I am so excited to lock in on searching and shooting these nudis today. I was glad to get into the water yesterday and ensure all the gear was working, but now I really want to get going on nudi counts.
After breakfast, we finally got on the boat. OMG, I have never been on such a big skiff/day boat. They have this wonky ramp that gets set up temporarily (with a human held handrail) we use to go from the dock to the boat. It's a little nervewracking.
All 13 of us went on the one boat to the same dive site, but at least they divided us up into four groups and Anne-Li and I got the snorkeler in our group so we really just have the dive guide JR to ourselves. That is good.
The ride to the site was 45 minutes and at some point I knew my bladder wasn't going to make it. They actually have a toilet on this boat. It is rudimentary, but I used it successfully. The other side has a mini kitchen.
This dive site was WAY better and we dove it twice. I definitely upped my species count. It was pretty mucky and silty but it was fun to find stuff.
After making the journey back, it was already 2:30pm which is when the resort told us to be ready for the afternoon dives. WTF?
We quickly ate lunch and then did an afternoon dive nearby. Once we returned, it was the time the resort said to be ready for the night dive. I was exhausted and really with the special morning trip, nobody was going on any night dive.
I had about an hour to work on my nudis and get my list ready for Gary. He is merging this list with his recent PNG trip list. I am not really sure why. I am of course keeping my own list.
I wore my nudi headband to dinner and it took a REALLY long time for anyone to notice it. But when they did it was pretty funny. Caroline was so sweet and brought candy from Sweden for everyone to share.
We had lots of friendly banter and story telling at dinner but I left as soon as it was over to go crash.
Slug Count
3 - Pteraeolidia semperi
4 - Phyllidia ocellata
5 - Nembrotha kubaryana
6 - Thuridilla gracilis
7 - Phyllidiella pustulosa
8 - Glossodoris pallida
9 - Miamira sinuata
10 - Jorunna funebris
11 - Sagaminopteron psychedelicum
12 - Glossodoris rufomarginata
13 - Phyllidia sp. 1
14 - Phyllidia varicosa
15 - Plakobranchus ocellatus
16 - Glossodoris sp. 1
17 - Gymnodoris sp. 23
18 - Nembrotha lineolata
19 - Hypselodoris bullockii
20 - Phyllidia coelestis
21 - Phyllidiella granulata
22 - Phyllidia elegans
23 - Doriprismatica atromarginata
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