FLAT AS A PANCAKE !! 9 march

I love to find those pancake flat peacock flounders that slide around on the sand at Koko Craters. I have seen them range in size from the size of a dinner plate at Maxine’s house (huge) down to the size of a good old american quarter!  great example of evolution and adaptability!  I like pointing them out and watching the diver look up with a puzzled look on their face, “what, what, i don’t see anything!”  then it’s very cool when the flounder slithers along the sandy bottom, blending perfecting, visible only when they move.  amazing ! check out the photo below. So  Kokos was great, mild current and good viz, and we saw at least 10 turtles and some huge moray eels.  2nd jump was over at turtle canyons, which is so fun these days because there are some baby turtles growing up right before our eyes!  cute little guys!  no eagle ray today, but we saw eels, frog fish (with Tim, photo below), octopus, and lots of reef fish!  thanks to all for safe diving,  larry, kendal, mark

 

kokos 38 feet  100 viz

turtles 35 ft     100 viz