Diving a lot these days
Posted on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005 4:16 PM by DaveOver the last couple of weeks we’ve managed to fit in 7 dives -3 of them on the 29th July 
and have managed a few firsts :
1) We saw our first Octopus night diving with our friend Joe. Joe guided us around an area of North Shore near to where he lives, and we saw 4 octopus over the course of the dive! We were very pleased with that, but then we ended up getting pretty close to a large Smooth Trunkfish which swam right up to Joe’s light, and then up to Jules mask. It was also our first time diving with Joe (though hopefully wont be the last!).
2) Saw our first Scrawled Filefish at Southwest Breaker.
3) Saw a pair of Lobster at SW Breaker. We’ve seen Lobster before, but this was the first time we have seen an obvious “couple”. The larger of the 2 agressively ‘charged’ me while it’s mate scurried for cover. (In the first photo, you can just see the mate at the back)
4) We saw our first Yellow-Headed Trumpetfish (several times on the one dive).
5) We played with a Coney for a while. We’ve played with Puddingwifes before (it’s hard to ignore them sometimes) but this was the first time a Coney took an interest in us. It seemed to enjoy getting as close as it could to take a good look at us (so close that my macro lens couldn’t focus properly on it).
Puddingwife and Coney photos below.
6) Saw our first Barred Hamlet at Blue Hole. What a pretty little fish!
7) Saw our first group of CreoleFish (also at Blue Hole).
It’s been good diving - just wish we could spend more time doing it
