Great Barrier Reef, Australia - My Dive Pics

[SeaIsle]

That is an awesome anemone. Nice pics

 

[Patwa]

One day playa i'm going to be like you.

give it your best shot, brah!

Zach

 

[chk4tix]

awesome pics, one day I would love to go diving.

 

[Patwa]

now it gets better....my 3rd dive.....stable hands and a bit more experience

very cool encrusting montipora

porites sp. (confirm ID?)

the great blue....lots of sergeant majors everywhere!

sweet reefscape

red acropora

sarcophyton sp.

blood red carnation coral

 

[Patwa]

lobophyllia sp.

awesome tri-colour acropora....about the size of a clenched fist...but it was so bright you could see it from a mile away!

huge clown tang!

love this shot ....anyone ID this acro?.....

Zach

 

[gooch]

The heck with Disney World. I know where I wanna go.

 

[zoous]

Very nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gflat65]

You're killing me, Zach...

 

[Patwa]

hehe Thanks, dudes! wait 'til you see what I have yet to post

Zach

 

[Atomikk]

There is one picture that you have that looks like someone tried to frag an SPS colony, but left the frag next to it. LOL! (fourth one in the lobo post)

 

[droblack]

That last acro reminds me of a. secale, but also looks a bit like an a. abratonoides too. How big were the stalks? Great turtle pics! Never can get that close to them here.

 

[stunreefer]

So who's in for a "GBR Group Trip"?!?

Great pics man... I'm sitting here looking at a foot of snow out the window and am contemplating running right out of work!

That anemone you posted a couple pages back is outlandish!!! I'd get rid of SPS to keep that bad boy!

 

[freshfish]

Absolutely amazing! I wish.

 

[youngtimothy]

WOW, thats all I can say is WOW!

 

[Patwa]

time for some more

encrusting montipora

swimming around a bommie....the deep, deep blue to the right....what a feeling!

chubby acros! lol

platygyra sp.

 

[Patwa]

clown tang, just roaming the area (i'm in about 7-8ft of water here)

 

[Patwa]

really cool pink w/ green base acro....saw many of them all over the reef

Moorish Idol

 

[Patwa]

KILLER HIGHLIGHT #2.....the common white tip reef.....honestly, my first time ever swimming with a shark....I was so thrilled! he came through a gully-like opening in the seabed...moving slowly ...and gone before I knew it! luckily, I managed to grab some video of him...will post it later on

diploastrea sp? saw huge colonies of it all over the place

Zach

 

[shred5]

Man a few of those new pics make parts of that reef look like it might be in a little trouble especially the first few pics. There is allot of algae on some of that reef. Holy cow there are some beautiful corals though...

Dave

 

[Patwa]

actually, the reef was in splendid shape...only the odd bald spot here or there ....but FWIW, I doubt it's a bleaching incident....the GBR has been quite lucky.

as for algae....I saw it all over the place ...but no bryopsis that I could see! haha

Zach