817-433774 - lonely fisherman fishing with a rod directly from Atlantic Ocean, at dusk, Foz do Arelho is a little town on Atlantic Ocean coast and with beautiful Obidos Lagoon, Silver Coast, Portugal

999-3 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-4 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-1 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-2 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

999-5 - Mel, the Killer Whale or Orca (Orcinus orca) narrowly misses out on a South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) that it was hunting, in Patagonia. Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the Orca enters the shallow surf to feed on Sea Lion pups. Distinctive by his 2 metre dorsal fin, Mel is an expert hunter who feeds on Sea Lion pups before taking them back to his pod. This lucky Sea Lion however managed to escape the hunter's attentions.

1060-14 - New born baby humpback whale calf, white in colour, curious and playful. Vava'u Tonga South Pacific

1031-46 - Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - The Pelamis Wave Power machine in Orkney - alongside in Lyness - the machine is the P2 . The Pelamis absorbs the energy of ocean waves and converts it into electricity. The machine floats semi-submerged on the surface of the water and is made up of a number of cylindrical sections joined together by hinged joints. As waves pass down the length of the machine these sections flex relative to one another. The motion at each hinged joint is resisted by hydraulic cylinders which pump fluid into high pressure accumulators allowing electrical generation to be smooth and continuous. Control of the resistance applied by the hydraulic cylinders allows generation to be maximised when waves are small, and the machine response to be minimised in storms. All generation systems are sealed and dry inside the machines and power is transmitted to shore using standard subsea cables and equipment.

1060-9 - Two Bottlenose Dolphins at sunset in the Azores Portugal moving in Synchronicity

1031-47 - Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - The Pelamis Wave Power machine in Orkney - alongside in Lyness - the machine is the P2 . The Pelamis absorbs the energy of ocean waves and converts it into electricity. The machine floats semi-submerged on the surface of the water and is made up of a number of cylindrical sections joined together by hinged joints. As waves pass down the length of the machine these sections flex relative to one another. The motion at each hinged joint is resisted by hydraulic cylinders which pump fluid into high pressure accumulators allowing electrical generation to be smooth and continuous. Control of the resistance applied by the hydraulic cylinders allows generation to be maximised when waves are small, and the machine response to be minimised in storms. All generation systems are sealed and dry inside the machines and power is transmitted to shore using standard subsea cables and equipment.

1060-22 - Antarctic skua attacks sea gull in South Georgia

1060-25 - Arctic pack ice, Spitsbergen Norway, Arctic Ocean through a fisheye lens

1060-15 - Humpback male and female adults courting above the shallow reef, Vava'u Tonga, South Pacific

1060-23 - King Penguins on the beach head to head, South Georgia

1031-45 - Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - The Pelamis Wave Power machine in Orkney - alongside in Lyness - the machine is the P2 . The Pelamis absorbs the energy of ocean waves and converts it into electricity. The machine floats semi-submerged on the surface of the water and is made up of a number of cylindrical sections joined together by hinged joints. As waves pass down the length of the machine these sections flex relative to one another. The motion at each hinged joint is resisted by hydraulic cylinders which pump fluid into high pressure accumulators allowing electrical generation to be smooth and continuous. Control of the resistance applied by the hydraulic cylinders allows generation to be maximised when waves are small, and the machine response to be minimised in storms. All generation systems are sealed and dry inside the machines and power is transmitted to shore using standard subsea cables and equipment.

