I just can’t resist sharing some recent underwater photos, of which there have been many. Sharing the swim with friends we’ve explored quite a few beautiful reefs armed with our underwater cameras, sometimes followed by a post-snorkel beach walk.
There has been so much interesting sea life to find. Sometimes they pose for the camera and sometimes they run from it. I thought I'd spooked this hawksbill turtle on a recent swim as he dashed right under me, only to settle down on the reef and let me get very close for a photo shoot.
A pair of rock beauty and queen angelfish were swim buddies and turned out to be very shy for the camera.
A family of squat shrimp were living under this sun anemone. One looked very fat to me and was definitely posing for the camera. When the sun hit just right I could see that this one was berried and carried a belly-full of eggs!
Here are a few more cool critters for your enjoyment ~
Knobby anemone
Octopus, exposed
Spiny lobster
Mantis shrimp
Moon jelly
Yellow stingray
Gorgeous reef wall
Flying gunard
Bridled burrfish
Chritmastree worms
Warty corallilmorphs
Barracuda @ cleaning station
Juvenile blue tang under Reach