With such beautiful weather and great conditions for Koh Tao's "monsoon season", Aidy and I have decided to take the opportunity to get out diving as much as possible before the high season kicks in next month. We're really enjoying filming underwater with the new Aquatica HD Wave housings and are lucky to be encountering some great subjects underwater.

Spotless Lionfish...

Yesterday, we were out on the New Way Divers boat at Chumphon Pinnacle- one of Koh Tao's favorite deep dive sites. The east side of the pinnacle was super-clear all the way to the bottom (34m). I spotted 1 big Bull Shark cruising the area, a Giant Trevally on the prowl, 2 feisty Malabar Groupers and the Spotless Firefish (or Lionfish) we were looking for! We definitely came back with some nice HD footage.

 
If I call this Pleurobranchus forskalii, does that make me sound smart?

For the second dive we went to Twins for some more muck diving. While I was trying to get a good close up shot of the seahorses, Aidy came back to find me and showed me a Pleurobranchus forskalii. It seems that new marine life is showing up in these waters almost daily. Speaking on behalf of the Pro Video team at Oceans Below, I'd like to give a big "Welcome to Koh Tao!" to all our new immigrants...