A snorkeller makes a connection with a similarly inquisitive dwarf minke whale. Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photocomp February '09 - Open...
A juvenile black-tip reefshark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) chasing bait in the intertidal zone among mangroves. Near Dunk Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photocomp February '09 - Open...
Healed bite marks from a predator tell of a lucky escape in the life of this Dwarf Minke Whale. Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photocomp February '09 - Open...
A Reticulate Whip Ray (Himantura uarnak) resting in the shade of overhanging rainforest. Dunk Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photocomp February '09 - Open...
As an OWSI you have courses where you have entire classes of struggler's where your students struggle with even the most basic skills (no, that's your snorkel not your reg...), and courses of fish (well, we seem to have finished a little early today...)
I am an instructor with an unnamed association, a divemaster with another and an adv/EANx, decompression procedures with another. Who cares? Exactly. Just shingles to hang on the study wall. Looks impressive though. I would like to share a night dive with you.