Day 3 on the Great Barrier Reef and again the weather was picture perfect. The first dive of the day was at 6:00am on a site called the Play Ground. We have dived this site many many times and know exactly were to find the interesting critters.
Just to prove how good the dive conditions were, this photo was taken at a depth 20 metres.
Clear water: we are on the sand at 20 metres and we could see all of Ocean Quest, including the 3 levels above the water.
We then headed straight to one of the coral bommies under the boat for a manicure.
Ambon Cleaner Shrimp: As soon as I put my hand down these little guys went to work.
Unfortunately, there were other customers, and this particular customer had not intention of waiting. It moved into the same hole – while I was having my manicure.
Ambon Cleaner Shrimp inside the Coral Trout’s mouth
Ambon Cleaner Shrimp and Coral Trout: The trout wasn’t the least bit bothered by us.
We must have spent 30 minutes or more looking around this bommie, there is just so much to see.
Common Lionfish
Giant Moray Eel
Goby and shrimp: I did not notice the shrimp when I took the photo.
Banded cleaner shrimp: This guy wasn’t so eager to clean my nails.
And that was just the morning dive……
Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. It’s been my goal for a long time to learn to scuba dive so this is some great inspiration.
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