Bowmouth
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PART 2:
Dive 20:
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipielago, Western Rocky
Visibility: 10-15 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: 2 BOWMOUTH GUITAR FISHES (Rhina ancylostoma), HARLEQUIN SHRIMPS (2), hawksbill turtle, porcelain crabs, white eye moray eels, cowrie shells, coachwhip trevally, saron (marble) shrimps, many smashing mantis shrimps, zebra / spotfin and common lion fishes, and similar critters as dive 19
Nudibranch: Bornella anquilla, Phidiana indica,
Dive 21: Night
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipielago, Western Rocky
Visibility: Ok
Current: Slight-moderate
Marine-life: Painted spiny lobsters, hermit crab (Dardanus megistos), tiny yellow bottletail squids (Sepiadarium sp.) feeding on small shrimps (5), decorator crabs, saron shrimps, tiny octopus, cowrie shells, flatworm, arrow crab,
Nudibranch: Ceratosoma moloch (red color),
December 30:
Dive 22:
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipielago, Western Rocky
Visibility: 25-30 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: 3 BOWMOUTH GUITARFISH (Rhina ancylostoma), HARLEQUIN SHRIMPS (2), ZEBRA SHARK, Pharaoh cuttlefish (laying eggs), painted spiny lobsters, great barracudas, schooling shrimp-scad / blue-lined barracudas / rainbow runners and mottled fusiliers, golden wenteltrap snails, giant / fimbriated / white eye and bartail moray eels, tiger cowrie,
Nudibranch: Elysia ornata, halgerda stricklandi (mating), Hypselodoris maculosa (2), Coriocella hibyae (lamellarid)
Dive 23:
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipelago, Northern Rocky
Visibility: 20-30 meter
Current: Slight-moderate
Marine-life: White spotted eagle ray, hawksbill turtle, octopi (2 fighting), juvenile oriental sweetlips, blue spotted stingrays (2), smashing mantis shrimps, squid, golden trevally, popcorn shrimps, bearded and other scorpion fish, crocodile needle fish, porcelain crabs, tiger cowrie, scribbled snapper, school big-eye snappers and fusiliers, saron shrimps, white eye / giant / honeycomb and fine-speckled moray eels,
Nudibranch: Chromodoris annulata,
December 31:
Dive 24:
Location: Surin Marine National Park, Richelieu Rock
Visibility: 20 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: HARLEQUIN SHRIMPS (2), ghost pipefish (3), pharaoh cuttle fish, octopus, smashing mantis shrimp, many bearded scorpion fish, zebra / spott fin / common lion fish, white eye / giant / fimbrated moray eels, porcelain crabs, popcorn shrimps, murex shell, brown marbled groupers, many hinch-beak and banded boxer shrimps, spindle cowrie, schooling chevron barracudas / fusiliers / bluefin trevallies / crocodile needle fish.
Nudibranch: Chelidonura sp., Dermatobranchus gonatophora
Dive 25:
Location: Surin Marine National Park, Koh Torinla, East
Visibility: 20-30 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: Jenkins whip ray (3), many blue spotted stingrays, magnificent rabbit fish, Napoleon wrasse, brown marbled and black-saddle coral groupers, semi-circle / yellow mask and emperor angelfish, hawksbill turtle (2), pickhandle / blacktail and great barracudas, school tallfin / round and pinnate batfish, painted spiny lobsters (8), jaw fish, blue and map puffers, school white margin surgeon fish / Java rabbit fish / lined surgeon fish / fusiliers / saddleback butterfly fish and redtooth trigger fish, flatworms, giant moray eels, brown marbled / lyre-tail and blacksaddle coral groupers, many shrimp-goby combinations, cross-hatch shrimp goby (?), many garden eels, orange spotted trevally, bi-color parrot fish, lots of glass fish,
Nudibranch: Flabellina exoptata, Flabellina bi-color, Halgerda stricklandi,
Dive 26:
Location: Surin Marine National Park, Koh Torinla, East
Visibility: 15 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: Hawksbill turtle (2), yellow fin emperor, BIG golden trevally (2), spindle cowries (2), school red-tail butterfly fish / silver-sides / milk fish and pyramid butterfly fish, porcelain crabs, humpnose big-eye bream, bird wrasse, BIG brown marbled grouper, tiger cowrie and similar creatures as dive 25
Nudibranch: Reticulidia suzanneae, Chromodoris albopunctata
January 01, 2010:
Dive 27:
Location: Similan Marine National Park, Koh Bon, Ridge
