Scuba Diving

Submerging beneath the surface shifts your perspective entirely. This collection serves as a digital logbook for my diving life, encompassing detailed trip reports, site-specific conditions, and the logistical realities of traveling for underwater photography. These entries document the sport itself—navigating currents, managing camera rigs, and the distinct feeling of weightlessness. From the adrenaline of open-ocean drifts to the meditative pace of a muck dive, this is where the dive profiles and the stories behind them live.

One Cool Moment with a Ribbon Eel

Indonesia’s Underwater Jewel
School of Blackfin Barracuda

Day two at Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and we were looking for big fish like whale sharks. We didn’t find any big animals but we observed a lot of schooling fish. Normally schooling fish either ignore me or they swim away. Today this school of Blackfin Barracuda swam towards me which was quite thrilling. Tubbataha…
Granulated Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus) – Indo‑Pacific

The Granulated Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus) is a striking reef dweller. It is found throughout the tropical Indo‑Pacific, from East Africa to Fiji. It often appears in shallow coral and rubble zones between 1 and 40 meters deep. This species has short, rounded arms. Its body is plush, ranging from pink to beige, and is…
Macro Monday : Chromodoris

More underwater images from the Philippines can be found here. More Nudibranch images can be found here.
Pineapple Sea Cucumber

I don’t know why Sea Cucumbers fascinate me. But they seem to stop me when I see them underwater. Thelenota ananas, also known as pineapple sea cucumber, oloturia ananas, tripang, prickly skin cucumber, pointed teat sea cucumber, armoured sea cucumber, giant sea cucumber, sand fish or prickly redfish is a species of sea cucumber. I…
Silent Saturday: Deep Water Sea Fan

A lovely deep water sea fan along a coral reef in Fiji. Additional underwater images from scuba diving around Fiji can be found here.
Wildlife Wednesday: Purple Rhinopias

Rhinopias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. They are mostly found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Rhinopias in the photo above was spotted off the coast of Anilao in the Philippines. More underwater images from the Anilao can be found here.
Purple Nudibranch

Also known as the Apolegma Nudibranch (Hypselodoris apolegma) and Apolegma Sea Slug. This nudibranch was spotted off the coast of Puerto Galera in the Philippines. Slowing moving along a beautiful coral reef. More images from dives in the Philippines can be found here.
Critter Alert: Reticulated Chromodoris

Reticulated chromodoris is a colorful nudibranch that live mostly in the waters of the indo-pacific. This sea slug is also referred to as Goniobranchus reticulatus, part dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. The nudibranch in the picture below was spotted off the coast of Puerto Galera in the Philippines.
Juvenile Black Ribbon Eel – Puerto Galera

The Ribbon Eel belongs to the Moray Eel family. Juvenile Ribbon Eels are usually jet black with a yellow dorsal fin. When the eel become an adult, its color will change. Male Ribbon eels develop into a blue color with a yellow dorsal fin and females will develop into a yellow color with black dorsal…