First Ocean Dive - Bari Reef

[DeputyDan]

There are three frog fish currently on the reef.

Dark blue - red and yellow.

We were told where the blue one was and my 17 year old found the red one within three feet of the blue one - did not know ahead of time that it was there!

 

[under water]

There are three frog fish currently on the reef.
Dark blue - red and yellow.
We were told where the blue one was and my 17 year old found the red one within three feet of the blue one - did not know ahead of time that it was there!

Fantastic!
I have seen pink & yellow ones on Bari, but a blue one is real treat!
Where are the pictures!

 

[DeputyDan]

Fantastic!
I have seen pink & yellow ones on Bari, but a blue one is real treat!
Where are the pictures!

PM Herman - he carries the camera

 

[DiveMaven]

Geez, Eagle Ray and Frogfish....doesn't get much better than that, does it??

 

[gypsyjim]

The blue frog was really beautiful! Amazing how well she blended in with the blue sponges, until I shot her picture with the strobe... then she was still blue, but the sponges she was on were red! Her companion, the red never blended in at all, but he moved around a lot which made finding him a challenge each time. I only saw the yellow frogfish once. Even knowing where she'd been I spent one whole dive trying to find her again.
Was a great week on Bari, that's for sure. We were seeing so much life on Bari Reef that I did most of my week's diving there this time!!! Large Hawksbill sleeping during our first night dive, and smaller one on a day dive, the 3 frogs, one smaller ray and tons of eels, crabs, lobsters, scorpion fish etc.
The Dive With the Naturalist at Den Laman was a great eye opener to many of the behaviors that I've been seeing without quite understanding. I would say it was one of the high points, diving with him because every dive after that became even more interresting. When I began to understand some of the relationships between different species better instead of simply observing all the "fish", I found myself REALLY slowing down even more than usual.
By the last day on Bari my 15 yr old son Morgan and I were spending entire dives covering areas of the reef no larger than a med size bedroom. And seeing a lot more going on.

 

[gypsyjim]

Here they are, at least the blue and the red frogs. Got no pictures of the yellow one, and I never found it again. Hope this works, I've not tried to post photos here before. Herman does a lot better job with his pics.

 

[under water]

... We were seeing so much life on Bari Reef that I did most of my week's diving there this time!!! Large Hawksbill sleeping during our first night dive, and smaller one on a day dive, the 3 frogs, one smaller ray and tons of eels, crabs, lobsters, scorpion fish etc.
The Dive With the Naturalist at Den Laman was a great eye opener to many of the behaviors that I've been seeing without quite understanding. I would say it was one of the high points, diving with him because every dive after that became even more interresting. When I began to understand some of the relationships between different species better instead of simply observing all the "fish", I found myself REALLY slowing down even more than usual.
By the last day on Bari my 15 yr old son Morgan and I were spending entire dives covering areas of the reef no larger than a med size bedroom. And seeing a lot more going on.

Our experience was identical to this. Started out wanting to dive all the different dive sites around the island, then gradually found that we were seeing more at Bari (we were staying there @ the Den Lamen) and ended up slowing way down and seeing even more.
A few of the other sites were nicer looking for sure, but for critters, Bari was tops. I think we ended up doing about half our dives there the last visit, including al the night dives (pretty much every night!)
Jerry's class was great too for the reasons you mentioned.

 

[gypsyjim]

I'm with you on those night dives! Between diving most nights and several predawn dives while I was there, it's taken me over a week to catch up on my sleep. Just hated to waste my precious time on Bonaire sleeping!!!

Now it's back to cold lakes for quite a while....sigh.

 

[herman]

I have some photos but I as still working on cleaning them up......one takes a lot of photos in 2 weeks. I never did get a shot of the yellow one but got some good ones of the blue(gray?) one. Funny thing is I never did find the red one but we went back on the second week to find the blue one had moved to the tube sponges a few feet away, guess she had gotten tired of all the attention. I took photos of it and when reviewing them I "found" the red one.....less than 6 inches away from the blue one, never did see the little bugger in person.

 

[gypsyjim]

Morgan and I saw you trying to locate the yellow one for quite some time. I went back later, myself and spent one whole dive looking for the him/her with no luck. I know it was there as someone else did find it in the same area that day.
That red frog was always right near the blue, but in a slightly different spot each time I saw him!

I wish I had the patience to adjust my photos the way you do, Herman. That's why I give you a copy of mine when I'm leaving: even my "best" efforts look SO much better when you're through playing with them!!!