I was making comments about the Mola Mola and a pun about Moola Moola but the timing has since passed for that joke.
Perhaps, but it's not too late for a molar molar one.
It seems as though we have our regular water back, with a moderate north current for both Saturday and Sunday. The conditions underwater were pretty close to the same for both days, but the surface was much calmer on Sunday with seas less fight at 2 feet , maybe 1.5. Sunday was a fantastic day to be out on the water, so we loaded up the boat with four tanks apiece, and stayed out there for lunch.
Visibility was somewhere around 35 feet, and water temps were 72 degrees. I didn't make the last dive due to a congested and painful right ear.
Stu in Fl spotted the first lionfsh seen by divers on our boat in the vicinity of 26 26' 00.15 N 80 02' 48.10 in about 80 feet of water. I have reported it to REEF. Good eye Stu! Hopefully he got a shot of it to post.
Here are some of the pics I took:
Here is what I believe to be a channel clinging crab, clinging not to a channel, but to a barrel sponge. The dives in the background are about 25 feet away, so you can kinda get a feel for how the vis was.
Just a shot of an arch formed by the reef.
This, the first in a series of shots, is a lobster I found on one of the fingers.
I pointed it out to the Dark Overlord, who was not successful with her attempts to pluck the crustacean from his home.
Deepstops, at a critical juncture was able to sneak his snare in and capture it...
...but not without incurring the wrath of the Dark Overlord, and was bludgeoned. Ouch!