Sport Diving Issue 135 Front Page!

The cover shot of Sport Diving Magazine Australasia is again one of mine this issue (135)! It's a shot I took in Komodo, Indonesia of a pair of tiny shrimp found by super-dive guide Yann Alfian living on a soft coral. It took quite a lot of patience to get the image as they measured just over 1 cm each and were very active. They settled momentarily either side of the coral and I managed to get the shot.

Their camouflage is absolutely amazing, I've never seen anything quite like it! As far as I know they're not described.

Don't forget to read all about Crustaceans in my article inside the same issue!

Wakatobi Bound

Time has flown and I’m off to Wakatobi Dive Resort this week for a couple of months, again conducting field observations on the behaviour and ecology of pygmy seahorses. Wakatobi is one of the best places in the world to see these tiny fish since they are common, shallow (I’ve seen all species above ten meters) and four of the seven species are found on Wakatobi’s reefs.

Obviously there’s more to diving than just pygmy seahorses! The reefs are packed full of all sorts of critters from frogfish and ghost pipefish to big schools of parrotfish and trevally, and of course a kaleidoscopic reef. Check out my images from previous trips to see what I mean.

I will be at the resort until mid October during which time I’ll be conducting evening talks for guests about pygmy seahorses, reef biology and conservation. The resort has an amazing track record for protection of the reef and you’ll be able to see this if you’re lucky enough to dive there.

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Sport Diving Issue 135

Check out the new issue of Sport Diving (Issue 135), which will be hitting the shelves of Australasia soon. In this issue I have an article about Crustacean biology with heaps of cool photos, fascinating facts and stuff you never knew you wanted to know about crabs, shrimps and their relatives.