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Scientist free diving to make a photo identification of an individual manta ray (Manta birostris), Yum Balam Marine Protected Area, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America
Holding a stingray, Antigua, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
A freediver plays with a stingray, Antigua, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
Free spotted eel, Dimaniyat Islands, Gulf of Oman, Oman, Middle East
Free diving snorkeller and sunburst on the Great Barrier Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Pacific
A freediver interacts with a sea lion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
Free diving in a cave off Espanola Island, Galapagos, South America
Free diving in a cave off Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America
Free diving, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
Humpback Whale and Free Diver, Megaptera novaeangliae, Indian Ocean, Wild Coast, South Africa
Haenyeo women, famous for diving into their eighties and holding their breath for up to two minutes, free-diving for seafood and crustaceans, Jeju Island, South Korea, Asia
Haenyeo women, famous for diving into their eighties and holding their breath for up to two minutes, free-diving for seafood and crustaceans, Jeju Island, South Korea, Asia
Haenyeo women, famous for diving into their eighties and holding their breath for up to two minutes, free-diving for seafood and crustaceans, Jeju Island, South Korea, Asia
Schooling monos (Monodactylus argenteus), Amed, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Free diver observes the underwater environment, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America
Free diver observes Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), Kealakekua Bay, Captain Kook, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific
Free diver swims through reef shallows, Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific
Free diver gets ready to explore the underwater landscape floating down Olho D'Agua and Prata rivers, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America
Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Julia Petrik Russian freediver. White Sea, Russia
Gillieume Nery world record holder warms up during the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Julia petrik Russian freediver freedives with beluga whales. White Sea, Russia
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Elisabeth Kristoffersen during Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Indian Ocean Crocodilefish (Papilloculiceps Longiceps) Under water , diving, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa.
Stig Severinsen at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Elisabeth Kristoffersen during Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Common Lionfish (Pterois miles) Under water , diving, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa.
Julia Petrik Russian freediver. White Sea, Russia
Diver looks down on blue seastar (Linkia laevigata) on a barrel sponge (Xestospongia sp.) Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
Elisabeth Kristoffersen warming toes of AIDA judge. Oslo, Norway
Jourdan's turban (turbo jourdani) large gastropod shell, reddish-brown, Rottnest Island reef, wild, day, marine protected area, free-diving off, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: Marine plant common kelp, a dominant feature of the underwater landscape. Protected areas are covered in lush growth of diverse algae, also red algea are here.
western king wrasse (coris auricularis), male, dark pink colour with reddish-brown band running around boby and blue-green colouration over the head, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, reef edges, sand, seagrass, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: social structure where dominant male, usually the biggest in the area, will have a harem of females. When the male dies or is absent for any length of time the largest female will change sex and dominate the group.
tallfin batfish (platax teira), juvenile, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: with 3 dark bars, very long dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, feed on plankton from water column.
common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.
common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.
dead man's fingers (codium galeatum), wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: spongy texture, the fronds divide regularly into two, and their surface appears fuzzy up to a metre long. Common in rough water areas.
footballer sweep (neatypus obliquus) diagonal yellow bands are edged in black and stand out against the silvery-blue body, wild, day, marine protected area, reef, in small schools diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name stripey, eating green algae as they sweep over the reef.
cray pot, wild, day, Western Australian rock lobster (panulirus cygnus), marine protected area, free-diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: checking pots for crayfish, catch and release if to small or females with eggs.
common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: blue water, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.
Tube anemones (pachycerianthus delwynae), wild, day, shore diving, sand, metropolitan, Perth city, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: attractive specie is white with purple tips on the tentacles
Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.
Horseshoe leatherjacket (meuschenia hippocrepis), wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.
Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.
Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.
common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.
Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)wild adult, keeping warm in a hot spring. Honshu Japan. Status:least concern but 1/10 of the pop is killed by humans evey year. more info: They spend much of the winter swimming,diving or just contemplating life in the warm water.
Snorkeller and Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in a coral burrow, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, North America
Red Sea Anemonefish (Amphiprion Bicinctus) Under water , diving, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa.
Gillieume Nery world record holder and Champion during the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Beluga whales in the white sea . Russia
Cup coral colony (Tubastrea micrantha) A diver looks down on a large cup coral colony. Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Gillieume Nery world record holder at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
freediver at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
bengal sergeant (abudefduf bengalensis) wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: has rounded, white-edged tail lobes.
Gillieume Nery world record holder and Chapion during the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Christian Ernist (Sweden) & Christian maldame (France during the static apnea.at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Free diver explores the underwater landscape floating down Olho D'Agua river, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America
Gillieume Nery world record holder and Champion during the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. He removed his gloves, and feel the blood rush!. Oslo, Norway
Gillieume Nery world record holder and Chapion during the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Soft coral colony (Dendronephthya sp.) and Golden sweeper fish (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
Free diver observes Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Crystal River, Florida, United States of America, North America
Julia Petrik Russian freediver. White Sea, Russia
Thomas Grindevoll (Norway) at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Social group of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) with free diver, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific
Elisabeth Kristoffersen surfacing during Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Julia petrik Russian freediver freedives with beluga whales. White Sea, Russia
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Free diver over colourful reef scene
Elisabeth Kristoffersen during Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
freedivers in the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Stig Severinsen doing constant weight with no fins at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Black Manta birostris with remora. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
Free divers observe playful Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Crystal River, Florida, United States of America, North America
Free diver explores the underwater landscape floating down Olho D'Agua river, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America
Christian Ernist (Sweden) & Christian maldame (France after the static apnea.at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Freediving under the ice in Northern Russia in the White Sea. White Sea, Russia
Sara Campbell world Champion freediver running freediving courses in Dahab. Egypt.
Julia petrik Russian freediver freedives with beluga whales. White Sea, Russia
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive with kelp gulls near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and free diver, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America
Gillieume Nery world record holder and Chapion during the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Stig Severinsen doing constant weight with no fins at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Stig Severinsen at the Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.
Social group of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) with free diver, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific
Elisabeth Kristoffersen during Oslo Ice Challenge 2009. Oslo, Norway
Diver looks at diverse coral reef including a green cup coral colony (Tubastrea micrantha) Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
Giant Manta at Cleaning station being cleaned by butterfly fish. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
Satellite Tag attached to Giant Manta Ray, Ecuador. The lines to the left indicate recent fishing damage. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
Black Manta birostris with remora. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador