Mike and I started the morning by swimming out to the wreck. It was very calm, and the visibility was very good. But you know something? There just isn’t that much to see, besides the wreck! The fish were all the usual suspects, and this is the first time I’ve been there where there were no barracuda. It’s tough to get in here, as the entry is very rocky and a bit of a pain to get in. It’s very shallow for quite a ways, so Pam didn’t come in with us. We only stayed a short while, then got out.

Then, we hopped into the ocean at Arashi Beach. The waves at Arashi have been quite high lately, but they were very calm today, so we jumped at the chance to try out this beach. It was a pretty darn good swim! Lots of fish to see, of course, but some neat stuff to see as well.

One of the neat things we saw was an ocean trigger fish. They are quite large, over 3.5 feet high and about as long. They look really neat swimming through the water, and always leave the area whenever a snorkeler comes near. The picture we have is quite grainy, because it is taken from such a distance away, but it gives you an idea of them.

We saw a couple of ceros who circled around below us several times. This is not a fish who worries about snorkelers! They are hunters for sure, and rove the ocean looking for tasty morsels. They are similar to a barjack, but much sleeker looking. It’s pretty rare to sight them, but in the deeper water, we’ve seem them a couple of times.

Then we saw a rather large octopus, who was an active swimmer! He didn’t just sort of hide under a rock like a lot of them do… this guy was out in the open and wanted to stay there! I’ve ended this post with a nice movie of him – check out the color morphing, and his brief little swim at the end of the movie.