Underwater Photos of Eels, Our Dinosaurs of the Ocean! 5 jan

well, Dino – eel – asaurus is not a real word, but maybe it should be!  photoing the various types of moray eels often creates an image that looks to me, very dinosaur-like.  Turtle Canyons, our 2nd dive today, has an amazing variety of eels – zebra morays, tiger morays, yellow margin morays, white-mouth morays, and the list goes on.  but my favorite is always the Viper moray, and they really do look like a Tyrannosauras  Rex, particularly when you can only see their head just poking out of the reef!  vipers have a unique shape to there upper jaw, an upward curve, and a fantastic set of bristling, discolored, needle-sharp teeth.  which they love to show you!! Turtles also had some turtles, plus the huge eagle ray that has been there lately, as well as myriad reef fish and beautiful hard corals.  our first dive was Koko Craters, which has some huge green sea turtles, fun statues, and some fascinating coral heads (plus eels as well!).  winds are still a bit weird, from the west and south, and strong, creating some wind swell and lowering viz down from our usual 150 feet.  but we had a blast spotting all those critters, and everyone was stoked about the dives.  thanks to all for safe diving,

larry, matt, mark, and sophie and ashley