Another fantastic day at Hantu!

Lucky for us the great vis held up! Water was a little chilly tho', 27deg C Brrr... Deciding to take advantage of the clear waters and easy currents, we explored the mudflats to the SSW of the island, away from the reefs, where the little sea fan above was photographed.



A completely different habitat, we moved from seafans to amazing tube worms and a myriad of hydriods anchored onto the mudflat. There were heaps of fish crusing around the sand - goatfish, whiptails, breams and wrasses.



Again, great coral coverage on the outer reefs.



More gorgeous coral!



Another cool critter for the day! Gorgonian shrimp! This is our second sighting of this bizarre and absolutely beautiful animal. Extremely rare, right here at home.



More big beautiful coral...