Twilight dive at Garden Eel Cove 2/23/2020

The transition from day to night is magical underwater.  So many gradations of deep blue form a corridor of increasing gloom as you look out into he abyss.  What beings emerge as the mantle of night drapes the reef? 

At least last night it was mostly the usual suspects at Garden eel Cove during the twilight dive.  We were there for two dives, one before sunset and the other after dark to enjoy the graceful slow motion ballet of the Hawaiian Mantas.  Except they didn't show.  It's the ocean.  But the reef in twolight was extraordinarily beautiful.  here are some shots from that dive.  My favorite is the Black Longnose Butterfly, a fish that only exists in Hawaii and who changes color from black to yellow depending on, who knows?  maybe diet?

Black Longnose Butterfly

Divers at twilight

More divers at twilight

Ornate Butterfly and reef

Raccoon butterflies and reef

Sandy finds a Reticulated Frogfish

Sandy relocates a Crown of Thorns

Trumpetfish in a crack