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A lone yellow Damselfish is centre stage in the staghorn coral.
By Conor Moore
posted Monday, September 21, 2026
Santa Barbara Janolus at Monterey Wharf  2. We have been seeing these up here the last bunch of years in the fall. They used to not be this far north.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
Bay Pipefish in eel grass at Monterey Wharf  2. He was hiding in the eel grass and was difficult to get a clear shot of  but I managed to capture this dramatic image.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
Flabellina nudibranch_Sept 2026
 CanonRF100 1/200 f14 iso160
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (last week)

Underwater Photo Location: Baleeira dentro, Sesimbra

Underwater Photo Location: Baleeira dentro, Sesimbra

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A shallow dive site, 10 meters on its deepest point, with lots of macro subjects. It's not difficult to find 10 and more different species of nudibranchs in a single dive.
Facts about Baleeira dentro, Sesimbra
Dive types
shore

Marine Life
smallcoral

Diving facilities
air

Photo facilities
macro

by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A pair of Flabellina babai crawling over their hidroid prey. Shot in Sesimbra using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma DG EX 50mm macro, Ikelite 100a strobe.

by Carlos Ernesto
Hypselodoris villafranca. Olympus 7070 and Ys-60 strob.

by Carlos Ernesto
Flabelina babai.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 Strob

by Carlos Ernesto
Flabelina babai. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob

by Carlos Ernesto
Hypselodoris cantabrica. c-7070 and Ys-60 strob

by Carlos Ernesto
Flabellina babai. Olympus C-7070 and Ys-60 strob

by Carlos Ernesto
chelidonichthys lastoviza. Olympus c-7070 and sea&sea ys-60 strob

by José Carvalho
Sea worm in a nice background.

by José Carvalho
Scorpion fish

by José Carvalho
Going up?

by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Flabellina babai, shot 15m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe

by Carlos Ernesto
Hidden. Octupus vulgaris-Olympus c-7070 and ys 60 strob.

by Elia Correia
Absolut Beauty!

by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Goby (Gobius paganellus) portrait using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Ikelite Ai and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.

by Carlos Ernesto
Aplysia puntacta.

by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Full frontal nudi. A large Felimare fontandraui posing in Sesimbra only 5m deep. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.

by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Dondice banyulensis shot using Canon EOS 350D, Canon 100mm macro, Ikelite housing, 2x Nikonos SB-105 strobes.

by Diogo Ferreira
'Opppss, you caught me...'
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