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Hawaii has long been a favourite dive destination, due to its year-round warm waters and unique lava formations created by geothermal activity.

Within its underwater reefs, tunnels and archways lives a plethora of endemic species found nowhere else in the ocean, as well as a diver's wishlist of species including sharks, whales, dolphins and turtles.

The Hawaiian archipelago encompasses hundreds of isolated islands, offering some of the world's most exciting diving and surfing opportunities.

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Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal {Monachus schauinslandi} Pacific

Fisher's seahorse (Hippocampus fisheri) Captive, Kona Hawaii, occur in open ocean off Hawaii in deep water and rise to the water's surface at night, digitally manipulated

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Doug Perrine / Fisher's seahorse (Hippocampus fisheri) Captive, Kona Hawaii, occur in open ocean off Hawaii in deep water and rise to the water's surface at night, digitally manipulated

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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale calf swimming below surface {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #633 ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale mother and calf {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #633 ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / False killer whale and calf {Pseudorca crassidens} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Green turtle swimming {Chelonia mydas} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - underside view ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Amberjacks {Seriola dumerili} attack school of Bigeye scad {Selar crumenophthalmus} ~(Non-ex).

Humpback whale calf breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #587. Breaching beahviour is thought to dislodge external skin parasites. ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale calf breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #587. Breaching beahviour is thought to dislodge external skin parasites. ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #882 ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale exhibiting peduncle throw {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #882 ~(Non-ex).

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Doug Perrine / Spinner dolphin leaping {Stenella longirostris} Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean ~(Non-ex).

Hawaiian / Pantropical / Long snouted / Gray's spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris longirostris) Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii (Central Pacific Ocean)

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Doug Perrine / Hawaiian / Pantropical / Long snouted / Gray's spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris longirostris) Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii (Central Pacific Ocean)