Red sea clownfish, Amphiprion bicinctus, in a rather lovely anemone.

The latin bicinctus means 2 banded.

📷Albrecht Fischer
#clownfish #nemo #RedSea #scubadiving

Just finishing off an article about diving Bonaire - have you dived there? Which is your favourite dive site? Any dive operator recommendations? Thanks
#bonaire #scubadiving

Secret Bay in Bali is known for its sandy seabed and abundant critter life, is a macro paradise for patient photographers. Expect to see frogfish, seahorses, pipefish, and nudibranchs. The calm waters and unique black sand provide a stark contrast for photographs.

Undulate phyllodesmium nudibranch in Bali. 📷Andrey Golubev/DepositPhotos

#nudibranch #seaslug #Indonesia #Bali #diving #scubadiving

From an article by @kathrynoceana at https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/10-great-dive-sites-macro-photography-southeast-asia.html

Clownfish start off male, but if the female dies the dominant male will change into a female. The male-to-female sex-change occurs first in the fish's brain and only later involves the gonads - sometimes after a delay of months or even years.

The female pairs up with a single male, the largest of the males available, to mate for life. The fish spawn around the full moon.
#clownfish #scuba #scubadiving #RedSea
More at https://www.scubatravel.co.uk/marine-life/red-sea-clownfish.html

Top 5 places to swim with manta rays in the Maldives, by Kathryn Curzon
1. Hanifaru Bay
2. Ari Atoll
3. Lankan Manta Point, North Male Atoll
4. Fuvahmulah
5. Miyaru Kandu, Vaavu Atoll
Read more at https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/top-5-places-swim-manta-rays-maldives.html #scubadiving #scuba #scubatravel #mantarays #Maldives

Going Diving in Egypt? Here’s What You Can Expect to See
- latest article by Kathryn Curson at https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/diving-egypt.html
#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba #underwater #water #ocean #diver #travel #oceans #scubadive #scubatravel #scubanews #underwater #redsea #middlereef #coral #coralreef

Win free tickets to the Ocean Film Festival World Tour! To enter the free draw, and for full details, see
https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/win-free-tickets-ocean-film-festival-world-tour.html But hurry, ends today. #scuba #scubadiving #film

Dance for the Ocean – Raising money for leatherback turtles

19 year old biology student is raising money by holding "Dance for the oceans" ballet sessions for the over-55s (with the oldest being over 80!). All proceeds from her ballet lessons are going towards tagging leatherback turtles in Panama. Read more and donate if you can at
https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/dance-ocean-reserva-youth-land-trust-leatherback-turtles.html #turtle #ballet #scuba #scubadiving #panama

Top 10 Dive in Europe.

Europe boasts some world class diving, with great visibility and masses of underwater life. Plus, of course, wreck diving galore. Here are the top 10 as voted for by divers. Agree? Disagree?
https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/top-10-dives-in-europe-in...
#scubadiving
1. Blockship Tabarka, Scapa Flow, Scotland
2. The Zenobia, Cyprus
3. Cirkewwa, Malta ...
#diving #scubadiving #dive #scubadive #scubatravel #scubanews #underwater #ScapaFlow #Zenobia #Cyprus#Gozo #Silfra #Fortunal #Ustica

The name Panama originally meant Place of Many Fish. And Panama does indeed have many fish. But is the Caribbean or Pacific side best for diving? Well, it depends what you want. Experienced divers wanting the best Panama has to offer should head for the Pacific for sharks, whales and rays. Beginners, or those wanting a more relaxed time, choose the Caribbean, also amongst the cheapest in the region.
#scubadiving #panama #travel #ocean #adventure
Read more
https://scubatravel.co.uk/americas/panama-diving.html

Finland is an excellent diving destination if you're looking for an adventure
Known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes,” Finland is a freshwater diver’s paradise.
If saltwater is more your style, Finland is also home to an extensive coastline along the Baltic Sea, where you can explore this area's rich maritime history, evidenced by the numerous shipwrecks.
by Kathryn Curzon, read more at https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/arctic-wonders-top-places-dive-finland.html #scubadiving #Finalnd #scuba

Close up of Adams' urchin crab, Zebrida adamsii, in a sea urchin. First described by English naturalist Arthur Adams and the Scottish zoologist Adam White. Hence Adams' rather than Adam's. Also known as the zebra urchin crab
📷Gialdini Luca
#diving #scubadiving #dive #scuba #underwater #water #ocean #diver #travel #oceans #scubadive #scubatravel #scubanews #nature #wildlife #fish #marinelife #sealife #marinebiology #science #crab #seaurchin #invertebrate

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