Spring is here. The weather is stormy, the ocean is going to become a nutritious plankton-rich soup. For us divers that will mean less visibility, sometimes almost no visibility, but also opportunities to meet unusual alien-like creatures like this tiny translucent jellyfish with red inner organs and a ring of short yet dangerous tentacles. It’s […]
The image above was taken in Matheson Bay near Auckland in about 5 metres of water. It’s in no way extraordinary, however, it shows how many unusual life forms can be found on a small area in an ordinary place. The area on the picture is about 10 cm wide, it’s a shaded overhang of […]
This week I started to collect close-up pictures from Matheson Bay to be able to show you both the environment and its inhabitants. It will require a couple of trips to have enough images in the collection. Anyway, enjoy some of them I’ve collected already. I also miss pictures of divers diving the bay so […]
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 […]