Spines Not So Sharp
The most common sea urchin around the coast of New Zealand is Evechinus chloroticus, also called kina.
underwater
Mixed Coastal Kelp Forest
There is that zone where the intertidal and and deeper water weeds mix.
Carpophyllum Rules Exposed Shores
Sometimes they form coastal areas that look like miniature replicas of giant Macrocystis kelp forests.
White Clown With Orange Dots
I am not sure if this sea slug, clown nudibranch Ceratosoma amoenum, is common. Last summer we saw many of them on the rocks in very shallow water, perhaps less than one meter deep, in Maitai Bay in Northland. However, I don’t remember seeing them there in previous years. I used to see them regularly […]
Blue Cod Has Big Mouth
Nothing wrong about having a big mouth 🙂 They are very curious, keen to taste unusual things … like a diver’s fingers or a snorkel. Some individuals even like to be touched gently. We have a funny story from years ago. We met two fish, one of them touched palm of my wife Ivana. The […]
Glass Crustacean With Red Bands
Common shrimp Palaemon affinis has glass-like body with bright red bands on its legs. One does not need to dive to watch them, there are plenty of them in rock pools. However, it’s much better to stuck one’s head just under the water surface. They are among seaweeds, on rocks. It seems they love timber […]