Philippines - October 2019
I made a return trip to Atmosphere Resort south of the town of Dumaguete on Negros Island. The weather and hence the diving, were magnitudes better than my last visit there, two years ago. This being octopus season, we spent much of our time looking for them and weren't disappointed. The highlight of the trip was being able to observe a pair of mating wunderpus. I took more pictures on this dive trip than any other, so it was hard to whittle them down to something manageable. Still, I ended up with a lot of them, so take a look below.
- crinoid_shrimp1
- geometric_chromodoris1
- colorful_hypselodoris
- nudi_eggs2
- nudi_eggs3
- crinoid_shrimp2
- dragon_shrimp
- morays
Fimbriated and white-eyed moray.
- yellowbarred_jawfish2
The male incubating the eggs in his mouth. Returned the next day and they were gone!
- kuro_sapsucking_slug1
- kuro_sapsucking_slug2
- nudi_eggs1
- pygmy_squid
- pink-eared_mantis
- algae_shrimp1
- algae_shrimp2
- algae_shrimp4
- orange-banded_pipefish
- bignose_seagrass_shrimp
- xenia_shrimp
- wire_coral_crab
- striped_catfish
- thorny_seahorse1
- thorny_seahorse2
- thorny_seahorse3
- yellow_boxfish
- disco_clam
- mushroom_coral_shrimp
- funeral_jorunna
- wire_coral_goby2
- goniobranchus
- donald_duck_shrimp
- robust_ghost_pipefish
- ghostgoby_with_eggs
- painted_thecacera1
Mating nudibranchs.
- painted_thecacera2
A third one joining in.
- pink_anemonefish
- wire_coral_goby1
- napoleon_snake_eel1
- napoleon_snake_eel2
- flasher_scorpionfish
- white-eyed_morays
White-eyed morays with hinge-beak shrimp.
- snowflake_moray
- warty_frogfish1
- warty_frogfish2
- warty_frogfish3
- xenia_crab
- spotted_porcelain_crab
- orange-edged_sapsucking_slug2
- helmut_gurnard
- golden_mantis
- aeolid_nudi_laying_eggs
- turtle-headed_sea_snake1
- turtle-headed_sea_snake2
- bumpy_mexichromis
- lined_nembrotha
- pinnate_spadefish6
- pinnate_spadefish5
- banded_tozeuma_shrimp
- sea_star_shrimp
- painted_frogfish1
- painted_frogfish2
- painted_frogfish3
- painted_frogfish4
- painted_frogfish5
- painted_frogfish6
- costasiella_sapsucking_slug
- emperor_shrimp
Emperor shrimp on sea cucumber.
- ornate_ghost_pipefish
- radial_filefish
- anemonfish_eggs2
- anemonfish_eggs4
- anemonfish_eggs6
- glossodoris
- anemone_shrimp
- flamboyant_cuttlefish1
- flamboyant_cuttlefish3
- flamboyant_cuttlefish4
- flamboyant_cuttlefish6
- tasseled_scorpionfish
- harlequin_swimming_crab
- soft_coral_crab2
- wunderpus1
- wunderpus2
- wunderpus3
- wunderpus4
Mating wunderpus.
- wunderpus5
- wunderpus6
- mantis
Not sure what species.
- false_clown_anemonefish2
- mototi_octopus1
- mototi_octopus2
- mototi_octopus4
- mototi_octopus5
- phyllidiella
- kubaryana's_nembrotha
- dragon_sea_moth
- crinoid_squat_lobster1
- sarasvati_anemone_shrimp
- diamond_filefish
- many-lobed_ceratosoma
- hermit_crab
- spiny_tiger_shrimp2
- spiny_tiger_shrimp5
- cryptic_sponge_shrimp
- ribbon_eel
- crinoid_squat_lobster2
- bubble_coral_shrimp2
- coconut_octopus1
- coconut_octopus3
- coconut_octopus4
Brooding her eggs.
- harlequin_shrimp1
- harlequin_shrimp2
This is what they eat: starfish.
- headshield_slug
- cuttlefish
- short-tailed_pipefish
- regal_angelfish
- algae_octopus
- flabellina
- anemone
Some Topwater Photos
Here's a short video of a few scenes underwater
- resort1
The bar.
- resort2
Apo Island in the distance.
- resort3
Looking north towards Dumaguete.
- resort4
Main restaurant.
- happy_hour
- apo_island
The small village at Apo Island.
- sangley_point
My father flew out of here while deployed in the early '50s.