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11/05/2026
5 different Pygmy Seahorses from one dive trip in West Papua, Indonesia.
Some are fairly easy to spot - others just dissappear completely into the coral. Diving in Raja Ampat and Triton Bay virtually gave us Pygmy sightings every day, sometimes multiple times a day. We were spoiled rotten!
Pygmy seahorses are among the smallest seahorses in the world, many are only a few millimeters. Their colors and textures match the exact coral they decide to live on, making these experts of camouflage almost impossible to find underwater.
Most of these shots were incredibly difficult because of how well camouflaged they are and the currents in which they were in - no touching of anything and precise buoyancy control was needed.
During a solo night dive in Anilao, Philippines, I found this beauty - a Lagoon Jellyfish (Mastigias Papua), AKA Spotted Jelly, Golden Medusa or Papuan Jellyfish.
Watching jellyfish at night is unreal. They have no brain, no heart, no bones, yet these guys have survived the world's ocean's for more than 500 million years. They can sting humans, but it's a very mild sting compared to other species, and most humans barely feel it. Interestingly, jellyfish tentacles can still sting after breaking off from the body.
At night, the reef becomes a completely different world. Creatures like this move silently through the darkness illuminated only by divers lights. One of my favorite things about night diving in the Philippines is never knowing what might appear next.
Two tiny squat lobsters on a night dive in Triton Bay, Indonesia. They were stacked on top of each other, busy filtering rocks with their claws to find food. So cute up close!
Macro diving, especially at night, reveals a whole new world. So many small reef creatures are living and feeding right in front of us, but they are easy to miss.
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