Fighting the current

As we were approaching the east coast of Zamami for dive 2 of 3 on the day in the Keramas, we made sure to avoid any & all big orange safety sausages that indicated divers below. And we made our way to a gorgeous spot! Soon after initial descent, we spotted a pair of parrotfish going at it pretty ferociously with their beaks chomping away. Switching the dive camera to motion video mode as quickly as I could, this was all of the action they had left in them after realizing they had human company: The current was quite strong (the strongest that we felt that day), so we battled against it for the first 20-30 min & then let it carry us back torwards the boat. It was cool to see the crinoids completely pushed in one direction & fish taking cover behind rocks as much as we did (if not more so). A solo remora (an unusual sighting) was swam by us fairly ably in the strong current. We considered following it to see if led us to a turtle (or other large lifeform) but the strength of the current dissuaded us effectively.

We did appreciate the serene beauty & motion of this beaded sea anemone & its inhabitants:

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