My most common place for photography is underwater. I use a Canon G-16 in an Ikelite housing with either one or two Ikelite strobes. Most photos from the El Cabrón area.
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This male seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) likes to hide among the leaves of a bushy plant.
Bream and Trumpetfish in a cave
Dusky Grouper, (Epinephelus marginatus)
A Round stingray swims towards me over a rock
Two morays - the Tiger Moray (Enchelycore anatina) and the Dotted Moray (Gymnothorax unicolor) share a shady corner
This Hermit Crab (Pagurus anachoretus) drags his grey shell between a yellow soft coral and a red sponge.
A shoal of bream hang out under the Arinaga Arch
The 'Lady Escalarta' or White-striped Cleaner Shrimp are often found close to the Giant Club-tipped Anenome where they offer a cleaning service to a wide range of bigger fish. They will even clean your fingers if you put them close.
A shoal of Bastard Grunts (Pomadasys incisus), also known as 'Roncdors' in Spanish. The common names come from the fact that if they are fished out of the water they make a grunting or snoring noise (roncar in Spanish).
A medium sized Round Ray (Taeniura grabata) swims past but keeps his eye on us.
Dusky Grouper, (Epinephelus marginatus) with Bastard Grunts (Pomadasys incisus),
A group of Striped Mullett (Mullus surmuletus)
Common African Octopus (Octopus Vulgaris) puffs himself up to ward off photographers.
This Carribean Soldierfish
The Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) lives in semi-dark caves and caverns.
Dotted Moray (Muraena augusti)
Highlight of the month for me was my first ever sighting of an Oceanic Pufferfish, Lagocephalus lagocephalus (meaning "rabbit head"). These are reported to be poisonous to eat.
