The conditions were the best I've had in Bilene in the last month. The wind had shifted around quite a bit over the past few days, flattening the sea. The calm swell made the launch through the mouth very easy, the smoothest rides we've had so far.
As we dropped, a school of Kingfish circled around us. I'm not sure whether they are resident on the reef, or whether there's a different school every time we dive at Shark Alley.
More photos from the dive here
On this dive, I noticed what I think is an anemone, maybe a tube anemone, but if anyone could confirm, I would appreciate it. When approached, it retracts into the leathery foot very quickly.
If you look at the other pictures, there's another photo of a similarly behaving "anemone", of a different colour.
More photos from the dive here
Some sad news: we went out to look at the seahorses, really struggled to find some, and while we were swimming around some of our group on the beach saw local fishermen with handfuls of seahorses they had just caught. My suspicion is thus confirmed: the seahorses in that spot have been fished out...
More about that in a different post...
Stay tuned for more diving news, don't hold your breath,
Daniel ;-)
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