Capt Paulie’s ocean pic of the day

[Greg P]

Paradise Reef, Maroma Beach, just west of Cancun proper

View from the beach, watching the breakers over the reef


View of the coastline


More appreciation of the size of the reef, watching the breakers


Snorkeling was legs tucked or break corals !!

 

[Paulie069]

Paradise Reef, Maroma Beach, just west of Cancun proper

View from the beach, watching the breakers over the reef


View of the coastline


More appreciation of the size of the reef, watching the breakers


Snorkeling was legs tucked or break corals !!

The color of that water is hypnotizing so beautiful ,, lucky u to be there

 

[Greg P]

lucky u to be there

Oh I WISH that was now, but ya the camera wasn't so bad for 2001 !!! The water clarity from the boat was amazing. Made you think the bottom was mere inches away.

I'm taking my new Olympus TG-5 with us next trip and you'll get some snorkeling pics.
Maybe I'll even pick up the fisheye lens and take some vids!!

Oh man I hope to go somewhere this year

Keep all those great underwater pics coming peeps

 

[Dennis Cartier]

Yesterday we took a trip over to Tupai, a heart shaped atoll just off the coast of Bora Bora. The snorkelling and scuba diving is supposed to be fantastic there, but I unfortuatley I was not allowed to enter the water

I got multiple explanations why this was, it is protected and requires authorization and permit to be applied for, etc. I am pretty sure it had more to do with the helicopter company not wanting a dripping wet passenger for the return flight.

The atoll only has a single residence on it. Supposedly Jacques Chirac was building a resort there, but ran out of money before it was completed and the sole residence on the island is the remanants of his failed resort build.

It is a very beautiful place. I am going to be scouring AirBNB for any listings from the lone inhabitant(s)!

The sand had nice pink flecks throughout it. Coralline bits I suspect.

The ride back to Bora Bora provided some great aerial shots.

A nice view of the airport.

The palm tree covered island in this pic is Tane motou. It's owned by a french cosmetics mogul and is currently forsale for 39 million dollars. I am going to pass on it so as to not cut into my equipment budget but if any of you are interested? I do expect an invitation of a 2 week stay as a finder's fee!

The inlet just below Tane motou is where the local's take tourists for snorkelling the coral gardens. There are lots of coral gardens here, but this is one of the best. I expect to have some photos from there tomorrow.

Finally some photos of various resorts from the air, along with interesting sand/coral/algae patterns.

The Sofitel.

The Four Seasons

The St. Regis

The Le Meridien

i am seeing broken lnks for the last 10 or so photos, but they show up fine in the editor? Are any of you seeing the broken links or is it just me? I will re-paste them if I have to. Nevermind, they populated as soon as another post was made. I guess I was ahead of the servers picture resolver, lol.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Today we changed to a new island (Bora Bora), but here a few shots and videos that I took yesterday at a motou in Moorea.

First up, a moorish idol getting a cleaning from a cleaner wrasse. There were 2 other wrasses doing cleaning as well, the other 2 were very pretty, half yellow and purple. They had a regular garage setup with all the locals stopping in as they swam by.




The fish in this area are not afraid of people as they get fed my the resort staff. Probably the reason I was able to get a video of a moorish idol without chasing him around and never getting close. But, the side effect is they beg like dogs. Coming right up to you and expecting a treat.

Here is a wrasse giving me puppy eyes. After several minutes he figured out I was not the one giving out food. It was tough keeping him on screen because he liked to be 6" from me, and kept circling me or swimming through my legs.




Here are some other shots including the begging wrasses and a butterfly that was also begging.

The moorish idols did not beg, though that would have been funny to see.

Beautiful Parrotfish (not wrasse). great pics !!!

 

[ReefGrammie]

This one may not be so calm and serene, but it's the beautiful Portland Head Light (Maine) as a Nor'easter was heading up the coast!

 

[Dennis Cartier]

The best laid plans and all that. I was planning to get some nice macro shots in the coral gardens, but ended up in a shark and ray feeding tour by accident. Oops. Google is also refusing any pic uploads at the moment, so enjoy so videos instead.

I was the first person in when the Lemon sharks that the guide said were way down at the bottom decided to come up to me. The clunk noise is my head hitting the outrigger pontoon.





Oh, and note the bottom is covered in SPS colonies!

 

[saltyhog]

 

[Dennis Cartier]

Sadly my vacation to French Polynesia is over. I still have some pics that I have not posted though. Today I am posting up a series of pics that I created while accidently having my camera set to underwater macro mode, but was shooting as if it was in normal underwater mode. Doh. Most of the pics I took were runied, but a few came out kind of neat. Here are some of the more interesting ones. The fish have startled looks because the camera was using the flash due to the setting and the dim light. Even with the camera unexpectedly flashing, it did not occur to me to investigate the cause.

 

[saltyhog]

Great pictures Dennis!

 

[ScottR]

To add some life to this, went to Stanley in Hong Kong. Lovely beach day.

 

[ReefGrammie]

Beautiful Cancun...wish I was there now!

 

[motortrendz]

Wow, gorgeous pics guys!

 

[Paulie069]

Sadly my vacation to French Polynesia is over. I still have some pics that I have not posted though. Today I am posting up a series of pics that I created while accidently having my camera set to underwater macro mode, but was shooting as if it was in normal underwater mode. Doh. Most of the pics I took were runied, but a few came out kind of neat. Here are some of the more interesting ones. The fish have startled looks because the camera was using the flash due to the setting and the dim light. Even with the camera unexpectedly flashing, it did not occur to me to investigate the cause.

Ooo ooo ooo mr .Carter ( from old tv show) some great pics brother , thank u for sharing I never expected this thread to get so much attention but Stoked that people enjoy it,, your post and pics n videos really pumped this thread up. Keep sharing

 

[Reef-junky]

1/2 moon bay SF back in early 2000’s use to body board a lot.

 

[Reef-junky]

Hawaii

 

[Reef-junky]

More

 

[Reef-junky]

Need some kind a filter every thing came out looking like a fish tank.

 

[saltyhog]

Backscatter makes some great filters for GoPro and I believe other cameras. They do great for me.

 

[Reef-junky]

Backscatter makes some great filters for GoPro and I believe other cameras. They do great for me.

Very nice.

Got a knock off go pro