Three Macro Photography Dives at Padre Burgos, post retirement dives 871-873 June 30, 2025

Below are some photos from these three macro photography dives with my Canon 60 mm lens, if you'd like to see the rest, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/f1cVnMCshsnWTEqc6 I like this macro close up view of a Scorpionfish face, check out its mouth and eyes. Below:

Nudibranch, about 3 inches long, species tbd, below:

A perky 1 1/2 inch Blenny, species tbd, below:

Spotted by the extraordinarily keen eyed Cian. Tiny 1/2 inch Gobies, species tbd, living in a sponge together with a Hairy Squat Lobster of similar size, followed by a closeup I'm very pleased with of the strange Hairy Squat Lobster. Below:

Below: Another Scorpionfish face.

Below: A 2 inch Cleaner Wrasse hovering over the Moray it's about to clean, followed by the Wrasse cleaning the Moray.

A Goby with his Pistol Shrimp parner in the background followed by a good shot of the Pistol Shrimp. Below:

Below: Another beautiful nudibranch about 2 inches long.

Below: A transparent Anemone Shrimp with purple tipped claws in its Anemone home.

Camiguan Island, Post Retirement dives 868-870 June 29, 2025

Three more very good dives with Atlantis Azores visiting Camiguan Island. Beautiful reefs, sea turtles, lots of Anemonefish. Below are some photos from these dives, to see the rest, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GYX8d9XPaNa9fh9v5 Here's some irresistable anemonfish, False Clownfish, and Tomato Clownfish, below:

Sea turtles are always fun to see. Below:

A beautiful Coral Trout, below:

Phillip with a Scorpionfish and with a beautiful Giant Clam, below:

A well camouflaged 5 inch Frogfish perfectly matches the color of an Orange Sponge where he patiently waits to ambush his prey, below:

Michelle and Cina with a large sea turtle that had a horrible growth on the right side of its head. Below:

Popcorn Shrimp on a sea anemone, below:

A cool 4 inch long, tbd species, Nudibranch:

Moalboal Sardine Dive July 4, 2025

Russ and Barbara couldn't dive on the 4th because they had an early morning flight to Manila on the 5th (this morning), so it was Phillip and I diving with Cian for these last three dives of the trip. Our first dive was the Sardine Dive, a very unique dive expreience and good fun. Some photos from it are below. To see more, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZYLTmS8L8E3G8mS79 Phillip is a long time friend of Tom Campbell's dating back to their Marine Reccanaissance days during the Vietnam War. This was Phillip's first diving trip for fun in many years. Phillip's 81, so nine years younger than me, if I hired a professional trainer and worked out deligently for the next nine years maybe I could match him, but doubt it! From the first minute we hit the water we were engulfed in a massive school of millions of sardines which came and went as we cruised the wall on the site. Below: Phillip descending in the mass of sardines, followed by several photos of the sardine school. Awesome!

Above: The individual sardines were 4-5 inches long. Some other encounters we had along the wall dive. Below:

Phillip with a Lionfish, below:

Phillip with another Lionfish followed by seeing three beautiful juvenile Batfish (aka Spadefish), below:

Cian used my camera to take some pictures of me with the sardines and then, later, did so again and took photos of Phillip and I with the shiny horde. Below:

A school of passing Trevally (jacks). Nothing was attacking the giant school of sardines while we were there. Below:

I took a few more shots of Phillip with the sardines as we wound up our very fun first dive on our last day of diving for the trip. Below: