudi count and blog early so I got a chance to keep working on my Alor ID book.  I still have a bit to go.  Then there will be cleanup.

Dennis isn’t feeling well so there were only four of us on the boat.  David called me down deep to see a Reticuladia fungia.  I just took a couple of shots before going back up.  My goal is to stay far away from deco today.

At breakfast, I gave Dennis the DayQuil I had packed.  I hope it helps him.

On the first dive, David and I saw a sea krait swimming in the shallows.

Second dive was fabulous.  A gorgeous wall and no current.  We saw lots of species.  At the end Mariasol had me swim over to the coral with a Nembrotha kubyrana in it.  I told her I had just photographed that one.  She was also trying to show me a second one, which I did not see.  Then I surfaced with snot under my mask.  Oh man… nobody said diving is sexy.

We were supposed to dive at 2:30pm.  While I was resting that changed to 4:30pm.   I understand the need to be flexible, but I really like the liveaboards and resorts that say a time and stick to it.   But we are having and adventure, so I am trying to be adventurous.  So, time to nap.

Graham found a nice dusk dive spot and tied his orange safety sausage to mark it.  He said that the hardest part of doing that was to find any dead spot to tie it up to.  Everything is so healthy here.  During the briefing we decided the dive site name would be: Red Hot Sausage.  And Dennis could clear his ears, so he is back in action.

The Italian girls took over the galley and made pasta for dinner.  They were so excited about it.  They played Italian music as well.

Slug Mugs

50 - Unknown (Phyllidiella)

51 - Nembrotha kubaryana

52 - Phyllidiopsis krempfi

53 - Halgerda carlsoni

54 - Discodoris boholensis