Moorish idol, Olimpus Mui 700

the largest gorgonian fan I have ever seen-at 46 meters at Bassas Da India in the Mozambique channel

My 12 year old giving me grey hair, learning to kite board. Coral Bay

grooper open mouth

Diver swimming near a really big puffer fish - near the Twin Barges wrecks in the Seychelles. Shot with no flash.

Up close and personal

Black Tips lining up in the shallows.

Gorgonia

Hammerhead in Maldives. Nikon D80

Huge Grouper leaves the wreck via a porthole.

inquisitive Napoleon wrasse

Nudilove

Hover Lion Fish

Hammerhead in Rasdhoo Atoll, Divesite Madivaru. Nikon D80

Dive boats tied up for the day.

Close encounta with a manta!

The rare Muscat well-builder. After the cyclone that hit the East Coast of the UAE and Oman in June '07 we were worried that they had disappeared, but they have been sighted again in recent months.

Seychelles Turtle Shells.
This inquisetive turtle was heading straight for a nibble of my mask

Another good subject for a day with poor viz

Juvenile Hawksbill Sea Turtle at the surface - at a tiny island called Coco Island, in the Seychelles.

Dibba Rock - 3m viz - time to look at the little stuff.

Phyllidia ocellata. Picture taken in Weligama, Sri Lanka.

Where's my buddy gone

Dancing Moorish Idols (Original shot from the Maldives, Photoshop, Flaming Pear Filters)

Ghost Crab in the surf.
Shortlisted!

Whale Shark Ahead. Whale shark in the Seychelles - island of Mahe.

L'ultima alba