Sunday, February 3, 2008

"Angry Clownfish"


Angry Clownfish
The biggest bully in the ocean !! This little clownfish was tormenting us as we tried to photograph it at Pango reef. Jordan (13) and Rhiana (12) have a fascination with these little fish, and wanted to see them on the dive. They got themselves close enough to the anemone that the dominant clownfish decided that enough was enough .. and they were too close ... so gave them a small bite on the hand to tell them off. Squeals of laughter from Jordan and Rhiana and the fun had only just begun as we had another 30 minutes or so of diving and clownfish searching left to do.

The Cathedral


Cathedral
The best time to do the Cathedral cavern dive is early morning, with the sun streaming down into the cavern. Otto (pictured) requested that we jump in before the rest of the divers to get the chance for photos and we had the cavern to ourselves. Visability is usually 20 meters, but on this occassion we were fortunate to have 30 meters or more. On exiting the cavern to begin the wall portion of the dive, a large eagle ray cruised passed us out into the blue ... it then turned around back towards us, and went straight over our heads, only a couple of meters above. What a shame all the other divers were still inside the cavern and missed this !!