It's been a weird year so far for us, we had to celebrate our 30th anniversary in lockdown and now it's Koz's birthday. I would love to do something special for the day but we still have a lot of restrictions in place and almost every restaurant in town is closed.
So today Koz took the day off from teaching diving and for something to do we decided to take a dunk in the ocean, just the two of us, which is a rare treat.
With the prospect of having to return to the UK in the near future we are trying to make the most of what time we have left here.
Happy birthday honey.
So lets get our gear sorted and get wet,we will be entering the water from the shore. On the map our dive site is called Sardines or house reef.
Dive map.
Ready to dive.
Gonna need some of these.
And as always my camera.
Right all set up, lets get in the water and see what we can find, last time I forgot to put the battery in my camera and we saw a Whale shark. Of course now i'm all charged and ready we won't see one but there's always plenty of small stuff.
cool sea slug.
Nemo is always there.
White eyed moray eel.
More slugs called Nudibranch.
Not a bad start to the dive, no sharks but plenty of nice stuff and really enjoying being down here with just the wife. Then I spotted a cool soft coral that close up looked like a flower, so I snapped a picture to give it to Koz.
For the wife.
Squat shrimp
Box fish.
Pipe fish.
Cardinal fish.
We had a great dive and this is just a glimpse of what we spotted, more than the dive spending a bit of us time together is more the purpose of today. Later we will be joining @iamyohann and @discoveringarni for some food and drinks. Tonight I will be taking it easy on the booze as two nights back myself and Yohann consumed way too much and I left in a awful condition.
So to finish the day here and start the evening off I shall leave you with a sunset.
Perfect end to the day.
Thanks for dropping by to share in Koz's special day, final word for the woman in my life, love you long time and look forward to the rest of my days with you.
#posh
Diving should be fun. But I guess I never dare! I wish your wife a happy birthday. :)
Thanks, beer and food consumed a happy birthday is being had:)
I'm glad. :)
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Thanks a good day has been had:) No I keep trying to get her onto the Hive but she,s not into it, maybe one day when she see's me get rich she will change her mind:)
A very happy Birthday to her.
Stunning pics of interesting sea life.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, had a nice evening out with friends and a good day at the dive centre so very happy:)
Happy birthday to the wifey ! And what a great birth DAY, i dived for the last time 2 years ago that is way to long. Didn’t you see any REDFISH hahahah
Have a great evening to end a perfect day
I say cheers
Thank you I will pass on your congrats to her. I'm sure the redfish is a reference to something my feeble brain can't compute but if it is just about fish here's one just for you.
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Happy Birthday Koz, Mrs @biggypauls, these are some excellent images.
Where exactly is all this? "Ronda Bay Sanctuary" I could look up, and will.
You got my full upvote and reblog my friend
The whole area is Panagsama beach consisting of 20 or so dive sites Rhonda bay is just part of it. Plus there is Pescador island, all a part of the town of Moalboal.
And that would all be in what country @biggypauls?
Sorry, it's on Cebu island in the southern Philippines.
Sorry to pester you @biggypauls, but thanks for the further information
Not a problem glad to help:)
Awesome photos of today's dive! What a fun day out and birthday date.
Haha, the moray eel's expression always looks funny with his head sticking out of the hole.
Yup nice day and a great evening, cheers guys always good to spend time with you.
Such wonderful photos from your dive! Your underwater photography skills are excellent! Kudos! And a very Happy Birthday to your beautiful wife!
Thank you, it's taken a long time but I am finally getting the shots I hope for, it's been a long learning curve.
We had the best day possible for the situation we find ourselves in, this virus is affecting everything we do but I managed to find a restaurant open and we had a great night out. Stay safe:)
It always surprises me the colorfulness of the fish and critters in the see.
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Opps I forgot.......
Happy Birthday----Koz
There is a world of colour down there and so much more to explore.
Thanks for the birthday wishes we made the most of the day and had some good food and a few too many drinks:)
hello dear friend @biggypauls good afternoon
A happy birthday to your wife, what a beautiful birthday present and what good images you have been able to capture, without a doubt it was a very special day. enjoy the evening meeting very much
Congratulations on the beautiful words you have dedicated to your wife, you are a very romantic man
Have a lot of fun
I'm not so much the romantic but I know when I have a good thing and she has been my rock, for over 30 years.
Evening was good with friends, food and a bit too much booze, thanks for your comment:)
That's so sweet, most people go out for a dinner but you guys go for a dive.
Happy birthday to Koz.
Btw, did you know you can use the teamuk tag (have i mentioned it before?), you get an upvote from it, it's there to support Brits.
We went out for dinner and drinks also, had a great night with friends.
Yes I forget to use the teamuk tag I will next time. stay safe.
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I liked the slug pics the most. Hey! Question for ya. When i was in Vanuatu. At the mouth of one lagoon in the sandy shallow i came across hundreds of worms that were as thick as your wrist and up to two metres long. Just sat on the bottom not doing much. Greyish tan coloured and knobby-ish. Could see the feathered feeding tentacles at the business end. I dont think they were dangerous but they were ugly so i stayed away. Which was hard to do because they were literally everywhere. Any idea what they were?
At a guess I would say they were sea cucumbers, I have seen the same as you mention in many places with out the "tentacles".