1/28/2020 Lonetree and Pawai Arch: Whale Song

The best thing today wasn't a visual; it was the close and deep whale song we heard just over the dropoff at Pawai Arch (Devil's Doorway).  As soon as we dropped for the second dive of the day we heard the deep, sonorous whale song.  Multiple whales.  Gazing out into the blue beyond the drop off.  Nothing.  But they were there.  Later we heard from the skipper that they were3 a stones throw away.

I've seen whales in close at Pawai before,  the deep water is so close to shore that they just wander right in there among the moorings, of which there are about 5.  It's the go to area for winter diving when there is a swell running, which there was today.

Today was a usual suspects day, at least for me.  Others found Vipers and a few more exotic or dramatic animals than I did.  So here are my captures for the day.

Reef Lizard, White margin nudis, some with eggs, Varicose dorid, A small Zoanthis patch, Black Surgeon, Milletseed butterfly, Peacock Grouper and a Juvenile Regal Parrotfish.