1060-16 - Humpback whale calf ascends to the surface for a closer view, Vava'u Tonga, South Pacific

1060-12 - Humpback female and her calf Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific, shot with a fisheye lens

1060-5 - Sperm whale group of juveniles, clicking, Azores Portugal

1031-48 - Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - The Pelamis Wave Power machine in Orkney - alongside in Lyness - the machine is the P2 . The Pelamis absorbs the energy of ocean waves and converts it into electricity. The machine floats semi-submerged on the surface of the water and is made up of a number of cylindrical sections joined together by hinged joints. As waves pass down the length of the machine these sections flex relative to one another. The motion at each hinged joint is resisted by hydraulic cylinders which pump fluid into high pressure accumulators allowing electrical generation to be smooth and continuous. Control of the resistance applied by the hydraulic cylinders allows generation to be maximised when waves are small, and the machine response to be minimised in storms. All generation systems are sealed and dry inside the machines and power is transmitted to shore using standard subsea cables and equipment.

1060-17 - Squid at night attracted to the light, Philippines

1060-8 - This new born calf with its mother graceful glide together as the mother protects her calf and the calf learns essential behaviour to survive the open ocean. taken in Vava'u Tonga South Pacific

1060-4 - Common Dolphins approaching clicking and whistling, Azores Portugal

1060-10 - Sperm whale juvenile shot with a fisheye n the Azores Portugal

1060-11 - Two adult Humpback whales courting, Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific

1060-13 - Jellyfish in Neiafu Harbour, Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific. shot with a fisheye lens

1022-79 - Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.

981-74 - Wreck of the ''Blue Plunder''- Bahamas

1022-89 - common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.

1022-86 - Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.

1022-91 - Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.

1022-78 - Horseshoe leatherjacket (meuschenia hippocrepis), wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

1022-87 - Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.

1022-93 - Tube anemones (pachycerianthus delwynae), wild, day, shore diving, sand, metropolitan, Perth city, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: attractive specie is white with purple tips on the tentacles

981-82 - Cameraman Michael Pitts on the wreck of the ''Blue Plunder'' Bahamas.

981-73 - Wreck of the ''Blue Plunder''- Bahamas

1022-90 - common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: blue water, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.

981-87 - Cameraman michael Pitts filming on the wreck of the 'Blue Plunder' - Bahamas

1022-94 - cray pot, wild, day, Western Australian rock lobster (panulirus cygnus), marine protected area, free-diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: checking pots for crayfish, catch and release if to small or females with eggs.

981-84 - Camera equipment on the wreck of the 'Blue Plunder'. Bahamas.

981-83 - Michael pitts with underwater time lapse system on the wreck of the 'Blue Plunder'. Bahamas.

981-72 - Wreck of the ''Blue Plunder''- Bahamas

1022-84 - footballer sweep (neatypus obliquus) diagonal yellow bands are edged in black and stand out against the silvery-blue body, wild, day, marine protected area, reef, in small schools diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name stripey, eating green algae as they sweep over the reef.

1022-82 - bengal sergeant (abudefduf bengalensis) wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: has rounded, white-edged tail lobes.

1022-88 - dead man's fingers (codium galeatum), wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: spongy texture, the fronds divide regularly into two, and their surface appears fuzzy up to a metre long. Common in rough water areas.

1022-92 - common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.

981-75 - Wreck of the ''Blue Plunder''- Bahamas

1022-77 - common seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) voracious hunters, camouflage looking like a piece of floating weed, unique to Australia, wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Indian Ocean, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: amongst kelp, female seadragon deposits up to 150 eggs into the spongy, soft tissue under the tail of the male seadragon. Once fertilised, eggs incubate about 8 weeks. On hatching, miniature seadragons are independent and will start eating almost immediately.

1022-76 - Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

1022-85 - Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

981-76 - Cameraman Michael Pitts on the wreck of the ''Blue Plunder'' Bahamas.

1022-81 - tallfin batfish (platax teira), juvenile, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: with 3 dark bars, very long dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, feed on plankton from water column.

981-88 - Neil Lucas with underwater time lapse system on the wreck of the 'Blue Plunder'. Bahamas.

981-78 - Neil Lucas with underwater time lapse system on the wreck of the 'Blue Plunder'. Bahamas.

