Snorks!

Images of some recent snorkeling in the rocky reefs of Rakino. Many, many thanks to the Waiheke Local Board for funding the underwater camera so we can continue to document the flora and fauna of underwater Rakino.

Edge of a huge bait ball
A confusion of mackerel? and anchovy.
Close up inside bait ball.
Wall of white-striped sea anemone.
Beautiful sea anemones.
Close-up of a white-striped sea anemone.
Triple fin feasting on kina.
Nudibranch egg ribbon with some kind of warty sea slug photo-bombing.
Two handsome black dorids.
White-fronted terns feasting on a boil-up.
Egg sacs, (I think!) Update, an invasive sea squirt, regretfully. 🙁
Anemone and chiton on a lolly pink rock.
A young snap.
Parore and friends, coming at ya..
Simon’s sea cucumber friends.
A curious reef squid. One of 5, but alas my camera setting was set to close-up!
Close up of egg ribbon from a nudibranch.
EEEEEK! Polychaete worm.
Triple-fin close-up.
Aforementioned invasive sea squirts, anemones, and chitons.
A solitary black dorid.
A chiton selection. The large one is a violet chiton.
Mediterranean fan worm. A marine pest.
Glass shrimp and triple fin.
Hermit crab and white-striped anemone.
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Part-time Rakino-ite; mainly Auckland-based. I like writing stuff and making things.

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