Soft corals - why Dendronephthya hemprichi: is unique amongst soft corals
👉Rapid reproduction
👉Spawn all year round from sunset to 2 am
👉Pioneer settler
👉Mediterranean invasion
👉Don't depend on symbiotic algae
👉Fast growth
👉Inhabit competitive & extreme environments so produce many metabolites, like steroids, as a defence mechanism

More at https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/marine-life/soft-coral.html
📷Jill Studholme
#coral #diving #scuba #scubadiving #marinelife #sealife #marinebiology #science #uwphotography #underwaterphoto

The largest of the moray eels, growing up to 3 m and weighing 30 kg. Giant Morays live in holes and generally hunt by night: locating their prey by their excellent sense of smell. Moray Eels undergo a sex change during growth, changing from male to female.
https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/giant-moray-eel.html #scuba #scubadiving #sealife #dive #diving #ocean
📷Jill Studholme, Garry Frazer

With over 3,000 miles (4828 km) of coastline to explore, California is truly an avid diver's paradise. From kelp forests to wrecks and everywhere exceptional sealife.

See seals, sea lions, sharks, sea otters, horn sharks, pipe fish, abalone, lobster, nudibranchs, octopus, whales...depending on where and when you go

#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba #underwater #water #ocean #diver #travel #oceans #scubadive #scubatravel #scubanews #California

Read more at https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/california-diving.html

Where are the world's best shore dives? Top ten in 2024 as voted for by our readers. How many have you dived?

1. Liberty, Bali
2. Navy Pier, Western Australia
3. President Coolidge, Vanuatu
4. El Bells to the Blue Hole, Dahab, Red Sea
5. Silfra, Iceland
6. Hilma Hooker, Bonaire
7. Inland Sea and Blue Hole, Gozo
8. Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
9. Secret Garden, Dili, East Timor
10. The Sand Falls, Baja California

#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba

Since their first sighting 10 years ago, lionfish have spread rapidly in the Mediterranean Sea. And not just in their original location, they are pressing into cooler waters previously thought to be unsuitable for them.

📸 Pterois miles, Jill Studholme
#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba #underwater #ocean #diver #travel #scubadive #scubatravel #scubanews #Mediterranean #lionfish

Nicaragua has many quiet dive spots. The Corn Islands in the Caribbean offer a step-back in time to the Caribbean as it used to be. There is also freshwater diving in volcanic crater lakes and diving on the rocky reefs of the Pacific coast. Learn more in this article by Bill Mashek at https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/americas/nicaragua-diving.html
#scubadiving #Nicaragua #CornIslands

Diving in Wadi Lahmy, Red Sea. Freckled hawkfish on reef. #scuba #scubadiving #Egypt #RedSea #coral

How many manta rays are in the Seychelles? Where are they going? When are they there? All is revealed in new study #scuba #Seychelles #mantarays #scubadiving

Latest issue of SCUBA News now (ISSN 1476-8011) now available to download.

Featuring: Best Diving in Thailand - Top 5 in 2024, our guide to identifying Red Sea marine life, 10 Fantastic Dives in Scandinavia, 10% off diving in Bali, liveaboard deals, Swimming monkey shot wins world's largest underwater photo contest plus the diving news from around the world.
#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba #underwater #diver #travel #scubadive #scubanews #Thailand #underwaterphotography

Welcome Creta's Happy Divers to the SCUBA Travel community #scubadiving #scuba #Crete #Greece

Sunken warships exceptionally good for coral reefs, Thistlegorm study finds.

Thanks to the steel structure of the SS Thistlegorm, which has been voted one of the best dives in the world, coral and other species which need hard substrates thrive on an otherwise sandy bottom in the northern Red Sea.

https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/sunken-warships-exceptionally-good-coral-reefs-thistlegorm.html #scubadiving #scuba #thistlegorm #wreckdiving #RedSea #Egypt #coral
📷Tony Gibson

Why closing Guadalupe islands puts sharks at risk - interesting video at https://youtu.be/hyzc9V5G6jw plus more background info at
https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/why-closing-guadalupe-island-puts-sharks-at-risk.html #scubadiving #guadalupe #sharks
📷Andrea Izzotti/DepositPhotos

This time with photo!
Mother and baby octopuses photo, taken shortly before mother’s death, wins best in show underwater photography contest #scuba #octopus 📷Kat Zhou

A Happy Christmas (Tree Worms)
They can live for an estimated 40 years. Each worm has two crowns or Christmas Trees. The worms come in a myriad of colours, but an individual’s two crowns are always the same colour. Spirobranchus spp #scubadiving #scuba

Northern Red Sea reefs resist bleaching, providing a haven for coral https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.938454/full #scubadiving #coral #reef #scuba #RedSea

Shameless plug for a new nudibranch book by a friend of mine. Some gorgeous photos and lots of information on finding and identifying nudis and sea slugs - review is at https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/whats-the-difference-between-a-nudibranch-and-a-sea-slug.html #scubadiving #scuba #nudibranch #seaslug #isleofman

Where are the 5 best dive sites in Thailand?
According to the divers voting at our web site they are:
1. Hin Moung
2. Hin Daeng
3. Richelieu Rock (Surin Islands)
4. East of Eden (Similan Islands)
5. Breakfast Bend (Similan Islands)
Do you agree?
#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba #ocean #diver #travel #oceans #whaleshark #similan #thailand #richelieurock #phuket #phiphiisland #racha

Another fab drawing, this time by Jo Brown https://bernoid.com/ #fungi #art

In a rare piece of good news in the marine world, scientists have found two diving areas where manta rays are thriving.

Off the coast of Ecuador, American scientists have identified a distinct population of oceanic manta rays that is more than 10 times larger than any other known subpopulation of the species.

Meanwhile, over in the Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia, reef manta ray populations have increased significantly. #scuba #scubadiving #oceans #marinebiology

Went to a very good talk on fungi last night. Learn lots, including including that planting trees on old, fungi-rich grassland is worse for capturing carbon than leaving the mushrooms to do the job. #fungi #environment #mycology