Two days after our return from the Kingdom of Tonga I could not resist and visited our great temperate waters. I’ve chosen Mahurangi Harbour (again) as the sea was calm so I expected better visibility than usually, also I needed some wide angle images from the harbour for my article I am working on. The […]
Another fine day, though quite cold. The water surface in the harbour was like a mirror, completely flat. Underwater there was some noticeable outgoing current which was an advantage as it was clearing water when I accidentally stirred the silt up. I focused on bottom dwelling slowly-/non- moving creatures. There were plenty of spotties and […]
I do not hunt underwater, however, Jackson Shields from Wettie has kindly pointed out if I wear a ‘Hunter’ wetsuit and ‘hunt’ for pictures I am an underwater hunter 🙂 The last Tuesday photo hunt was great the visibility at high tide was around 5 m which is great for the spot. It seems it’s […]
Perhaps it’s laziness or something else but from time to time I feel an urge to visit “barren” Browns Bay. I say “barren” as most people think it’s barren, there is nothing to see there, visibility is close to zero most of the time etc. I must disagree, the visibility can reach over five metres […]
The demand for images with underwater scenery of kelp forest / sea weeds is growing so the main purpose of this trip was to add more pictures to our portfolio and, as usually, to spend some time underwater relaxing and enjoying that dreamy world. The beginning of the day was not promising with a couple […]
Another good day at Mahurangi Harbour, the see was absolutely calm. I came a little late the low tide flow was starting but the conditions were still very good (for the harbour). As usually I was swimming toward Pudding Island turned to the right a little to get to the shallow reef at that place. […]