Soft corals and anthias close-focus wide-angle. Fiji.
Redtooth trigerfish (Odonus niger) reef scene in the Solomon Islands.
Reef colors in the Solomon Islands.
A wreck's mast covers the sun in Truk Lagoon.
Sunrays break through trees inside snell's window. Papua New Guinea.
A large pod of Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) over rocky bottom off Oahu, Hawaii.
Ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) schooling on a deep reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Over-under photo of jacks and sharks on a sandbar with Moorea's mountains in the background. French Polynesia.
Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) school under fishing boats. Indonesia.
Gorgonians, sponges and cardinalfish make a colorful scene on a wreck in Truk Lagoon.
Chromis schooling on a reef in the Solomon Islands.
Gorgonians on a deep reef in the Solomon islands.
Sponge soft coral silverside damselfish reef scene. Indonesia.
Fusiliers schooling around gorgonians. Indonesia.
A plane wreck in shallow waters of Exuma, Bahamas.
French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) seek shelter under elkcorn coral at dusk. Bahamas.
Jacks hunting on blackstreak fusiliers (P. tile). Indonesia.
Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus). California.
Three pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) line up on a colorful reef in Indonesia.
Wild reef scene with fish and soft corals in Indonesia.
Anthias-Soft coral-Gorgonian reef scene. Papua New Guinea.
A stunning healthy reef in the Solomon Islands.
The healthy coral reef in Fakarava South Pass (Tetamanu Pass), French Polynesia.
Massive school of narrowstripe fusiliers (Pterocaesio tessellata) on a reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Indonesia.
Wave breaking over reef. Solomon Islands.
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) on a Bahamian reef.
Chromis sp. schooling next to gorgonian. Indonesia.
Corsair wreck off Oahu. Hawaii.
Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus). California.
Don’t mess with my reef! A coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) in his soft coral garden. Indonesia.
A blue starfish below trees in the Solomon Islands.
Convict blennies (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) racing over a colorful reef in PNG. Papua New Guinea.
Striped large-eye bream (Gnathodentex aureolineatus) and bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) often school together. Palau.
Hard coral reef reflecting on the surface. Tonga.
Bluestreak fusilier (Pterocaesio tile) school above gorgonian. Solomon Islands.
Healthy, unbleached hard coral reefs are widepsread in the Solomon Islands.
Giant kelp frond (Macrocrystis integrifolia) showing pneumatocysts (air bladders). California.
A stunning healthy reef in the Solomon Islands.
Soft coral reef scene in the Solomon Islands.
Blacktip reef sharks on a sandbar with Moorea's mountains in the background. French Polynesia.
A giant star coral. Fiji.
A school of bigeye trevally (C. sexfasciatus) races along sea cliffs under stormy seas off Socorro Island.
A kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens) in a kelp forest covered in greenwater.
In Florida artificial reefs made from old tires often fail to develop life and even damage nearby reefs during storms. But in the highly productive waters off Bali, even old tires develop into thriving ecosystems. Indonesia.
A hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims past colorful soft corals. Indonesia.
Anthis soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm above gorgonian. Indonesia.
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) swim above rocks in the shallows off the Big Island at dawn. Hawaii.
Colorful wrasses and butterflyfish gobble up Pacific sergeant eggs. Indonesia.
Epaulette soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee) schooling in Palau at sunset.
Anthias soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
A queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) swims past a sea fan. Bahamas.
Corsair wreck off Oahu. Hawaii.
A pair of orange-finned anemonefish (A. chrysopterus) under sun rays settle in for the night. Solomon Islands.
Soft corals and anthias reef scene. Fiji.
Fishy reef and sponge in the Solomon Islands.
A blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims near the surface in front of bungalows in Tetamanu Village, French Polynesia.
Colorful anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea. We saw huge schools of this species congregating when the currents picked up. The fish would swim up current close to the reef in multiple "streams" that looked like "super highways", then rise up several feet, disperse in the water column, feed with current for 10-30 feet and then drop down into the flow of "traffic" to repeat the cycle over again. An incredible sight!
A giant frogfish (Antennarius commerson) pair blend in with colorful sponges on a deep reef. Indonesia.
Diver descends down onto wreck in the Bahamas.
Bluetail unicornfish (Naso caeruleacauda) schooling on a reef. Papua New Guinea.
A coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) surrounded by slender cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) peers out of a crevice in Truk Lagoon.
