Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rising to the surface in order to breathe off Niihau, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) at Niihau, Hawaii.
A curious Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinsland) swims by and approaches off Niihau, Hawaii.
A curious Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinsland) swims by and approaches off Niihau, Hawaii. This endangered species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Photographed while scuba diving Niihau, Hawaii with Seasport Divers using a Nikon D3X camera in a Seacam underwater housing equipped with a 60mm lens.
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) snuggles between a rock and a hard place off Niihau, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) underwater portrait.
Hawaiian Monk Seal teritoriality
I observed this teritorial behavior between Hawaiian Monk Seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi) while drifting in the current towards the buoy in the background while scuba diving off Niihau, Hawaii.
The endanged Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) photgraphed underwater off Niihau, Hawaii.
A Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) swims over a boulder strew bottom off Niihau, Hawaii.
A Hawaiian Monk Sea (Neomonachus schauinslandi) swims by below me off Niihau, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Monk Seal at pinnacle
A Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) poses in front of a submerged pinnacle off Niihau, Hawaii.
A Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinsland) swims past submeregd volcanic rock formations off Niihau, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) off Niihau, Hawaii in black and white.
Green Turtle
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) positioned near the the colorful wall of a lava tube encrusted with various life forms.
A Whale's tail
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) slips below the surface at Maui not far from onlookers.
Scars on the back of a Pilot Whale
Scars on the back of a Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the Kona Coast, the Big Island of Hawaii
