Atlantis Dumaguete Post Retirement Dives #839,840,841,842 June 18, 2025

A second day of great muck aka critter diving. Our dive guide Wing is eagle eyed. Truly Amazing! Below are some photos from these four dives, to see the rest, go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ty7SCbKFH7DNvHDx5 Wing quickly pointed out another, invisible to my naked eye, but not his, exotic miniature shrimp (species tbd) in Bubble Coral. It was maybe 3/8 inches long. This was soon followed by a pair of Ghost Pipefish, the larger about 3 inches long, the smaller maybe half that. Below:

Next up was a very cute 2 inch Frogfish soon followed by a 3/8 inch Pygmy Cuttlefish. Below:

Below: Another Anemonefish asking where Tom Campbell and Beth Davidow are!

Another tbd beautiful fish posed patiently for me. Below:

Success! Got you! I finally got close enough to a notoriously shy Garden Eel for a good picture. Below:

A beautiful Flatworm. A small goby wondered why I kept shooting it and tryed to photo bomb my picture. Below:

Below: Popcorn Shrimp, I think, about 1/4 inch long.

A beautiful juvenile Lionfish, his body about 3 inches long, stalking prey. Below:

Below: A 1/4 inch nudibranch, nearly invisible to my eye but not Wing's, on the edge of a blade of algae, followed by a Coral Shrimp, it, at least, I immediately spotted...

Another cool Popcorn Shrimp, maybe 1/4 inches long, below:

A Nembrotha nudibranch, about 3 1/2 inches long. Below:

I love the coloration and markings of this 3 inch, goby I think (tbd)and the bottom it is sitting on. Below:

Another Goby, known for nipping, in a worm tube. Species tbd, below:

Beautiful, about 1 inch, nudibranch. Species tbd, below:

Above: A Feather Duster or similar tube worm. They disapper down their tubes when your strobe goes off. Below: The very black, totally light absorbing face of a Giant Frogfish, 10 inches long, facing down. You can just make out an eye in the lower edge.Below:

Below: A really cool Orange and Black Dragonet, missing the orange, about 4 inches long:

For no additional charge, more tiny popcorn shrimp! Below:

Goby on a Sea Pen, maybe 1 inch, followed by similar sized goby on Whip Coral. Below:

Below: Hawkfish followed by Scorpionfish face followed by a school of Coral Catfish feeding.

Wing pointed at a beautiful Blue Linkia Starfish and said abba dabba duba. I replied "what?" He used his pointer to direct me to a tiny 1/8 inch dark smudge on one of its arms. I dutifully took its picture. Below:

Finally, the first day I got a picture of a Shrimpfish, aka Razorfish, unusual to see by itself, unusually cooperative. Here's how you normally encounter them. Below:

Looking forward to the third great day of critter diving!