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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkeler on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

A pod of mammal eating killer whales (Orcinus orca), surfacing on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi), underwater in Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

A pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca), attacking a humpback whale on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult breaching on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkeler on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkeler on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkelers on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult breaching on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkeler on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult breaching on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult breaching on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi), underwater in Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), surfacing on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult male killer whale (Orcinus orca), surfacing at sunset on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult olive-headed sea snake (Hydrophis major), swimming on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult olive-headed sea snake (Hydrophis major), swimming on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult breaching on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother and calf underwater, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Olive-headed sea snake (Hydrophis major), swimming with remoras on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult flukes up dive on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

A pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca), surfacing at sunset on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother and calf underwater, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi), swimming on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), flukes up dive on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother and calf underwater, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult breaching on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother with calf underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), adult underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens), surfacing on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming underwater on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Beach at Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of Vlamingh Head Lighthouse, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View over Yardie Creek, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

White sand beach at Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

White sand beach at Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View over Yardie Creek, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View over Yardie Creek, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Whale shark. Growing over 17m in length, despite it is th largest fish of the world, scientists still do not know a lot about the Whale Shark, such as where they migrate to, why divers don't see the free swimming babies, etc. Here, a bunch of divers may be a bit too close to the 8m long shark. By regulations in Ningaloo, swimmers have to be 3 meter from the whale shark. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

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.

Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Female snorkeler swims with Whale shark, Rhincodon thypus, Australia, Western Australia, Ningaloo Reef, Indian Ocean