First Dives

I finally went diving in the ocean in Thailand! AND IT WAS AWESOME! The water was 82 degrees. Wow. We were at a sandy site so the visibility was only about 30 feet (still good by Monterey standards...) but there were little fish everywhere and it was beautiful. I'll be on a liveaboard trip for the next 3 days to do some wreck diving, with the afternoon free on October 27, and then I'm back on a liveaboard trip for 6 more days. I'll upload when I get the chance!

Here's a sample of the things we saw on the last 4 dives, taken from google image searches. I couldn't use my camera while on the dives because we had Open Water students, but I should be able to take photos for the next few dives.

Blackspotted pufferfish:http://www.freeirishphotos.com/animals/sea_life_photos.html  

Camouflaged scorpionfish: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Scorpion_fish.jpg

Varicose warty sea slug: http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/andamanse/andamanse1206/andamanse120600008/13956473-varicose-wart-slug-phyllidia-varicosa--lembeh-strait-indonesia.jpg

Honeyomb moray eels: http://catbirdinoman.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/honeycombmorayeel01-vi.jpg

And here are some photo from the dives - the battery didn't last long enough to take many pics sadly, so stay tuned for more photos from the next few days of diving:

Liveaboards at the doc

Scorpionfish were all over the place

This cuttlefish was the highlight of our dive!! THEY ARE SO COOL!

When in Thailand... :)

Hopefully I'll have some awesome wreck diving photos to show when I'm back from the liveaboard trip!