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What’s going on down there?

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Turbulence in the waters off Hawaii
Got to be careful in the surge zone. Don’t want to get raked over those rocks.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Water.’ See more responses here. Let’s see what’s happening below the surface. Here are some photos from my swim yesterday. Captions are on the photos.

Yellowfin Goatfishes in the waters off Hawaii
Yellowfin Goatfishes are active at night and spend the day drifting in groups like this.
An Arc-eye Hawkfish juvenile in a head of coral in the waters off Hawaii
A juvenile Arc-eye Hawkfish in a head of Cauliflower Coral.
A Flowery Flounder swims in the waters off Hawaii
I saw this flowery Flounder on the move. It settled down for a while, before heading away.
A Yellowhead Moray Eel in the waters off Hawaii
Yellowhead Moray Eels are active at night so I rarely see them.
A Wedgetail Triggerfish in the waters off Hawaii
Always nice to see a colorful Humuhumu-nukunuku-ā-pua’a!
A Moorish Idol in the waters off Hawaii
This Moorish Idol looked like it was sneaking away!

The Numbers Game #120

A Chinese hibiscus flower
A pink hibiscus.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 242. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here. Also posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

A wandering tattler at Kiholo, Hawaii
A Wandering Tattler on the shoreline.
The logo on a Honda Metropolitan scooter
Metropolitan scooter logo.
A window display at Old Hawaiian Trading Company window in Kapaau, Hawaii
Window display at the Old Hawaiian Trading Company in Kapaau.
The NOAA EV Nautilus off the coast of Hawaii
The EV Nautilus doing research off Lapakahi.
A zebra moray eel in the waters of the Big Island.
A Zebra Moray Eel turns a corner!
Monk Seal with an itch.

Underwater world

Head on view of a Manta Ray in the waters off Hawaii
Hard to beat seeing a big Manta Ray coming straight towards me.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme, guest hosted by Cathy at Between the Lines is ‘Your Favorite Places.’ See more responses here.

The ocean is one of my favorite places. I love snorkeling and every swim is different, the conditions and the things I see. Here’s a sample. Captions on the photos.

A Scarface Blenny in the waters off Hawaii
A cute little Scarface Blenny.
A Christmas Wrasse in the waters off Hawaii
It’s Christmas year-round for this Christmas Wrasse.
A female Pearl Wrasse in the waters off Hawaii
It’s the lady who wears the pearls on a Pearl Wrasse.
A Happy looking collector urchin in the waters off Hawaii
This Collector Urchin looks happy, so don’t step on it.
A Mauve Stinger Jellyfish in the waters off Hawaii
A Mauve Stinger Jellyfish is lovely to look at but best not to touch.
A Peppered Moray Eel in the waters off Hawaii
Eels can bite, but this Peppered Moray Eel was just passing by.
A shoal of Hawaiian Silversides in the waters off Hawaii
A shoal of tiny Hawaiian Silversides.
Reef fish in the waters off Hawaii
A variety of reef fish often shoal together.
A Green Turtle in the waters off Hawaii
It’s always nice to bump into a Hawaiian Green Turtle, sometimes almost literally.
Spinner Dolphins in the waters off Hawaii
And it’s a special treat when Spinner Dolphins whistle by.

The Numbers Game #117

A Whitemouth Moray Eel.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 239. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

The L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant in Kapaau at night
L&L Barbecue in Kapaau.
White Bengal tiger, Tzatziki, rests in the shade
Tzatziki resting at Pana’ewa Zoo in Hilo.
Wild Turkeys.
A bee in a cannonball tree flower in Hawaii
A bee in a Cannonball Tree flower.
Shadows on a beach in Hawaii
Shadows on the beach.
A View of Hualali from a bench on Pu'u Wa'awa'a, Hawaii
A bench on Pu’u Wa’awa’a with a view of Hualali.

The Numbers Game #98

Lahaina noon at Kawaihae, Hawaii
Where’s the shadow? It’s Lahaina noon! Original post here.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 220. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

Great Frigatebirds on the wing.
A Fiery Skipper butterfly on a Tree Heliotrope.
A bee approaching an agave flower.
Rainbow over a tsunami siren.
A snowflake moray eel in the rocks
A Snowflake Eel playing peekaboo.
Spencer Beach Park at Kawaihae.

The Numbers Game #89

An A’ama Crab molt.
Grasshopper on a windscreen.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 211. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

The Kohala Welcome Center under a full moon.
Zebra Doves grooming.
A Flowery Flounder swimming.
Whitemouth Moray Eel.
Horses by the sea.

An itty-bitty Whitemouth Moray Eel

A Whitemouth Moray eel juvenile and red pencil urchin in the waters off Hawaii

This is the smallest Whitemouth Moray Eel I’ve seen here. It was in a hole in the rock high up in the water so I could get quite close. I’ve taken a lot of eel photos over the years and I thought, even as I took these photos, it would be ironic if this little eel shot out and was the first one to bite me. Happily, it remained where it was, next to a Red Pencil Urchin, which gives a sense of scale.

A Whitemouth Moray eel juvenile and red pencil urchin in the waters off Hawaii