1022-83 - western king wrasse (coris auricularis), male, dark pink colour with reddish-brown band running around boby and blue-green colouration over the head, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, reef edges, sand, seagrass, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: social structure where dominant male, usually the biggest in the area, will have a harem of females. When the male dies or is absent for any length of time the largest female will change sex and dominate the group.

1022-80 - Jourdan's turban (turbo jourdani) large gastropod shell, reddish-brown, Rottnest Island reef, wild, day, marine protected area, free-diving off, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: Marine plant common kelp, a dominant feature of the underwater landscape. Protected areas are covered in lush growth of diverse algae, also red algea are here.

981-77 - Neil Lucas with underwater time lapse system on the wreck of the 'Blue Plunder'. Bahamas.

978-440 - Giant Manta at Cleaning station being cleaned by butterfly fish. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-423 - Black Manta birostris with remora. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-425 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-422 - Black Manta birostris with remora. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-434 - Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-444 - Giant manta ray, Isla de la Plata Ecuador. Portrait shot of Manta birostris approaching camera. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-430 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-441 - Giant manta ray, Isla de la Plata Ecuador. Portrait shot of Manta birostris approaching camera. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-438 - Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-432 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-445 - Manta Birostris swimming at surface, Pacific Ocean, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-443 - Manta Birostris swimming at surface, Pacific Ocean, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-442 - Manta Birostris swimming at surface, Pacific Ocean, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-431 - Giant manta ray, Isla de la Plata Ecuador. Portrait shot of Manta birostris approaching camera. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-418 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-439 - Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) and Giant Manta Ray (manta birostris). Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-420 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-426 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-428 - Satellite Tag attached to Giant Manta Ray, Ecuador. The lines to the left indicate recent fishing damage. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-435 - Mobula species Isla de la Plata, Ecuador, Machalilla National Park. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-446 - Giant manta ray, Isla de la Plata Ecuador. Portrait shot of Manta birostris approaching camera. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-447 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-429 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-419 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-433 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-427 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-424 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-417 - Giant manta ray, Isla de la Plata Ecuador. Portrait shot of Manta birostris approaching camera. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-437 - Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-436 - Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) near to the surface. Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

978-421 - Research diver approaching manta birostris to record detail in research program, Project Elasmo. Pacific Ocean, Ecuador

1067-35 - Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) hiding in sand waiting for prey to pass by. Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

917-235 - Antarctic Fur Seal mother and pup, Arctocephalus gazella, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.

917-402 - Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) lunge-feeding on Krill. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: Baleen Plates are visible on the top jaw & Krill can be seen escaping from the animals mouths.

921-781 - 2008 Uzon Valley Vista, geothermal ground, Valley Of Uzon, Valley of Geysers, Petroavlovsk, Russia, Asia

921-743 - Abandoned Hotel near Wild Common Murres (Uria aalge) colony, Tyuleniy Island (Bering Sea), Russia, Asia

917-357 - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus) breaching, extremely rare unusual image. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: This Blue Whale was engaging in courting/fighting behaviour with another Blue Whale. Both animals were moving much faster than normal, chasing each other, & breaching repeatedly.

1067-36 - Freediver and WWII plane wreck. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This is the tail of a Japanese bomber shot down over Yap during the summer of 1944 by U.S. planes.

917-323 - Needle Fish Species (scientific name unknown) unusual, leaping to avoid a predator, note the trail on the surface of the water made by its tail. Maldives, Indian Ocean.

931-355 - Blue whale (balaenoptera musculus) The tail of a diving blue whale in a silky sea. Gulf of California.

931-410 - Risso's dolphins. (Grampus griseus)A Risso's dolphin surfaces in an oily sea. Azores.

921-1079 - Masked Butterflyfish (Chaetodon Semilarvatus) Under water , diving, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa.

1067-40 - Manta ray (Manta birostris) Juvenile animal swimming near the surface. Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This is the largest of all ray species.

931-383 - Humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) A breaching humpback whale. Gulf of California.