Malaysia
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Nº259
Date: 2022-07-09 - 08:30
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Max Depth: 20.4m Duration: 45mins
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Just RK, me, and guide. Left Seaventures 8am for short boat ride to Kapalai resort. Descended onto artificial reef and immediately saw large moray. Amir took us to an artificial metal mesh structure and pointed out two tiny sea dragons, about an inch or two long. Pale and wiry and almost indistinguishable from the matter clinging to the mesh, aside from a small abdomen bump before their head.
Proceeded to sandy bottom. Many sunken house like structures covered in soft sea stars. Two huge groupers hiding in structures. Moray near base of structures. Some nudis.
Then turned back to artificial reef slope and almost immediately guide spotted small, pitch black frogfish with white smiths about the size of a golf ball. Mantis shrimp wandering out in the open about two feet away. Three feet further, ann amazing frogfish. Large, tennis ball sized. Bright green and covered in cream and reddish brown cami spots with filaments all over. Two “angler” protrusions. Was walking at a good clip down the slope on large feet with gill jets near armpits.
On return to top of reef, I passed over a large octopus in a crevice. Changed colors and sunk down. Watched it a while. Outstanding dove. Also, tiny tiny polka dot yellow box fish