how i feel living in the desert

spotted puffer

7-11 crab

blackside hawkfish

green sea turtle

This dwarf moray was not intimidated by my close approach. He kept his tiny jaws wide open and didn't back down at all. Dwarf morays reach a maximum length of 12 inches.

green sea turtle

whitemouth moray

Saw a pair of rarely seen Tinker's butterflyfish at Honaunau on Monday. Unfortunately, a squarespot goatfish was feeding nearby and stirred up the sand making photography pretty hard.

raccoon butterflyfish

four-spot butterflyfish

big longnose butterflyfish

Happy Manta Monday!

whitemouth moray

This spinner dolphin appeared out of nowhere, circled me twice, and then continued on its way. A minute later, a stream of more than a dozen dolphins swam past.

The first dives of the summer yielded nothing spectacular, but I did get a snap of this cute little spotted boxfish male.

A reef manta ray hovers over a cleaning station.

spinner dolphins

yellow tangs

Tinker's butterflyfish

ringtail wrasse

moorish idol

Inside a baitball of akule

Fourspot Butterflyfish

green sea turtle

blackside hawkfish

green sea turtle

manybar goatfish

reef manta ray

threadfin butterflyfish

spotfin squirrelfish

A bullethead parrotfish gets a touch-up at a cleanibg station.

spinner dolphins passing by

A somewhat rare Tinker's butterflyfish

green sea turtle

green sea turtle

Thompson's butterflyfish

ember parrotfish

Spotted Boxfish

ornate butterflyfish

spinner dolphins

blackside hawkfish and arc-eye hawkfish

Tinker's butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Eyestripe Surgeonfish

Giant Porcupinefish

Pacific trumpetfish

An old photo of mine that was reworked by Giuseppe Mazza for inclusion in the Monaco Nature Encyclopedia

reef manta ray

whitemouth moray