Photographers Reef

Snuck out of a few hours of work and was gloriously rewarded with whales (lots and right by the boat!), great buddies/crew, and beautiful, flat seas! Not a bad way to spend a Friday morning... more diving to come this weekend, too!

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A giant jelly as we first descended. One of about a dozen we saw! This reef offered a variety of cracks and swim throughs. Great fun and each one different! Mermaids purse on a gorgonian sea fan.
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I was fascinated watching this jelly navigate as it bumped into the kelp. It took about 2 minutes for it to work around the kelp. Some wiggles....
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Propulsion helps.... And a twist.... Finally almost free...
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Surfacing... Jelly bum Perspective. These were quite large jellies.
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A lovely anemone that I cannot properly place a name for. Another fine crack in the pinnacle - this one with a 5 foot orange sponge. Soft corals decorated the next one. We came back around and swam through this one again. Barely wide enough to fit the camera through!
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A trio of crinoids. Variety of soft corals and anemones. Tangle of corals and hydroids
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The sea fan "gate" to the finest canyon on the whole dive! Dijana enters the canyon! A peak at one corner of this lovely swim through.
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A pouty anemone with Pisces Divers over head... we were in the water over an hour and they patiently waited. ( : Our "rescue" on the dive! Strawberry anemones decorate a small overhang shelf.
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A mess of large tunicates mid-way through my favorite channel. A friendly chap visited us many times on the dive. He loved the camera! Envy... I wish I could do that!
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hello! Dijana cruises nearby during our highly entertaining shallow stops. I loved this tunicate.
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It had lots of buddies. Dijana and Sonya - giggling our way to the end of her first dive in South Africa! Cape urchin with sunhat. Too cute!
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The end of the line.... this was a hard dive to leave. Maybe because I had to go to work afterward instead of doing the 2nd dive! Our buddy came through to say goodbye!

Photographers Reef
South Africa - Sept. 2005



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