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Total Bottom Time is my online personal dive log. A place where I can share my dives with friends, family, other divers, and the world. You can find out a bit more about me and see my full log of dives by clicking on my profile on the right. Feel free to subscribe to my dives via email or RSS.

Below are just some of my latest dives.

The third dive of the day was the final dive of the trip at the appropriately named Flat Island.

 

Flat Island

Shortly after descending, we saw this bull ray eating something off of the sandy ocean floor. I couldn't make out what it was though.

Australian Bull Ray

There were a number of these giant snake eels in the area too.

Giant Snake Eel

And for one last dive, we were surrounded by demoiselles.

Demoiselle

I particularly enjoyed how they would come to the site. Seeing dozens of little slivers coming towards you and then flicking left or right to show you their much larger profile.

Demoiselle

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The second site of the day was diving down on Danger Rocks.

Danger Rocks

This site had a massive amount of blue maomao. They appear at 1:15 in the video below.

 Blue Maomao

We rounded out the dive with a swim-through and some other critters.

Swim-Through

Goatfish

Tubular Hydroid

Marblefish

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Last day of the trip and another sunrise.

Sunrise

Off to Whale Rock.

Whale Rock

Nice little scene with a blue-eyed triplefin in the foreground and a gem doris nudibranch in the background.

Blue-eyed Triplefin and Gem Doris

Shortly after, I saw something plant-like that looked interesting, so I took a picture. It wasn't until well after the dive that some saw the photo and pointed out that it was a bushy feather star. It was not uncommon, but it was the first time I had ever seen one.

Bushy Feather Star

A little later, I saw an antler sponge. Had to play with the lighting a bit to get an okay shot.

Antler Sponge

This green moray was very active and on the hunt for any fish foolish enough to get close.

Australian Green Moray

A nifty noble chiton was hanging out under a rock.

Noble Chiton

And once again, at the end of the dive, we were mobbed by demoiselle fish.

 Demoiselle

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