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A rare sighting of a thresher shark milling around underneath a baitball. This was taken while freediving.
By David Valencia
posted Monday, July 30, 2012
42 votes

It's the beginning of shark week and Guadalupe season. This is a good beginning.
By David Valencia
posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012
33 votes

A Yellowfin Tuna was running from some false killer whales. The tuna was hiding under our arms and legs as the false killer whales swam circles around us.
By David Valencia
posted Thursday, March 21, 2013
32 votes

An escort male pursues a momma and calf humpback whale. It only took a day before momma decided he didn't fit the bill. We found the momma and calf the next morning without the boyfriend.
By David Valencia
posted Thursday, March 21, 2013
31 votes

These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to another. We kept having to jump into the boat, find them, and jump in again. They would attack the bait for awhile, but would move on. One of my friends jumped in with scuba for a different look.
By David Valencia
posted Tuesday, June 26, 2012
30 votes

Whale shark swimming circles around roca partida, mex.
By David Valencia
posted Sunday, July 15, 2012
30 votes

Whale Shark up close and personal in the Galapagos.
By David Valencia
posted Tuesday, November 8, 2011
29 votes

Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during surface interval. All had a great time swimming with the little guy.
By David Valencia
posted Monday, June 25, 2012
29 votes

A floating board creates some open water refuge for these juvenile jacks. The Silky Sharks, Yellowfin Tuna, and Dolphins attacked this baitball.
By David Valencia
posted Wednesday, June 5, 2013
29 votes

Eagle Ray swimming with hammerheads. The current was moving, but the eagle stood still in the current while the hammerheads filled the water column.
By David Valencia
posted Monday, December 19, 2011
28 votes
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A rare sighting of a thresher shark milling around undern... by David Valencia
A rare sighting of a thresher shark milling around underneath a baitball. This was taken while freediving.
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 30, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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a self-portrait in the pool. by David Valencia
a self-portrait in the pool.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Mexico
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Playing in the pool.... by David Valencia
Playing in the pool....
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 22, 2012
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Mexico
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This Giant Pacific Manta stops at a cleaning station to g... by David Valencia
This Giant Pacific Manta stops at a cleaning station to get cleaned by the bright orange Clarion Angelfish. You can see the parasites on the skin of the manta as well as the remora.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A curious sharpnose puffer takes an interest in the sarga... by David Valencia
A curious sharpnose puffer takes an interest in the sargassum nudibranch. I was impressed that he could see the little guy.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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Whale shark swimming circles around our boat one magical ... by David Valencia
Whale shark swimming circles around our boat one magical day.
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2012
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Baitball action with silky sharks and yellowfin tuna. by David Valencia
Baitball action with silky sharks and yellowfin tuna.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Whale shark swimming circles around roca partida, mex. by David Valencia
Whale shark swimming circles around roca partida, mex.
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This friendly black manta played behind the boat for hour... by David Valencia
This friendly black manta played behind the boat for hours. It allowed everyone to jump in and have a play. He stayed on the surface the entire time.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This school of silky sharks stuck around roca partida for... by David Valencia
This school of silky sharks stuck around roca partida for at least three weeks. They came from the blue again and again. The school seemed to be largest in the mornings.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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These are false killer whales that frequent isla san bene... by David Valencia
These are false killer whales that frequent isla san benedicto. They can be very friendly and curious of divers. This day we ran into a huge aggregation of more than 200 individuals. Most were too busy to pay us any attention, but these two did.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This striped marlin and dolphin tag-teamed the bait until... by David Valencia
This striped marlin and dolphin tag-teamed the bait until it was no more. They didn't attack it like you would expect. They moved slow and deliberate, as if the bait knew they didn't have a chance.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This diver and I watched numerous sailfish and even strip... by David Valencia
This diver and I watched numerous sailfish and even striped marlin feed on this tiny baitball. In our experience, there is more action on the smaller baitballs.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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We were "blue water hunting", looking for things in blue ... by David Valencia
We were "blue water hunting", looking for things in blue water. It only took these silky sharks a few minutes to show up. More and more accumulated and in the end we had close to 200 hundred silkies. It was impossible to fit them all in the frame.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to an... by David Valencia
These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to another. We kept having to jump into the boat, find them, and jump in again. They would attack the bait for awhile, but would move on. One of my friends jumped in with scuba for a different look.
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30 Votes
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Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during... by David Valencia
Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during surface interval. All had a great time swimming with the little guy.
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The interaction between animal & human combined with a nice composition made this one a winning shot.....and both "models" are looking just great :-) Well done, David !
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Manta at a cleaning station surrounded by clarion angelfi... by David Valencia
Manta at a cleaning station surrounded by clarion angelfish. I love the contrast of the dark manta and the bright orange angelfish.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This bottlenose dolphin was creating quite a havoc on the... by David Valencia
This bottlenose dolphin was creating quite a havoc on the reef this morning. It was chasing jacks and mantas alike.I got this pic of the dolphin hitching a ride on the mantas tail. The dolphin must have thought it very funny.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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This is a gray whale in Lopez Mateos. If you haven't seen... by David Valencia
This is a gray whale in Lopez Mateos. If you haven't seen the gray whales in Baja Mexico, you have to go. it's an experience not to be missed.
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Gray whale in Lopez Mateos. by David Valencia
Gray whale in Lopez Mateos.
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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We jumped in to snorkel with these mantas while they fed ... by David Valencia
We jumped in to snorkel with these mantas while they fed on the surface. They flipped over and over and allowed us to approach very close.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Eagle Ray swimming with hammerheads. The current was movi... by David Valencia
Eagle Ray swimming with hammerheads. The current was moving, but the eagle stood still in the current while the hammerheads filled the water column.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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These two sailfin blennies were having a disagreement. Th... by David Valencia
These two sailfin blennies were having a disagreement. They took turns pinning eachother on the ground. Shot with a Nikon 300S with a 105mm.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Green sea turtle shot up close with fish eye 10-17mm tokina. by David Valencia
Green sea turtle shot up close with fish eye 10-17mm tokina.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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This is a wreck off highbourne cay, bahamas we call the a... by David Valencia
This is a wreck off highbourne cay, bahamas we call the austin smith. There are always a few sharks arouns which mkes for nice photo ops.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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Jumped in the water at the dock. You'd be surprised what ... by David Valencia
Jumped in the water at the dock. You'd be surprised what you find. Like this upside-down jelly(Cassiopea sp.) on a sunny day. Too bad the water was so green. Shot up close with a 10-17mm Tokina lens and Nikon 300S with Ikelite housing.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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I caught this sea horse falling from sargassum floating o... by David Valencia
I caught this sea horse falling from sargassum floating on the surface. He was moving from there to a soft coral on the bottom in about 15ft of water.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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