Underwater photo gallery

Photography of the tropical underwater marine world

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We hope you’ll enjoy this underwater photo gallery, a focus on Nigel’s marine wildlife work that doesn’t get a lot of attention. These images are shot while diving on coral reefs mainly in the Philippines and the Maldives.

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Green Turtle, the Cathedral dive site, Balicasag Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

Entalula West dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Entalula West dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Blacktip reef shark

Black Forest dive site, south side of Balicasag Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

A shoal of Rainbow Runner fish, Bohol Beach Club dive site, southeast side of Panglao Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

Quo Vadis Resort house reef, Panagsama, Moalboal, Cebu, the Philippines.

Ctenocella species sea fan on a coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of the Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Echinogorgia sea fan, more than two metres across, on a coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of the Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of the Maldives, Indian Ocean.

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A shoal of Blue-striped Snappers (Lutjanus kasmira) swims across a healthy tropical coral reef, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, the Maldives.

A shoal of Yellowback Fusiliers (Caesio teres) swim around Acropora species hard corals, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, the Maldives.

Pangalusian West dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Hawksbill Turtle, Entalula West dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Arco Point dive site, southeast side of Panglao Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

Miniloc South dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Miniloc South dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Miniloc South dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Pangalusian West dive site, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

Pescador East, Moalboal, Cebu, the Philippines.

Southwest Entalula, El Nido, Palawan, the Philippines.

The Cathedral dive site, Balicasag Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

Clownfish in sea anemones, Black Forest dive site, south side of Balicasag Island, Bohol, the Philippines.

A gorgonian sea fan, the Philippines. Underwater photo gallery.

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