Nudi Gal

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Took My Breath Away...

Today is my last full day of diving.

On the first dive I had a moment where I was concentrating on an itty bitty slug and trying to get the shot when I realized I had forgotten to breathe. OMG. And then I freaked out a little… and took a few deep breaths but wow, it was a weird moment.

I found a HUGE frogfish by myself and took a selfie but it was a horrible shot. I forget that with the Go Pro I have to hold my hand still for a long time after.

On the night dive we had a HUGE temperature swing from 82 degrees down to 73 degrees. COLD! And right after we came back up to the warm water, my camera started fogging. It was right when we got to an algae patch and I was like huh, my photos seem to be all smudgy like the algae. What is going on? Then I looked at the lens and it was all fogged up. Damn. I have used moisture munchers in the past but I haven’t had this issue all month… and it has been years since I’ve had it. Then after the dive when I opened up the housing, it seems there was more water in the housing than just condensation, but the water detector never went red. Gah. This makes me really nervous for taking it down again. I tried to dab away and moisture I saw and left it open overnight to see if it will completely dry out. I’m also going to throw a couple of moisture munchers in there.

125 - Hypselodoris rudmani

126 - Limenandra fusiformis

127 - Phyllodesmium iriomotense

128 - Phyllidiopsis cardinalis

129 - Samla sp. 1

130 - Dendronotus regius

131 - Aegires flores

132 - Siphopteron sp. 4

133 - Nembrotha kubaryana

134 - Haminoea sp. 2

135 - Tenellia sp. 26

136 - Unidentia sp.

137 - Flabellina delicata

138 - Tenellia sp. 67

139 - Facelinid sp. 3

140 - Sohgenia palauensis

141 - Cerberilla albopunctata

142 - Flabellina sp. 5

143 - Verconia romeri

144 - Facelina sp. 4

145 - Tenellia sp. 54

146 - Doto sp. 6

147 - Glossodoris acosti

148 - Hypselodoris roo

149 - Haminoea sp. 1

150 - Phyllidiopsis shireenae

151 - Rostanga sp. 2

152 - Bornella hermanni

153 - Tenellia sp. 27

154 - Tambja victoriae

155 - Jorunna sp. 6

156 - Atagema intecta

157 - Platydoris pulchra

158 - Aplysia sp.

159 - Jorunna sp. 8

160 - Miamira miamirana

161 - Dendrodoris fumata

162 - Goniobranchus collingwoodi

163 - Samla riwo

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Help! I can't keep up!

I woke up to another dream that I was taking an effective communications class and I totally failed the test (well, a D-). But this girl I know, Amy, passed. I think I’m sleeping too much! That’s when I have bad dreams.

On afternoon dive had to share a guide and my right strobe stopped flashing. I think because the button on the bottom was pressed in when it should be out. After the dive I was troubleshooting and this seemed to fix the problem.

Today I had to dive with Norris (Divemaster) and Oliver (another guest). Oliver kept showing me shrimp.

I am falling really behind on my IDs. I think that’s OK. I can work on them in the new year (and on my long travel home).

This resort is fabulous and I would love to come here once a year, but sort of as a silent retreat. All of the guests speak German at dinner so there’s really not much of a social aspect.

Pedro keeps asking me if I’m not tired after doing four dives a day… but the funny thing is that he never asks Thomas that and he is also doing four dives a day. Hmmmm…

The nudi count continues to climb and I’m still seeing new ones and some I’ve never seen before!

85 - Caloria indica