Visibility: 15-25 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: Napoleon wrasse, whitetip or blacktip reef shark (far away), banded seakrait, giant moray eels, leopard blennie, flatworm (12), Andaman sweetlips, feeding frenzy: checkered snappers / one-spot snappers / blubber lips / bluefin trevallies / mangrove red snappers / red snappers and goldsaddle goatfish feeding on glass fish, octopus, porcelain crabs, scribbled snappers (4), giant trevally, schooling fusiliers / drummers and sleek unicorn fish, smashing mantis shrimp, round batfish, brown marbled groupers
Dive 28:
Location: Similan Marine National Park, Island 9, The Hideaway North
Visibility: 12-18 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: Napoleon wrasse, saron shrimp, smashing / spearing mantis shrimp, great barracuda (3), painted spiny lobster, giant moray eel (2), porcelain crabs, flatworm, rainbow runners, clown trigger fish (attack!!), yellow mask angel fish, school milkfish / fusiliers / java rabbit fish / scalefin anthias / Indian flame anthias / pyramid butterfly fish / big-eyes and 5-lined snappers, hawksbill turtle (3), investigator pipefish, white banded cleaner shrimp, banded sea krait, humpnose big-eye bream, brown marbled groupers, big schools of glass fish,
Nudibranch: Halgerda tessellata,
Dive 29:
Location: Similan Marine National Park, Sharkfin Reef
Visibility: 20 - 25 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: Bumphead parrotfish (2), Napoleon wrasse, bird wrasse, giant moray eel, spindle cowrie,), Andaman sweetlips, longnose emperor, dogtooth tuna, brown marbled grouper, blue spotted stingrays (8), BIG boxfish, two-spot queeen fish feeding on glass fish, schooling java rabbit fish / fusiliers / 5-lined snappers / big-eye snappers / pyramid butterfly fish and striped large-eye breams.
Nudibranch: Glossodoris cincta, Phyllidia ocellata,
Dive 20:
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipielago, Western Rocky
Visibility: 10-15 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: 2 BOWMOUTH GUITAR FISHES (Rhina ancylostoma), HARLEQUIN SHRIMPS (2), hawksbill turtle, porcelain crabs, white eye moray eels, cowrie shells, coachwhip trevally, saron (marble) shrimps, many smashing mantis shrimps, zebra / spotfin and common lion fishes, and similar critters as dive 19
Nudibranch: Bornella anquilla, Phidiana indica,
Dive 21: Night
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipielago, Western Rocky
Visibility: Ok
Current: Slight-moderate
Marine-life: Painted spiny lobsters, hermit crab (Dardanus megistos), tiny yellow bottletail squids (Sepiadarium sp.) feeding on small shrimps (5), decorator crabs, saron shrimps, tiny octopus, cowrie shells, flatworm, arrow crab,
Nudibranch: Ceratosoma moloch (red color),
December 30:
Dive 22:
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipielago, Western Rocky
Visibility: 25-30 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: 3 BOWMOUTH GUITARFISH (Rhina ancylostoma), HARLEQUIN SHRIMPS (2), ZEBRA SHARK, Pharaoh cuttlefish (laying eggs), painted spiny lobsters, great barracudas, schooling shrimp-scad / blue-lined barracudas / rainbow runners and mottled fusiliers, golden wenteltrap snails, giant / fimbriated / white eye and bartail moray eels, tiger cowrie,
Nudibranch: Elysia ornata, halgerda stricklandi (mating), Hypselodoris maculosa (2), Coriocella hibyae (lamellarid)
Dive 23:
Location: Myanmar, Mergui Archipelago, Northern Rocky
Visibility: 20-30 meter
Current: Slight-moderate
Marine-life: White spotted eagle ray, hawksbill turtle, octopi (2 fighting), juvenile oriental sweetlips, blue spotted stingrays (2), smashing mantis shrimps, squid, golden trevally, popcorn shrimps, bearded and other scorpion fish, crocodile needle fish, porcelain crabs, tiger cowrie, scribbled snapper, school big-eye snappers and fusiliers, saron shrimps, white eye / giant / honeycomb and fine-speckled moray eels,
Nudibranch: Chromodoris annulata,
December 31:
Dive 24:
Location: Surin Marine National Park, Richelieu Rock
Visibility: 20 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: HARLEQUIN SHRIMPS (2), ghost pipefish (3), pharaoh cuttle fish, octopus, smashing mantis shrimp, many bearded scorpion fish, zebra / spott fin / common lion fish, white eye / giant / fimbrated moray eels, porcelain crabs, popcorn shrimps, murex shell, brown marbled groupers, many hinch-beak and banded boxer shrimps, spindle cowrie, schooling chevron barracudas / fusiliers / bluefin trevallies / crocodile needle fish.
