After our refreshing picnic lunch, we stopped along the NE coast (once Hwy 70 came down from the hills) at a nice beach with a great bay for snorkeling (we had been there before). We were impressed to discover that toilet facilities (including a shower room) had been erected near a mobile unit (some sort of organization headquarters perhaps?) beside which we parked. A 2nd area of parking & beach access, right beside 2 large Shisa Lion-dog statues, lay just down the road a few more meters. The waters were lovely, despite the shallow tide, & we saw some very cool marine life. Robin got her first full snorkeling experience (the early morning few minutes shouldn't count) on Okinawa while Ana, Betsy & Josh had yet another!
VERY long & snakelike sea cucumber (or holothurian), Synapta maculata, feeding on the sandy bottom (Betsy stepped on it & almost soiled her suit, thinking it was a snake; can you blame her?):
Large & very ornately colored lionfish swaying back & forth in the incoming tide's surge:
Large school of small fish that blended impressively well with the sea grasses growing heavily in certain shallow areas:
Pair of bright, bobbing Clownfish & their large anemone home:
Small juvenile black boxfish with white spots escapes my scrutiny into a large coral:
Pair of Wedge-Tail Reef Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) roaming the area:
Dog-faced or Black-spotted Pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus):
Squid, a pretty rare sighting for us:
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