MAY CONTINUES ON KAUAI

Mid-May

            While I was cruising ancient seabeds in Colorado, Gil was entertaining friends Cliff & Nora from California.  At Pali ke Kua, where we go turtling, he tried out his new camera mask.  

Gil's Honu

            Back home myself, I had to check out the flat, clear water I had heard about and took our friends to Sealodge reef.  The tide wasn’t due to peak until 6:30 so we went out at 5pm to have a little light.  So shallow here it serves as a nursery for fish.

These little Gray Chubs with black lined tail fins are only the size of the 6"

Black Spot Damsel fish on right 

These 2" baby Hawaiian Flagtails were between rocks at the shoreline. 

I also saw a dozen full edible sized ones hiding in a cave about 100 yards off shore

Friends Cliff and Nora spotted this large lizard fish with his un-fish like behavior,

sitting still in one place, long enough for me to swim over to see it too  

 Slender Lizardfish waiting for dinner to come by, not quite as camouflaged as he thought

Blue lined Butterflyfish, grazing or posing for the camera?

 Before we left, we spotted Gil and the Namo guys offshore

after their run up to the Lighthouse in six-man canoes

 Three canoes go by Sealodge Reef,
two of them centered in front of the squall that found all of us!