Dives at "Two Slots" and "The Maze", twice, in the Equator Islands Jan 21, 2023

It was cool to make multiple crossing of the equator both from above water in our diving skiffs and underwater during our dive. Saw a number of huge Bumphead Parrotfish but didn't get close enough for good pictures of them. Two slots has amazing rock structure with rich invertebrate life, The Maze is a beautiful shallow coral garden. Below: Bumphead Parrotfish, 3 - 4 ft long, at Two Slots:

Is that a submerged castle?! Below:

Above: Looking up!

Below, dive briefing chart for "The Maze" aka "Equator Dive"

Below: Wonderful coral gardens in "The Maze" while we were crossing the equator from Southern Hemisphere to the Northern, submerged:

School of juvenile Chevron Barracuda:

Below: Left to right, Dennis, Dorothy, and Donna being amazed in the Maze:

Below, more amazing beautiful coral gardens:

Below: Mushroom shaped rocks rising above the sea in "The Maze":

Above: Cornetfish aka Flutefish Below: Yellowtail Fusiliers

Below: Zebra Pufferfish with Cleaner Wrasse:

Below: Leaf Scorpionfish

Below: Anemonefish

Below: Feather Star aka Crinoid

"It wasn't a rock! It was a ROCK LOBSTER!" - the B52's, below:

Below: Big beautiful sea fan with a Blue Linkia Sea Star:

What a great diving trip on the dive boat Raja Laut, in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, we had! More blogs from the trip to come.