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Breathtaking encounter with a humpback whale mother and its calf.

Each year  a population of humpback whales  living in the antarctic  migrates north towards the equator along the coast of Mozambique. Warmer waters are more favorable for mating...
By Paul Krassnitzer
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A humpback whale mother and her calf. Each year a group of humpback whales migrates along the coast of Mozambique
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 CanonRF100 1/200 f11 iso100
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Verconia nivalis nudibranch_March 2025
 CanonRF100 1/200 f18 iso100
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Every winter a group of female bullsharks come to this area to give birth  season goes from November untill mid march.
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Underwater Photo Location: Black Coral Wall, Utila

Underwater Photo Location: Black Coral Wall, Utila

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Popular dive site on the south shore of Utila, named after the type of black corals found there. Shallow top of the reef with sand channels and hard coral formations, then more or less steep wall of hard corals dropping down to 40m+ parallel to the shore. Different kinds of angelfish, creole wrasse, trumpetfish, toadfish, spotted drum, green moray, slender filefish.
Facts about Black Coral Wall, Utila
  • It is in Honduras
  • Black Coral Wall, Utila is in the Caribbean Sea.
  • The typical depth is 50+ Metres 160+ Feet.
Dive types
Liveaboarddayboatshorewall

Marine Life
smallturtlescoral

Diving facilities
airnitroxrepairshireinstructionguidedfriendly

Photo facilities
macrowideanglepfriendlyrepairsphireinstruction

by Tobias Reitmayr
Peacock Flounder, Black Coral Wall, Utila. Canon EOS 350d, 18-55m

by Susan Beerman
Octopus at Black Coral Wall, Utila

by Susan Beerman
Slender File Fish in Utila

by Susan Beerman
Turtle and Spanish Hog Fish in Utila

by Susan Beerman
Such a friendly little guy!

by Susan Beerman
Two indigo hamlets play follow the leader

by Susan Beerman
Green Moray Eel just chillin'

by Tobias Reitmayr
Juvenile Spotted Drum, Black Coral Wall, Utila. Canon EOS 350d, 18-55mm

by Tobias Reitmayr
Gorgonian octocoral, Black Coral Wall, Utila. Canon EOS 350d, 18-55mm, 4xCL

by John Roach
Longsnout Seahorse Hippocampus reidi Utila Honduras C.A.
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