Drifting along

Today I got back into the water for a couple of drift dives. On the first dive the current was quite strong. This stingray was settled in a cave under some sand until we came along.



Here is a close up of a beautiful lionfish

This is a nudibranch (pronounced noodie brank) or sea slug

Such beautiful design in the coral

How cute is this fish, I think it's called a box fish


This is a pipefish

This is a stone fish, very well camouflaged, can you see it? - quite deadly if you stand on it, it opens up sharp spikes on its back that can pierce booties, I saw a good story on them recently on Animal Planet with Steve Irwin and the grandson of Jacques Cousteau, Steve's team were collecting the venom to assist in research for an anti venom.