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Parrotfish, butterflyfish, and others skim across the top of the reef, only a couple of feet under the surface. Kahaluu Bay, Kona side, the Big Island, Hawaii.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hawai'i Hawaii Kahaluu Bay big island underwater snorkel snorkeling scuba u/w reef coral fish surface
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Parrotfish, butterflyfish, and others skim across the top of the reef, only a couple of feet under the surface. Kahaluu Bay, Kona side, the Big Island, Hawaii.





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  • A pencil urchin nestles into a gap within coral. Honaunau Bay, Kona side, the Big Island, Hawaii.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hawai'i Hawaii Honaunau Bay big island underwater snorkel snorkeling scuba u/w reef coral pencil sea urchin
  • A 'pregnant' long-spined sea urchin. Note the egg cluster on one of the spines near the top center. Kahaluu Bay, Kona side, the Big Island, Hawaii.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hawai'i Hawaii Kahaluu Bay big island underwater snorkel snorkeling scuba u/w reef coral long-spined sea urchin
  • Parrotfish, butterflyfish, and others skim across the top of the reef, only a couple of feet under the surface. Kahaluu Bay, Kona side, the Big Island, Hawaii.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hawai'i Hawaii Kahaluu Bay big island underwater snorkel snorkeling scuba u/w reef coral fish surface
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Snorkelers and scuba divers enjoy clouds of small fish hovering over the reef in Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef fish orange scalefin anthias snorkel snorkeling dive diver swim
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Clouds of small fish hover over the reef in Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef fish orange scalefin anthias
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The reef rises to within inches of the ocean's surface, on pinacles off Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef surface waves small fish
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The reef drops off from the ocean's surface to great depths off Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef surface waves small fish dropoff
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Clouds of small fish hover over the reef in Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef fish orange scalefin anthias
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Clouds of small fish hover over the reef in Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef fish orange scalefin anthias
  • Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The reef rises to within inches of the ocean's surface, on pinacles off Ras Mohammed National Park. © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> scuba diver divers Egypt 'Red Sea' 'Ras Mohammed' Sharm 'Sharm el-Sheikh' 'Sharm al-Shaykh' underwater u/w blue coral reef surface waves small fish
  • Soft corals grown atop a reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" underwater SCUBA dive reef
  • Small fish school among soft corals atop a reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" underwater SCUBA dive reef coral soft corals fish minnows
  • Many types of tropical fish school among soft and hard corals atop a reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" underwater ocean SCUBA dive reef coral soft corals fish
  • A squirrelfish "hides" under a reef edge, beneath a large tube sponge. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom seabed sea floor reef tube sponge fish squirrelfish
  • A fish "hides" under a reef edge, beneath coral and sponges. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom seabed sea floor reef tube sponge fish coral
  • A sergeantmajor fish hangs out between barrel and tube sponges. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom seabed sea floor reef barrel sponge tube sponge coral sergeantmajor fish "sergeant major fish"
  • Banded butterflyfish and divers explore the reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver reef fish butterflyfish "butterfly fish"
  • Blue tangs cruise the reef past soft coral. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef sand bottom sandy sea floor sea bed soft coral fish blue tang
  • Small orange soft corals emerge from their stony shells at night. A small cardinalfish hides among the corals. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor rocks tire sunken boat wreck coral cardinal fish cardinalfish
  • Coral polyps are visible on the end of a sea rod coral. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor rocks coral hole reef sand bottom sea floor seafloor sea bed reef coral polyp polyps sea rod
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