Silverside from massive school above gorgonians in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Colorful anthias swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
A bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) poses infront of a school of blackstreak fusiliers (P. tile) in blue water. Indonesia.
A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swims over an orange sponge. Bahamas.
Colorful butterfly fish gobble up Pacific sergeant eggs. Indonesia.
Gorgonian, dendronephthya, sponge fish reef scene. Indonesia.
A huge pod of hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swims over sand in clear waters off Oahu. Hawaii.
Wreck masts in Truck Lagoon often burst with coral and fish life.
White sand, turqoise water and a rippled surface. Tranquility in the Bahamas.
Goatfishes schooling above bolders at sunrise off the Big Islands of Hawaii.
Convict blennies (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) school over a colorful reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Bludger trevally (Carangoides gymnosthethus), golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) and longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus) often hunt together on small fish that seek shelter on the wrecks in Truk Lagoon.
Schooling bigeyes (Priacanthus arenatus) in Palau.
Chromis sp. schooling next to gorgonian. Indonesia.
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) school over soft corals in Eastern fields. Papua New Guinea.
Motion blur of bigeyes (Priacanthus arenatus) schooling over open reef in Palau.
Fishy reef and sea whips in the Solomon Islands.
A lush coral garden in the Solomon Islands.
Damsels and cardinalfish surround soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truck Lagoon.
Sponge, soft coral silverside, angelfish reef scene. Indonesia.
Anthias soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims over a colorful reef in the Bahamas.
A squirrelfish and surgeonfish hover above a bommy in the Bahamas.
Orange lyretail anthias and hard corals in Fiji. Solomon Islands.
Fishy reef in the Solomon Islands.
Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) aggregate at dawn just before spawning on a reef in Palau.
Colorful anthias schooling around sea whips. Papua New Guinea.
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swims over orange sponge on a Bahamian reef.
Mushroom soft corals (Sarcophyton sp.) and anthias close-focus wide-angle reef scene. Fiji.
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims over colorful sponges in the Bahamas.
Barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivelis) and silversides in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Schooling blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) on a reef in the Solomon Islands.
Wild soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Table coral (Acropora sp.) reef in the Solomon Islands.
Coral grouper (C. miniata) about to hide in a mushroom leather coral. Indonesia.
A massive school of milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) on a reef off Oahu, Hawaii.
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) above red sponge on a reef in the Bahamas.
Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) reflect off the surface on a shallow reef in Fakarava, French Polynesia.
Two Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in the Bahamas.
A coral and algae encrusted mast surrounded by blue damsels (Pomacentrus pavo), the most common damselfish on the wrecks of Truk Lagoon.
Damsels and cardinalfish surround soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truck Lagoon.
California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher). California.
Bluestripe and goldline snappers schooling below boat. Indonesia.
Indo-pacific sergeant and anthias reef scene at sunset. Fiji.
False clownfish (Amphiprion oceallaris) anenome scene. Indonesia.
Bluestreak fusilier (Pterocaesio tile) reef scene. Indonesia.
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi). Bahamas.
Sponge soft coral silverside reef scene in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Sea whip reef scene. Indonesia.
Snappers, fusiliers, and a blacktip reef shark cluster around bait on a reef off Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Anthias swarm around gorgonian on a reef in Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea.
Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) under a ledge. Indonesia.
California sea lion plays in the distant kelp.
A coral grouper swims past colorful soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truk Lagoon.
Colorful soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Indo-pacific sergeant and anthias reef scene. Fiji.
Sunrays break through a tree above gorgonians, sponges and anthias. Papua New Guinea.
Anthias swarm over a colorful soft coral reef. Papua New Guinea.
Old tires create a thriving artificial reef off Bali, Indonesia.
A lone manta ray (Manta birostris) in the distaince cruises by a cliff at dusk. Socorro.
Male and female sheephead surround a gorgonian on a deep kelp reef covered in brittle stars. Male sheephead are larger than females, with black head and tail and red mid section, red eyes, and fleshy forehead bumps. Female sheephead are dull pink with white undersides.
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) school over gorgonian in Eastern Fields. Papua New Guinea.
Sea whip gorgonian reef scene. Papua New Guinea.
French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) seek shelter under elkcorn coral at dusk. Bahamas.
Colorful anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea. We saw huge schools of this species congregating when the currents picked up. The fish would swim up current close to the reef in multiple "streams" that looked like "super highways", then rise up several feet, disperse in the water column, feed with current for 10-30 feet and then drop down into the flow of "traffic" to repeat the cycle over again. An incredible sight!
A small school of oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) on a bommie. Indonesia.
Yellow-face angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon) on a reef in Indonesia.
Six-banded angelfish, clown triggerfish, moorish idols feed among softcorals in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) school under a colorful bommie in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Anthias swarming above sea whips. Indonesia.
Pinnate spadefish (Platax pinnatus) schooling on a reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) cruise on the glassy ocean surface infront of Diamond Head, Oahu on a picture perfect day.
Brightly colored sponges, starfish and anthias reef scene in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Anthias swarm over soft corals on a reef in Eastern Fields. Papua New Guinea.
Fish and soft corals in the Solomon Islands.
Sunrays rain down above clownfish in anemone. Papua New Guinea.
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swims over purple sponge in the Bahamas.
Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) in kelp forrest. California.
Massive school of sardines surrounds a school yellow snapper at Los Islotes. Baja, Mexico
Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) aggregate at dawn just before spawning on a reef in Palau.
Blacktail barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) school on a reef in the Solomon Islands.
Steering wheel telegraph in the Nippo Maru.
A diversity of fish and invertebrates inhabit the kelp forest bed as far as the eye can see. California.
Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), fusilier, silverside, sponge, crinoid, soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Soft corals, anthias and fusiliers. Indonesia.
Like many wrasse species, sheephead are protogynous. All are born female, and the largest individuals become male due to hormonal changes triggered by social cues. The two sexes have extremely different appearances. Male sheephead are larger than females, with black head and tail and red mid-section, red eyes, and fleshy forehead bumps. Female sheephead are dull pink with white undersides.
Reef scene with fusiliers and corals. Fiji.
A pair of orange-finned anemonefish (A. chrysopterus) under sun rays settle in for the night. Solomon Islands.
Snapper, soft coral reef scene in Fiji
Ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) school on gorgonian among juvenile convict blennies (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Bluetail unicornfish (N. caeruleacauda) schooling together with yellowmask surgeonfish (A. mata) on a reef in Indonesia.
Blue starfish and soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) inhabiting a beautiful purple-tipped anemone in Palau.
A tree as seen through snell's window. Solomon Islands.
Niger triggerfish (Odonus niger) schooling on a reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Indonesia.
Colorful anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) swarm over a healthy coral reef in Papua New Guinea. We saw huge schools of this species congregating when the currents picked up. The fish would swim up current close to the reef in multiple "streams" that looked like "super highways", then rise up several feet, disperse in the water column, feed with current for 10-30 feet and then drop down into the flow of "traffic" to repeat the cycle over again. An incredible sight!
Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis) seek shelter in kelp forest. California.
Green turf algae and soft coral reef scene. Fiji.
Tahitian stingrays (Himantura fai), sharks and jacks on a sandbar off Moorea, French Polynesia.
Fishy coral scene (Pavona clavus) in the Solomon Islands.
Colorful soft corals and fish on a reef in Fiji.
Anthias swarm around gorgonian on a reef in Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea.
Wreck in the Bahamas.
A vibrant reef in the Solomon Islands
Massive school of silversides above gorgonians in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Wreck in the Bahamas.
Schools of blue damsels (Pomacentrus pavo) and slender cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) cover the wrecks of Truck Lagoon.
Shallow water soft coral reef scene. Indonesia.
Bluetail unicornfish (N. caeruleacauda) schooling on a deep reef in Indonesia.
Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) school over gorgonian in Eastern Fields. Papua New Guinea.
Schooling bigeyes (Priacanthus arenatus) on a reef in Palau.
Diver next to wreck in the Bahamas.
The air compressor warmly named R2D2 - a famous artifact in the machine shop of the Fujikawa Maru.
Damsels and cardinalfish surround soft corals and sponges on a wreck mast in Truck Lagoon.
A potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula) over gorgonians swims up into the light. Papua New Guinea.
Colorful wrasses and butterflyfish gobble up Pacific sergeant eggs. Indonesia.
Wave breaking overhead. Solomon Islands.
Coral grouper (Epinephelus corallicola), schooling glass fish reef scene. Indonesia.
False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion oceallaris) in a closed anemone. Papua New Guinea.
Fusiliers school around the bow gun of the Fujikawa Maru.
