Ocean longing

Well, it's been a long while since a blog entry due to the move to Oklahoma, but I had this entry in mind for the best of Okinawa diving. I was not able to post it while we were there because I was too busy trying to squeeze in the proverbial one more dive and get more blog fodder. Now that we are here and the dive options are...limited, enjoy these pictures.

Paradiso in the Keramas

 There were garden eels in the sand, and it was most excellent to "fly" over them

 Someone at work here asked me why I like diving and I said it is because it feels like flying, and "flying" in formation with wild sea turtles was a truly life changing experience.

 Dude...

 What brings you this fine day away from the EAC?

They are so graceful.

Tag, Dude, you're it.

 The detail on the shell was beautiful.

 Righteous, righteous!

 hunting for wildlife

shooting three of them

 In the middle of that coral mound at Sunabe is a cuttle fish. This was on  a stormy day and the vis dropped considerably as the dive wore on.

 He was changing colors and if you look you can see that the edges of him are purple. Look how well he blends with the coral.

 This lion fish was at a dive site called Onna. The only downside of a GoPro on your head that has no zoom is that you put your face toward wildlife to get a better shot...sporty.

 This was our last dive on Okinawa, and my wife and I felt like we were swimming through a discovery special on coral reefs.

 Unreal awesome.

 This is my wife's favorite spot, where she stopped counting the clown fish when she got to 40.

 There she is above that spot, showing me the clowns. How about the Sgt. Major Damsels up by her?

 The purple coral is compliment to the oranges and blues.

 Here is a sea snake at Sunabe, like the one that followed my wife on her first dive. Reference previous statement on zooming in...

 They are cool to watch.

An amazing location, and sorely missed.

 Diving totally rocks!

The beautiful ocean lives in our hearts and we look forward to getting back to it. We are definitely divers for the fun of swimming with the fauna and not because we just love diving...meaning we won't be doing any non-tropical or fresh water dives until we can get back to a corner of paradise. Our oldest son, when asked if he would miss the ocean when we got here to Oklahoma said, "nah, we'll just go to the beach there." Between Bali, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Okinawa and Hawaii, our kids thought the whole world was turquoise water and sandy beaches. Oh that it were. We'll be back there, though, because it is life affirming.