"Superday" in Krabi

[huskychemist]

Last weekend I got the chance to visit Krabi, for some wonderful diving. The visibility was a bit better than here in the Gulf of Thailand, and the diversity of life was incredible.

I did a "superday" of diving with three dives: King Cruiser Wreck, Koh Kiaew, and Shark Point.

A full report and pictures can be found here.

Some picture highlights: (And a critter ID or two, if possible.)

A beautiful nudie on the sandy bottom below the wreck. I looked in my Nudibranch book and couldn't find anything like this. Any ideas? (Picture was cropped.)

A Crown-Of-Thorns seastar.

A lionfish, don't know which species. They were everywhere on all three dives, but I never got any really great pictures.

This made me think of Jan Kocian's artwork. (To see more of his artwork, click here.) I can see his cartoon, with the caption, "A day at the ocean with dad, mom and the two kids."

A "family" of moray eels on the reef.

Some "egg-like" things that I have yet to ID. Any ideas?

A feather star. None of my feather star pictures seem to match the pictures in my critter ID books.

And lastly, a bluespotted stingray with a few "groupies." Alas, no sharks at shark point. But at least a few cool critters.



Until next time, Happy Diving.

Lowell

 

[Arizona]

Lowell,

Wow, great pictures! I agree if you can get away from Krabi the diving is really good. Bida Nok is wonderful as well. How about that family of morays!

Arizona

 

[Traminer]

Some "egg-like" things that I have yet to ID. Any ideas?

Until next time, Happy Diving.

Lowell

Plerogyra sinuosa or bubble coral?

Did you see the family of morays at Sharks Point? I remember seeing a whole colony last year. Hope they are hiding from the hungry banded sea snakes.

 

[Bowmouth]

The nudi is a Risbecia Pulchella. They are often found in pairs "tailing" (following one-another head to tail) over the bottom and are fairly common in the Andaman Sea.

 

[Bowmouth]

The "egg like things" is a colony of opal bubble coral.

 

[Rickg]

I really like the picture of the "family of morays".

 

[huskychemist]

Thanks for the comments, and thanks for the Nudi id. Looking at my book, it seems more obvious now, but I glanced over this picture. In my "guess" I at least had the right genus...

Many thanks. I can't wait to get back to Krabi.

Cheers.

Lowell

 

[drbill]

Great pix! Good to see you had much better vis on the King Cruiser than we did. My lovely Dutch dive buddy misread the tide charts and we were there with a raging current that dropped vis to a few feet. Of course I still had a smile on my face when we surfaced... you should see my lovely buddy that day!

 

[JLN]

Is it better to stay in Krabi or Ko Phi Phi for these dives. I have been told it it too far from Krabi but hotels are cheaper on the mainland. thanks