Mighty Manta Ray, mini cleaner wrasse.
Cleaning station, Honolua Bay Marine Preserve, Maui, Hawaii.
Making the rounds
A pair of manta rays slowly circle as they get cleaned.
Sharks in the Dark
Taken during the day and creatively edited.
Magnificent Mirror
A spotted Eagle Ray glides near the surface on a glassy morning giving an amazing reflection.
Eagle ray, all day!
A spotted eagle ray searches for food hiding in the sand.
Chasing Shadows...
A spotted eagle ray hunting at 40 feet with a saddle wrasse in tow.
Lagoon Locals
Two of the common visitors to the lagoons of Moorea are stingrays and blacktip reef sharks, seen here.
Sharky Sunrise
Image 1 of 2 Taken in Mo'orea at dawn. A black tipped reef shark, very common in French Polynesia, silently swims beneath the surface at sunrise.
Black Tipped Sunrise
Image 2 of 2 Taken in Mo'orea at dawn. A black tipped reef shark, very common in French Polynesia, silently swims beneath the surface at sunrise.
Mo'orea Magic Carpet
One of the lagoon favorites in Tahiti, which are actually a rare species in Hawaii, are the stingrays!
Eagle Eye
A male spotted eagle ray makes a close pass and gives me the eye when pursuing a female ray during mating season!
Tahitian Tiger
Image taken on a permitted, cage free, baited shark dive off the main island of Tahiti.
Spotted Eagle Ray
A small slightly injured eagle ray passes over a school of goatfish and reef rubble.
Sunrise swim with sharks
A horizontal and slightly different version of the other two in this gallery.
Shark 1, Sea urchin 0
A white tipped reef shark had a minor run in with another reef resident and came back with evidence.
Munching Manta
A reef manta ray glides by with its cephalic fins(flaps near the eyes) unrolled to help guide small food into its mouth.
