Nai'a, seventh, and final, day May 5, 2017

Our final day had us diving some pinnacles north of Vanua Levu.  Three final dives so that the boat could get back to moor off Lautoka's harbor so that we could load onto our bus back to the Nadi area at 8 am after a final continental breakfast.  Three very good dives in the Bligh Waters at UndeNai'able Pinnacle (name not my fault!), Cat's Meow, and the final dive at Mount Mutiny which is the peak of a volcanic mountain, no place to anchor in the thousands of feet depths around the mount so Nai'a would be doing motorized station keeeping while we were dropped and picked up by the dive skiffs.  Helen, a marine biologist, gave us a quick talk on selecting healthy coral fragments that were loosely scattered on Cat's Meow to be placed on Mount Mutiny whose shallower top had been completely swept of live coral.  Helen will monitor and measure results of this coral seeding experiment.  Below are some pictures, for many more, please go to: https://goo.gl/photos/9xH71oAasoMP7k3F7

                                         Our final dive area of a wonderful week on the Nai'a

Giant clam, now start singing "Rock Lobster" to yourself...."he was in a jam, he was in a giant clam!"

                       Pygmy seahorse, thanks to Big Mo.  Hard to spot, hard to photo, about 1/4 inch tall.

                                          Colorful dlam, embedded in coral.

                                          Juvenile Slender Wrasse, about 3 inches long

                                          Banded Blenny, UndeNai'able Pinnacle

                                         Sea Whip Gobie

                                                   Blue Angelfish

                                          Barber's Anemonefish, Cat's Meow

                                          Green Sea Turtle, Cat's Meow

                                          Collecting health coral fragments broken off at Cat's Meow

                                                Helen with collected coral fragments

                                     Stuart, Helen's partner, collecting coral fragments

                                                 Coral fragments collected for placement at Mount Mutiny

                                      Coral fragment placement at Mount Mutiny

                                      Placing coral fragments at Mount Mutiny

When Mount Mutiny is described as being a mountain peak with vertical dropoffs to thousands of feet, so don't drop your camera, they mean it!

                             Clown Triggerfish

                Golden Damsels with beautiful soft coral

    Orangefin Anemonefish, Mount Mutiny

                            Return to Lautoka Harbor, early am, May 6, for 10.5 hour flight home that night...