Hiding spot

Yellow little fish

Barrel sponge hide-n-go-seek.

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Camo fish

Where's Waldo?

Sand gobi, I believe. Hanging out. He’s actually protecting a blind shrimp (not pictured) that’s building their home.

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This fish is giving me the stink eye

Who you looking at?

Long-fin bannerfish at Mango Bay, Koh Tao

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Blocking out the sun

Peace

I love schooling fish. They’re like sentient, underwater clouds.

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Coral comes alive

Soft or hard coral? I don't know

More below, including the dreaded, biting cleaner wrasse.

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I’m still not great at fish ID

For example, I don't know what these guys are...

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I could stare at this all day…

Reef

I love just looking at the reef. Park yourself in front of stretch of coral and you’ll watch the whole thing come alive in waves.

Give me shallow water, an AL80 tank and I’ll stay down a good 90 minutes. One dive in Thailand lasted a good 77 minutes — my personal best — and I could have easily been down longer.

God bless diving.

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