June 17th, 2009

This morning we did Nai'a Bay and Turtle Pinnacle. The highlights were MAGNIFICENT! We saw a Magnificent Snake Eel and a Magnificent Sea Star. The magnificent Sea Star is a very rare find!! Usually they occur much deeper than divers go and rarely do they wander into shallower depths. This one was spotted at about 80 feet, we noticed a star pattern in the sand and swept away the sand to reveal the sea star, then we watched for the next couple of minutes as it reburied itself. Awesome! We also saw a tiny, baby Commerson's Frog fish,  3 Spotted Eagle Rays, 3 Tiger (Divided) Flatworms, 3 Whitemouth Moray Eels and 2 Redstripe Pipefish.