Thursday started with a pair of boat dives. For me, the first one was kind of embarrassing, as I burned through my air and was the first one back on the boat. The second one was actually pretty productive, as I had both the guide and Barbara pointing things out to me.
![Orange Encrusting Sponge and coral](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4666-1024x768.jpg)
![Fairy Basslet](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4673-1024x768.jpg)
![Bicolor Damselfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4674-1024x768.jpg)
![Foureye Butterflyfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4676-769x1024.jpg)
![Gobies over flower coral](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4678-1024x768.jpg)
![Gobies over flower coral](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4679-1024x768.jpg)
![Long Spined Sea urchin in coral niche](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4687-1024x768.jpg)
![Anemone](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4694-1024x768.jpg)
![Sea horse](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4702-768x1024.jpg)
![](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4708-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4713-768x1024.jpg)
![Longjaw Squirrelfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4714-768x1024.jpg)
![Smooth Trunkfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4715-1024x768.jpg)
![Brittle Star](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4720-1024x768.jpg)
![Spotted Moray Eel](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4727-1024x768.jpg)
![Trumpetfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4729-1024x768.jpg)
![Trumpetfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4730-1024x768.jpg)
![Queen Parrotfish (terminal phase)](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4731-768x1024.jpg)
![Midnight Parrotfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4732-1024x768.jpg)
![Fireworm on coral](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4734-768x1024.jpg)
![Juvenile longfin damselfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4745-1024x768.jpg)
![Soft coral and bluehead wrasses (terminal phase and initial phase )](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4751-1024x768.jpg)
![Peacock Flounder on a barrel](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4755-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4758-1024x768.jpg)
For the afternoon, Ralph, Joe and I went for a dive off the dock.
![Sharknose gobies](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4761-1024x768.jpg)
![Fairy Basslet](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4763-1024x768.jpg)
![Queen Angelfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4772-1024x768.jpg)
![Tarpon](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4774-1024x768.jpg)
![Corals and small fish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4776-1024x768.jpg)
![Spotted trunkfish](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4779-1024x768.jpg)
Unfortunately, I had some trouble with my regulator before the dive, which I compounded by a fair amount of stupidity. When I accidentally swiped a finger over a coral head (probably damaging the coral, definitely damaging the finger) I knew it was time to get out of the water for the day.
So I drove up to Seru Largu, an overlook on a hill in the center of the island to see the sunset. There’s a monument there, and I got there in time to see a rain shower pour over downtown while the sun set over the rest of the island. It was a nice peaceful moment.
![](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4792-1024x768.jpg)
![Monument atop Seru Largu](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4782-768x1024.jpg)
![Rain and sunset](https://tedohara.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_4804-1024x768.jpg)