A Shovelnose Guitarfish popping up to say hi. #Marinelife #Photography #Travel #California #SanDiego #Ray
Divers found a 100-year-old barrel sponge sliced in half at 30m! 🧽🔪
The cause: A construction wire under tension acting like a saw with every wave. The team performed "underwater surgery" to reunite the pieces, hoping the "Redwood of the Reef" survives. 🫧 🐠 💚
#MarineLife #Conservation #Ocean
Last 3 screengrabs of fish & a sea snake from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Nebrius ferrugineus with a Wobbegong under the ledge and a bunch of smaller fish swimming around. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Nebrius ferrugineus. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Dasyatidae? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Aipysurus duboi. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Napping Aipysurus laevis & a neat black nudibranch. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
I'm with John on this one; i choose to hold out hope for a school bus sized sea cucumber fossil. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Having a peek at the underside of a Linckia laevigata sea star. Don't worry they flipped it back upright. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
I thought that fish was impaled on that urchin for a moment. I guess it just has stage fright. Fire urchin? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
That's cute. The cow patty thing is a stony coral. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Fish and a sea snake swimming by (maybe something like Aipysurus laevis?). @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Several different fish & some trash. I really like those colorful fish in the group. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Curious fish. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Fish and furry coral. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Wreck dive
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I think the sea star may be Leiaster sp. (an ophidiasterid) & several different corals. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
This massive sea cucumber reminds me of a shaggy dog sushi roll. It winked, but sadly no fish or crab came crawling out. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Shallow water animals confuse me. Zoanthids? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Anemone. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Nosy fishes. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Pretty nudibranch! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Flatworm? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Striped fish swimming around what i think are bushes of crinoids. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Beautiful little striped fish along w/ others. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Large spiky sea cucumber. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Cute fish. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife
Just like cats fish chase lasers, too! I've only seen this work with the fish during their shallow dives. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 418 #TwilightCoral #MarineLife