Nudibranch: Chelidonura sp., Dermatobranchus gonatophora
Dive 25:
Location: Surin Marine National Park, Koh Torinla, East
Visibility: 20-30 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: Jenkins whip ray (3), many blue spotted stingrays, magnificent rabbit fish, Napoleon wrasse, brown marbled and black-saddle coral groupers, semi-circle / yellow mask and emperor angelfish, hawksbill turtle (2), pickhandle / blacktail and great barracudas, school tallfin / round and pinnate batfish, painted spiny lobsters (8), jaw fish, blue and map puffers, school white margin surgeon fish / Java rabbit fish / lined surgeon fish / fusiliers / saddleback butterfly fish and redtooth trigger fish, flatworms, giant moray eels, brown marbled / lyre-tail and blacksaddle coral groupers, many shrimp-goby combinations, cross-hatch shrimp goby (?), many garden eels, orange spotted trevally, bi-color parrot fish, lots of glass fish,
Nudibranch: Flabellina exoptata, Flabellina bi-color, Halgerda stricklandi,
Dive 26:
Location: Surin Marine National Park, Koh Torinla, East
Visibility: 15 meter
Current: Moderate
Marine-life: Hawksbill turtle (2), yellow fin emperor, BIG golden trevally (2), spindle cowries (2), school red-tail butterfly fish / silver-sides / milk fish and pyramid butterfly fish, porcelain crabs, humpnose big-eye bream, bird wrasse, BIG brown marbled grouper, tiger cowrie and similar creatures as dive 25
Nudibranch: Reticulidia suzanneae, Chromodoris albopunctata
January 01, 2010:
Dive 27:
Location: Similan Marine National Park, Koh Bon, Ridge
Visibility: 15-25 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: Napoleon wrasse, whitetip or blacktip reef shark (far away), banded seakrait, giant moray eels, leopard blennie, flatworm (12), Andaman sweetlips, feeding frenzy: checkered snappers / one-spot snappers / blubber lips / bluefin trevallies / mangrove red snappers / red snappers and goldsaddle goatfish feeding on glass fish, octopus, porcelain crabs, scribbled snappers (4), giant trevally, schooling fusiliers / drummers and sleek unicorn fish, smashing mantis shrimp, round batfish, brown marbled groupers
Dive 28:
Location: Similan Marine National Park, Island 9, The Hideaway North
Visibility: 12-18 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: Napoleon wrasse, saron shrimp, smashing / spearing mantis shrimp, great barracuda (3), painted spiny lobster, giant moray eel (2), porcelain crabs, flatworm, rainbow runners, clown trigger fish (attack!!), yellow mask angel fish, school milkfish / fusiliers / java rabbit fish / scalefin anthias / Indian flame anthias / pyramid butterfly fish / big-eyes and 5-lined snappers, hawksbill turtle (3), investigator pipefish, white banded cleaner shrimp, banded sea krait, humpnose big-eye bream, brown marbled groupers, big schools of glass fish,
Nudibranch: Halgerda tessellata,
Dive 29:
Location: Similan Marine National Park, Sharkfin Reef
Visibility: 20 - 25 meter
Current: Slight
Marine-life: Bumphead parrotfish (2), Napoleon wrasse, bird wrasse, giant moray eel, spindle cowrie,), Andaman sweetlips, longnose emperor, dogtooth tuna, brown marbled grouper, blue spotted stingrays (8), BIG boxfish, two-spot queeen fish feeding on glass fish, schooling java rabbit fish / fusiliers / 5-lined snappers / big-eye snappers / pyramid butterfly fish and striped large-eye breams.
Nudibranch: Glossodoris cincta, Phyllidia ocellata,
