Night Dive at Yeben Shallow and Coral Gardens and Arches at Bafu Rufus 1-22-2023

Here's some photos from the first night dive on our 17 day dive trip in Raja Ampat on the Raja Laut. Below: Pair of Cuttlefish

Below: Scorpionfish face

Below: The Maze, a Basketstar through a macro lens

Well camouflaged Pipefish, had trouble seeing it and focusing:

Below: Juvenile Lionfish

Below: Tiny shrimp on a Sea Cucumber

Below: Small shrimp in the sand

Below: Cute tiny octopus, about 1 inch across

Coral Shrimp, these are probably my favorite pictures I've ever managed to take of these:

I captured the glare of a crabby crab, below:

Below: It's Flounder!

Below: Tiny, maybe 1/4 inch, nudibranch

Bafu Rufus is a wonderful dive site with amazing coral gardens with huge, beautiful sea fans and swim through arches. We had great light and excellent water clarity. Donna with a huge, beautiful sea fan:

Coral Grouper, aka Coral Trout, with a cleaner wrasse, below:

Look at the coral density and the Brown Parrotfish:

Donna comes through the huge arch:

Below: Donna with Sea Anemone, shooting video of Anemonefish

Below: Yes, yes, I'd say there was a plethora of Sargent Majors!

Below: Beautiful Parrotfish

Time to surface and board our skiff: