Underwater Helmet Dive and underwater pics (56K!!!)

I didn't want to add these to the other honeymoon pics thread because then you'd have to load all the others just to see these.

We got our underwater cameras back. And well – most of the pictures stunk. Go figure. Here are a few that are worth saving.

So, here is a 30ft drop off at the edge of the hotel. All rock and corals as far as you can see down. It was cloudy that day…I wish I had waited to take pictures:



Here is the eel chris saw at another place while snorkeling. They had to dive down to see this one, though; it was in 30ft of open ocean outside the reefs.



Rays and fish:

Blacktipped reef shark. These things were actually a little scary when they’re brushing up against your legs! (Wish I knew what that black thing was)



A lot of fish!



In open ocean again, near a coral garden. The bottom left slightly green thing is an anemone…there are two clownfish in there somewhere.



Under/around our hotel…live rock as far as you can see…our room was an overwater bungalow that had a window cutout in the floor (equipped with lights for night!) and fish would swim under it all the time!



Back to the sharks. That’s our guide. He was wearing a man thong. It wasn’t pretty from the back.

His feet?



Sting rays again.



I believe this was a titan trigger. He was living under our hut and he was a mean stinker. He lived in that hole that he’s starting to come out of. He chased me shortly after that picture!



Shark and a sucker fish. As well as some weird fish that I can’t remember the name of. It’s underneath the shark and sucker; it has four fins on front, two go up, two go down. Anyone know?

The rest of these are photos from a CD we bought from our underwater helmet dive. These are pictures from the camera they brought around...we had our own underwater disposable camera but chris was so excited he forgot to take any. They even had our dive on DVD...but it was 110 USD, so we passed. We went with one other couple.

We went between 6-18ft. The pressure bothered everyone's ears - even at only six feet under water. The day we went, the water was so clear...much much clearer than it appears on film. At under 12 ft, you wouldn't have even known you were underwater if you weren't wet!

Here is us, looking goofy:





Here is a picasso trigger. These things are like flies over there - they are everywhere. You would see dozens and dozens without even trying. They were swimming under our bungalow, in the lagoon, in the deeper waters...just everywhere. And I can honestly say they are the most aggressive fish I encountered. I had a 1 foot long trigger literally chasing me near our bungalow. It would not back down. Mouth open, fins flared. Down right aggressive. There were so many kinds of triggers, too. I wish I knew more of the names.



Here is Javonaise eel (moray). They usually hang out a bit deeper (Chris saw one when he was swimming with the sharks in 30ft water...the mate said it was at least 9 feet long):

Here is what I considered an unwelcomed guest on our dive. Another one came at the end of our dive and later we asked if they got much bigger (because it was huggge) and the guide said it was the biggest barracuda he's ever seen on any trip! ): They say that they’re harmless. But anything with a mouth and teeth that big can’t be completely harmless.

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Fish and a ray. We had 17 rays at one of our locations. They are not at all timid.



And a trumpet fish. We saw a few different kinds of these near our hotel, too, that I thought were much prettier.





These things are creepy - and deadly to boot! (Stonefish):




I think that’s mostly it Hope you liked.