Last Saturday, the monsoon rains took a rest as BWV’s ReefFriends Survey team went out to the Sisters’ Islands. It didn’t bode too well in the beginning, with scientific officers pulling out of the dive, leaving me alone to hold the fort, with a reduced team (we had to cancel one boat) and 2 sites to finish in one day. So much for a lepak lepak trip back to Singapore waters :).

Nevertheless, we had 3 SO’s in-training on board, 2 newcomers to Reef Check who were going to learn how to lay tape on-the-job, and a boatful of divers brimming with enthusiasm and confidence (at least, that’s what I was saying to myself…)

People ask what it’s like to dive in S’pore again after a field trip to the Florida Keys, and the answer is- it was GREAT! The vis was really nice, so clear that I didn’t need to use my white balance function on the shallow transect. Plus I really missed seeing my nudis!

Phyllids are sweet… As is this polka dotted Jorunna And what’s this next to the