Pillar and plate coral with purple anthias

Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) over polyps of large anemone.

Mushroom coral (fungia sp.) with polyps extended

Cabbage coral

A small purple dotted crab wedged between coral appendages.

Red-speckled blenny (Cirripectes variolosus)

Reticulated butterflyfish (Chaetodon reticulatus)

Massive coral (Porites sp.)

What goes up --- photo #1 of sequence. A school of barracuda.

Must come down --- photo #2 of sequence. A school of barracuda.

Bluefin trevally

Coral reef scene

Reef whitetip shark.

Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)

Remora - shark sucker.

Coral reef scene

Reef scene with purple anthias

Coral reef scene

Coral reef scene

Cabbage coral

Whitespot hawkfish (Parracirrhites hemistictus)

Coral reef scene

Coral reef scene

A school of rainbow runners

Coral reef scene

Cabbage coral

Coral reef scene

Cabbage coral with purple anthias

A crab in the shallows of Swains Island

Arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)

Green and pink reef scene

An amazing reef scene with a galaxy of reef fish above

An orange fin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus)

Spotted boxfish (Ostacion meleagris)

Waves breaking on the reef above give the illusion of clouds in the distance.

A pelagic jellyfish seen on one of the many decompression stops made by the deep divers.

Technical divers exploring the deep wall community.

Our videographer in action, catching the rebreather divers going through safety drills.

Dropping into the Twilight Zone, the community structure changes noticeably and many sponges increase dramatically in size.

Large barrel sponges and soft corals

A view of the amazingly colorful sponge diversity on the wall.

Biodiversity of colorful sponges on the shallow reefs on Little Cayman Island is among the highest in the Caribbean.

This bizarre sponge was a surprising find on the shallow reefs of Little Cayman Island.

This strange liver sponge appears to be dripping into the depths.

The shallow reef is dominated by soft and hard corals whereas sponges dominate the deep reef community.

Hawksbill turtles were very interested in what divers were doing in their domain .

This banded butterflyfish is one of the more important predators on shallow coral reefs.

This Nassau grouper, nicknamed Jerry, came to visit on many of our dives.

Hawksbill turtle

Hawksbill turtle