Megumi Itoh
Social Media Coordinator / Instructor / Illustrator
Location: Temple City, CA
Hometown: Temple City, CA
I got certified in summer of 2008. I started taking pictures underwater to help me remember what I saw on my dives so I can write them down in my dive log. Since then, I've upgraded my camera from a small point and shoot camera to a mirrorless camera with interchangeable lens. Some people want to see the big things like sharks and sea turtles. I delight in looking for small creatures underwater, especially nudibranchs. There are so much colors under the sea!
Pictures from Solomon Islands Dive Expedition
February 15, 2019
Chromodoris Annae
Funeral dorid
Hypselodoris bullocki
OK... this is not a nudibranch, but I saw this persian rug flatworm for the first time.
Chromodoris Koi
I think this is THE TINIEST nudibranch I have seen. Probably less than 1cm long. I don't know how I spotted it.
Fine. This is also not a nudibranch, but it's still a mollusk!
My latest overseas dive trip was in the Solomon Islands. The water was very warm - mostly 84F - and the diving was amazing. I saw Pygmy seahorse for the first time and learned to identyfy more fish. After a 10-day dive trip in the Solomons, I went right back to dive at Anacapa (thank goodness for my drysuit) and saw an onespot fringehead. So many people say there is nothing to see when you dive in California, but that is so untrue. Most of the pictures here are from Califiornia dives. We may not have coral reef with colorful fish, but we have some brightly colored creatures.
