Parting Shot(s)

Todd Aki · Issue 79, Jul/Aug 2014 · pp. 98

Parting Shot(s) I came to Adelaide, Australia to dive with the leafy sea dragons but the day after my arrival, the weather changed from dead calm to gale force winds, which turned the ocean into its best interpretation of a washing machine in full agitation mode. Although the leafy sea dragon sites were totally undiveable, Diana, my friend and local guide extraordinaire, was able to find us a good macro dive site which was sheltered from the wind and had surprisingly calm ocean conditions. The dive site she chose had no shortage of good photographic subjects. We saw blue ring octopi which were everywhere along with cool looking fish and nudibranches. Suddenly, I heard Diana’s noisemaker, signaling to me she had found something particularly interesting. By the intensity and duration of the noise, it must have been something extra special. When I caught up with her, she spun around and sta…