Coral Gardens, Sarena Patal, and Nudi Falls, post retirement dives 939, 40, and 41. Last full day of diving. May 11, 2026

Our first dive was at Coral Gardens, some photos from this dive are below. To see more, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pBiJrENXsgogsToz5 A Hairy Squat Lobster, his body about 3/8 inches across. Below:

A pretty Stripehead Pygmy Goby on a sponge. Below:

A beautiful Chromodoris Lochi nudibranch. Below:

Striking Soft Coral, below:

Colorful Painted Rock Lobster, its body is about 6 inches long, once again, I love that I can shift between tiny subjects and larger ones with my Canon 60 mm macro lens. Below:

Beautiful, dense, invertebrate life. Below:

Wonderful Ghost Pipefish, below:

Chromodoris Elisabethina Nudibranch, below:

Beautiful, young (12 inch, they grow much larger), Barramundi Cod, photographed small juveniles on earlier dives. You can see a blue cleaner wrasse up ahead of it. Below:

Beautiful Bangai Cardinalfish. Below:

Our second dive was at Sarena Patal. Below are some photos from the dive to see the rest, please go to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/g4DUEygN98Sskw63A I was able to shift from tiny subjects to catch a photo of this Blue Spotted Stingray, about 16 inches across, below:

Beautiful Blue Ribbon Eel, below:

Wonderful Mexichromis Nudibranch, below:

Very strange, tiny (1/4 inch), Mimic Shrimp. Below:

Flasher or Humpback Scorpionfish. Below:

Anemonefish, below:

Anemonefish with eggs, below:

Our third and final dive was back to Nudi Falls. Some photos from the dive below, the remainder can be seen at: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hCHdUaAiV2ddrnFRA Starry Flatworm, below:

Pygmy Seahorse, about 1/4 inch, below:

Nembrotha cristata Nudibranch, below:

Boxfish, below:

We encountered a pair of large Reef Octopuses. Below:

Doriprismatica artromarginata Nudibranch, below:

Nudi Falls is well named. A pair of nudibranchs, below:

Snowflakes Moray, below:

Strapweed Filefish, below:

Above: Bristletail Filefish Nudi Falls is a wonderful dive site. It would be food for a wide angle dive, too.