New Dive Pictures
 

All the following pictures were taken while diving last week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The water temp was 86 F, visibility 60-80 ft+ with the reefs full of sea life.
I love it there!
Thanks for looking, enjoy.

First let's start with some Stone Fish - True Masters of Disguise.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...stonefish2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2.../Rockfish1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...sh1closeup.jpg
When diving with these guys around one must be careful where you put your hands.

NUDIBRANCHES

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...dibranche1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...dibranche2.jpg

Wow that is one homely Trigger fish.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/trigger1.jpg

Spotted Puffer caught during a siesta.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...tedpuffer1.jpg

Morish Idols
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...orishidol1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...orishidol2.jpg

It was often hard to get good pictures because there were fish fry everywhere and they would get in the way.

Here is some babies hanging around the protective spines of some urchins
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...urchinsetc.jpg

Misc corals
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/corals15.jpg

Small school of wrasses on a reef head.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...lswrassses.jpg

A few Feather Dusters
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...erdusters1.jpg

When I first saw Gorgonians like this I thought it was interesting they seemed to have stripes
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...gorgstars1.jpg


But upon closer inspection they were just swarmed with Brittle Stars
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...rs1closeup.jpg

More pix to come later.

Cool

That's so awesome, thanks for sharing. I just signed up for scuba lessons and I'm super excited

You'll love diving, I have over 300+ dives around the world, next trip, is July 27
I'm going back to the Galapagos islands, it's whale shark season:)

Schooling Fish

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ishschool2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ol2closer1.jpg

Moray
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...20pix/eel1.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...closeclose.jpg
King Angels
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingAngels1.jpg

Grouper
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/grouper1.jpg

A few Gobies
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...0pix/goby1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...0pix/goby2.jpg
Peek a boo
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...0pix/goby3.jpg

Greg, great pics! What camera were you using? I am looking at getting a waterproof camera...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/corals14.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/corals11.jpg

Unidentified Gorg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/corals10.jpg

Sun Corals in a cave

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...orals12sun.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...s13suncave.jpg

A few Tangs

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...angschool2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...angschool3.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...angschool4.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/tangstwo.jpg

Octopuses or is it Octopi?

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/octopus1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/octopus2.jpg

Thanks

wow greg nice pics especially love the " striped gorg" and army of tangs lol fricken beautiful:)

Man those are some killer shots!

I wish I was there...Getting mad sick of this rain.

Glad you like the pix. You will love diving it is awesome.

Very cool, I am very jelous. That location is one of many on my "bucket list"

Thanks Wayne, the camera is a Sony with an Ikelite case. Very compact and takes surprisingly decent pictures.

Thanks there is so much cool stuff to see diving. Unfortunately I could only get a few things on camera.

Thanks, yeah the weather was great!

thanks for the pics.....wish I got to dive more.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...iscfishetc.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ix/corals3.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ix/corals4.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...geandstars.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ix/corals5.jpg
Christmas Tree worms
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...treeworms2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...treeworms3.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...treeworms1.jpg

This is my second time to the Galapagos, second part of trip is Macha Pichau in Peru.

I'm going back to Indonesia, going dive the Lembeh Strait in August of 2013

Crazy Anemone
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...anemonered.jpg

Giant Scallop
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ackscallop.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pfirecoral.jpg

Pocillopora
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pix/coral7.jpg

This coral is actually red but I just couldn't capture the color
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pix/coral6.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ix/corals1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pix/coral5.jpg

awesome greg! what kind of tangs are those?

Sounds amazing!

Big ones:wink:

Nice shots! I was out that way diving Cabo and Purto Vallarta back in Feb and the vis was less than 20'. But in PV the whales were singing like crazy! That was pretty cool. I bet that sure beats diving Minnewanka eh?

My pleasure, I wish I could get more diving in as well. I usually only get out for 2-3 weeks per year.

Feb is probably the worst time to dive in Vallarta. The best diving there is actually in the summer between June - Sept.

they kinda looked like acanthurus guttatus, but not quite....



great shots Greg.....loved the gobie , coco worm , and tunicate pics.....

A few more fish
 

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...lueboxfish.jpg
Giant Blenny
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ix/blenny1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...x/boxfish2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...gelinacave.jpg

This big angel followed me around for about 10 minutes
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pix/Angel1.jpg

Arrow Crabs
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...arrowcrabs.jpg

Thanks Doug

Great pictures!! wow

awesome pics, makes me want to go somewhere warm and see for myself
Any more? Love them

Ever read the scuba zoo books?!! Their photos from Lembeh Strait in Indonesia are phenomenal.... Was enough to make that place my #1 next travel destination! Take pics when you go there i'd love to see them :)

Amazing pics Greg congrats looks like this trip was a blast!

Snappy,

You are one lucky dude. Seeing them live and in the ocean. Wow.

Great pics too. Thanks for sharing.

Anthony

What a terrific experience! Good for you! Thanks for the pics - truly enjoyed them!

Awsome pics!

So many amazing nps gorgs....
In the last 5 min of looking at your pics you have caused my desire to setup another azoox tank to resurface.

Thank you and damn you at the same time!! ;)

Check out Bill Connolly taking about the Stone Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qenzQaXM6Pw

haha

Thanks everyone, glad you enjoyed the pictures. I hear so often that the diving in PV sucks but I beg to differ. You just need to go to the right areas with the right dive shop. The diving in Vallarta is what I refer to as "up close & personal" because you need to get close into the reefs to see all the colors because from a distance it just looks like a bunch of rocks. If you go to Puerto Vallarta and want to go diving I suggest using Twin Dolphins dive shop, I do not recommend using Vallarta Adventures unless you like the "cattle boat" type trips. Feel free to contact me any time for more information, details & who to talk to. :biggrin:

Patrick you are too funny. :biggrin:

There are a ton of really cool NPS corals growing in the Vallarta area, I barely scratched the surface with my photos but I'm glad you enjoyed the show. :lol:

Wow, spectacular pics Greg! Love that stonefish! Thanks for sharing!