Today I dedicated my dive to video only. I disconnected my strobes and replaced them by sola lights. I put a plug on my housing and connected a tripod.
The day was beautiful. I headed in and the viz was pretty good and it didn’t feel as cold as the day before. I looked for the subjects that we have been finding lately but I saw none of them. After a while I located a white spotted octo but very skittish and it would take a long time to get out of its home and it would go back in if I got close. I gave up on him because I was getting cold from not moving. I practiced focusing with a small batfish that was fishing. I even saw it catching something. I can’t wait to slow that part down. By then the tide had turn and most of the flags where out so I headed in and I run into an orange seahorse out in the open. It was very curious and comfortable with the video lights. Then as I moved towards the beach area I saw a manatee. Seeing them always makes me happy. Then I chased a ray that had a lazy jack hanging on top of it and moving along just feeding off her leftovers. At the end I saw a tiny cardinal fish hiding and a jelly covered with fish but I could not get it in focus.
This is the day the girls saw a bloddy fight between dragonets and 2 of the dark seahares with blue spots.
