Saturday, May 23, 2009

Underwater Voyeurism Part Deux: The Revenge

Ok, well I had such a good time snorkeling two weeks ago at the Daymaniyat Islands that I went again. This time was not quite so awesome as the first. There was a very strong current that made actually swimming around quite difficult. As a result of the current, visibility was not as great as the first time either. I think that I could see about 20-30 meters with bits of stuff in the water (the last time visibility was like 40 m. in any direction and it was crystal-clear).

Well I did see a bunch of new species:
Black-tip Reef Shark
Spotted Eagle Ray)
Frimbulated Moray Eel

Other species I found the names to:
Triggerfish
Arabian Angelfish
Arabian Boxfish (trunkfish)
Butterflyfish
Arabian Porcupinefish

Also swam around with another sea turtle for like a good 5 minutes as he just glided along and looked for more soft coral to munch on.

All-in-all, it was a great trip.

Well... Toodles Poodles, I'm done...