Jack's Dive Photos

When we aren't going to Africa, we sometimes go "scuba diving".  Diving is the closest that we've found to the serenity of Africa. Diving is like taking a safari underwater. We learned to dive in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, where we met the divemaster and decided to take scuba diving lessons while we were on vacation. Our class was just the two of us and the divemaster. Every day after school the divemaster would take us under the water and show us the animals that live there. We even got to hold a seahorse.

After a few years of diving, Jack started taking photos of the scenery and the animals under the water. Since we only dive in relatively clear, warm water, the colors in the photos are wonderful. These photos highlight dive resorts as well as some of our "dive buddies" and their underwater homes.  Although they were taken in different places, we have grouped them together.  Again, if you click on any picture, you can see an enlarged view.

Tube sponges at Calabas Reef on Klein Bonaire.	Shoal of jacks at Jackson's Reef on Little Cayman	Sand Dollar Hotel on Bonaire	Beach at Marlin Bay Resort on Beqa, Fiji
Close-up of soft coral at Star Reef on Beqa, Fiji	Flame scallop at Angel City on Bonaire	Giant clam at Pratt's Reef on Beqa, Fiji	Nassau grouper at Mixing Bowl on Little Cayman
Shoal of yellow snapper hiding under gorgonia at Boca Cocotishi on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles	Coral and sponges at Black Coral Forest on Little Cayman Island	Coral and azure vase sponge at Marilyn's Cut on Little Cayman Island	Beach at Divi Tiara on Cayman Brac
Coral and whip and vase sponges at Grand Canyon on Grand Cayman Island	Tube sponges at Chimneys on Little Cayman Island	Tube sponges at Chimneys on Little Cayman Island	Plate coral at Grand Canyon on Grand Cayman Island
Close-up of bristle worm at Lighthouse Reef on Cayman Brac	Sponges at Grand Canyon on Grand Cayman Island	Diver and "Sweet Lips" a jewfish at South Cove on Grand Cayman Island	Close-up of flamingo tongue (snail) at Movie Caves Reef on San Salvador, Bahamas
Close-up of tube worms at Queen's Throne on Grand Cayman Island	Close-up of eye of Nassau grouper at Butterfly Reef on Cayman Brac	Close-up of mouth of Nassau grouper at Butterfly Reef on Cayman Brac	Silhouette of fish, corals, sponges and diver at Chimneys on Little Cayman Island
Coral crab at Jackson's Bight on Little Cayman Island	Squirrelfish in coral at Sunset House Reef on Grand Cayman Island	Sponge at Cascades on Little Cayman Island	Hogfish at Ironshore Garden on Little Cayman Island
Grouper in cleaning station at Nancy's Cup of Tea on Little Cayman Island	Close-up of arrow crab on sea fan at Charlie's Reef on Cayman Brac	Spotted drum at Angel City on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles	Diver and vase sponges at Mixing Bowl on Little Cayman Island
Rivers of fish streaming over the coral at Boca Slaagbaai on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles	Azure vase sponge at Chimneys on Little Cayman Island	Macro of brain coral at Plymouth Rock on Cayman Brac	Tube sponges and diver at Chimneys on Little Cayman Island
Close-up of arrowhead crab on red sponge at Nancy's Cup of Tea on Little Cayman Island	Close-up of brittle star at Charlie's Reef on Cayman Brac	Sea lettuce (sea slug) at Plymouth Rock on Cayman Brac	Tube sponge and azure vase sponge at Marilyn's Cut on Little Cayman Island
Sea turtle at Bus Stop on Little Cayman Island	Sea comb (a type of sea jelly) at Bus Stop on Little Cayman Island	Sea comb (a type of sea jelly) at Bus Stop on Little Cayman Island	Sea comb (a type of sea jelly) at Bus Stop on Little Cayman Island
Close-up of candy cane shrimp cleaning spotted moray eel at Marilyn's Cut on Little Cayman Island	Close-up of gobies cleaning green moray eel at Great Wall on Little Cayman Island	Tube sponges at Eagle Ray Roundup on Little Cayman Island	Barracuda at Eagle Ray Roundup on Little Cayman Island
French angelfish at Eagle Ray Roundup on Little Cayman Island	Yellow stingray at Great Wall on Little Cayman Island	Sponges and corals at Eagle Ray Roundup on Little Cayman Island	Honeycomb cowfish at Lea Lea's Lookout on Little Cayman Island
Sea horse on Little Cayman Island	Southern stingray at Cumber's Caves on Little Cayman Island	Jack and southern stingray at Cumber's Caves on Little Cayman Island	Sea anemone at Lea Lea's Lookout on Little Cayman Island
Nassau grouper and sea fan at Sheer Wall East on Little Cayman Island	Raccoon butterfly fish on the Kona Coast of Hawaii	Queen angelfish at Grunt Valley on Cayman Brac	Squirrelfish at ET on Beqa, Fiji
White-tip shark on the Kona Coast of Hawaii	Sea turtle on the Kona Coast of Hawaii	Close-up of moray eel on the Kona Coast of Hawaii	Divers seem weightless as they hover over corals, sponges, fish and other animals.
The sunsets at Matana Beach, Fiji are some of the most beautiful that we have ever seen	Soft corals look like small, fuzzy shrubs in orange, red, yellow and sometimes purple	As we waded close, this lionfish spread its venomous spines	Above the shallow reefs, there are literally thousands of fish in every size, shape and color
Two anemone fish in their anemone home at a dive site off Kadavu, Fiji	Soft coral close-up	More soft coral close-up. This time it is pink.	Feather stars. The tentacles reaching out to feed
Still more soft coral in the waters off Kadavu, Fiji	There are sea fans (that are hard coral)	And shoals of fish	Button corals grow next to sea fans and soft corals
Soft corals are killed by the touch of a finger or of a swim fin.	There are more sea anemones.	And more anemone fish	This strange looking creature is a sea star crawling over the corals.
A second, different sea star	Yet another sea star	Along with the invertebrate critters, there is a frenzy of fish.	A thirty-foot wide "ball" of trevally in defensive posture.  A group of 3 sharks were prowling nearby.

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