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A rare sighting of a thresher shark milling around underneath a baitball. This was taken while freediving.
By David Valencia
posted Monday, July 30, 2012
42 votes

It's the beginning of shark week and Guadalupe season. This is a good beginning.
By David Valencia
posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012
33 votes

These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to another. We kept having to jump into the boat, find them, and jump in again. They would attack the bait for awhile, but would move on. One of my friends jumped in with scuba for a different look.
By David Valencia
posted Tuesday, June 26, 2012
30 votes

Whale shark swimming circles around roca partida, mex.
By David Valencia
posted Sunday, July 15, 2012
30 votes

Whale Shark up close and personal in the Galapagos.
By David Valencia
posted Tuesday, November 08, 2011
29 votes

Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during surface interval. All had a great time swimming with the little guy.
By David Valencia
posted Monday, June 25, 2012
29 votes

Eagle Ray swimming with hammerheads. The current was moving, but the eagle stood still in the current while the hammerheads filled the water column.
By David Valencia
posted Monday, December 19, 2011
28 votes

I caught this sea horse falling from sargassum floating on the surface. He was moving from there to a soft coral on the bottom in about 15ft of water.
By David Valencia
posted Wednesday, November 30, 2011
27 votes

This divemaster frees a 35ft whale shark from a thick fishing line. He had to keep up in strong current at 100ft. and peel the line from the skin after cutting the line in half.
By David Valencia
posted Thursday, November 29, 2012
27 votes

A floating board creates some open water refuge for these juvenile jacks. The Silky Sharks, Yellowfin Tuna, and Dolphins attacked this baitball.
By David Valencia
posted (last week)
27 votes
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A floating board creates some open water refuge for these... by David Valencia
A floating board creates some open water refuge for these juvenile jacks. The Silky Sharks, Yellowfin Tuna, and Dolphins attacked this baitball.
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date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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An escort male pursues a momma and calf humpback whale. I... by David Valencia
An escort male pursues a momma and calf humpback whale. It only took a day before momma decided he didn't fit the bill. We found the momma and calf the next morning without the boyfriend.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A Yellowfin Tuna was running from some false killer whale... by David Valencia
A Yellowfin Tuna was running from some false killer whales. The tuna was hiding under our arms and legs as the false killer whales swam circles around us.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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An interesting take on a the bait of a baitball. These ja... by David Valencia
An interesting take on a the bait of a baitball. These jacks swam to the shelter of the camera to avoid the demise of the rest in the background. Silky sharks and yellowfin tuna devoured the rest.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Humpback Whales; This mother, calf, and escort male swam ... by David Valencia
Humpback Whales; This mother, calf, and escort male swam directly over us during a dive.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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gray whale, lopez mateos, baja california sur by David Valencia
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date posted posted: Friday, March 15, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A Giant Pacific Manta flies above the reef. by David Valencia
A Giant Pacific Manta flies above the reef.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This momma and baby humpback whale allow a diver's close ... by David Valencia
This momma and baby humpback whale allow a diver's close approach. What an amazing experience.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 11, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Giant Pacific Mantas are very friendly. This one was very... by David Valencia
Giant Pacific Mantas are very friendly. This one was very social and stayed with us the entire dive.
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A Giant Pacific Manta swims over a cleaning station. The ... by David Valencia
A Giant Pacific Manta swims over a cleaning station. The manta will stay in this location swimming circles and getting picked clean.
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013
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date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A large pod of dolphins joined us during a dive on Socorr... by David Valencia
A large pod of dolphins joined us during a dive on Socorro Island. They swam with us clicking and chirping away.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A whale shark feeds at the surface in La Paz, Mexico. Wha... by David Valencia
A whale shark feeds at the surface in La Paz, Mexico. Whale Sharks gather here each year to feed in the plankton-rich waters from Nov.-Feb. The water is green, but the action is amazing.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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A school of mobulas split in half and went around us. The... by David Valencia
A school of mobulas split in half and went around us. The water was very green that day so I tried to get an image of their silhouettes with the sun.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012
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A giant pacific manta stops at a cleaning station. The br... by David Valencia
A giant pacific manta stops at a cleaning station. The bright orange clarion angelfish clean parasites and dead skin.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012
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This divemaster frees a 35ft whale shark from a thick fis... by David Valencia
This divemaster frees a 35ft whale shark from a thick fishing line. He had to keep up in strong current at 100ft. and peel the line from the skin after cutting the line in half.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 29, 2012
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There's nothing more exciting than a baitball. Here's a l... by David Valencia
There's nothing more exciting than a baitball. Here's a look at the entire frenzy. A beautiful interaction of nature.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Our lucky night....A night dive with a whale shark. by David Valencia
Our lucky night....A night dive with a whale shark.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
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A Tiger sharks leads a school of hammerheads straight to ... by David Valencia
A Tiger sharks leads a school of hammerheads straight to me...
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A Whale shark circles overhead with divers watching on. by David Valencia
A Whale shark circles overhead with divers watching on.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
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Giant Pacific mantas chasing one another during a courtsh... by David Valencia
Giant Pacific mantas chasing one another during a courtship dance.
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Here are some very friendly bottle nose dolphins. It's a ... by David Valencia
Here are some very friendly bottle nose dolphins. It's a mother, a juvenile, and a newborn. I encountered them in blue water a few miles from San Benedicto Island.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012
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A creative look at some baitball action in San Benedicto.... by David Valencia
A creative look at some baitball action in San Benedicto. This is a Silky shark moving through a huge baitball in a feeding frenzy.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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This day we had a sub in the water. Here's a comparison o... by David Valencia
This day we had a sub in the water. Here's a comparison on the size of the shark and the size of the sub.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 29, 2012
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This day we had multiple white sharks around the boat. Th... by David Valencia
This day we had multiple white sharks around the boat. They were all very active all day.
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I've seen many silhouette shots with whale sharks, but I ... by David Valencia
I've seen many silhouette shots with whale sharks, but I like this one because you can observe the snorkelers interacting. It seems every diver silhouette has its own story.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 22, 2012
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Silky shark and yellow fin tunas in the background. by David Valencia
Silky shark and yellow fin tunas in the background.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 22, 2012
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This freediver was taking video of a baitball. The bait m... by David Valencia
This freediver was taking video of a baitball. The bait moved in perfect unison to keep its safe distance from the diver.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
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