Archipels & Océans - Plongée à Hawaii (32) Images supplémentaires...
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.

For more information and images, please contact timaldred@naturepl.com

Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.
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Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.
Stefanie Brendl films Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) underwater, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean (MR 389)
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Doug Perrine / Stefanie Brendl films Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) underwater, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean (MR 389)
Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and snorkler, Kona Coast, Hawaii
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Doug Perrine / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and snorkler, Kona Coast, Hawaii
Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and photographer (James D. Watt), Keahou Bay, Hawaii
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Doug Perrine / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and photographer (James D. Watt), Keahou Bay, Hawaii
Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and snorkeler, Kona coast, Hawaii
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Doug Perrine / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and snorkeler, Kona coast, Hawaii
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas ) being cleaned by herbivorous cleaner fish species Yellow tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) and Gold-ring surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus) that graze algae off of turt...
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Doug Perrine / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas ) being cleaned by herbivorous cleaner fish species Yellow tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) and Gold-ring surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus) that graze algae off of turt...
Green sea turtle / honu {Chelonia mydas} being cleaned by Yellow tangs {Zebrasoma flavescens} and Goldring surgeonfish, Spotted bristletooth / kole {Ctenochaetus strigosus} Kona Coast, Hawaii Island,...
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Doug Perrine / Green sea turtle / honu {Chelonia mydas} being cleaned by Yellow tangs {Zebrasoma flavescens} and Goldring surgeonfish, Spotted bristletooth / kole {Ctenochaetus strigosus} Kona Coast, Hawaii Island,...
Scuba diver views shoal of Racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) Kaiwi Point, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific (MR 356)
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Doug Perrine / Scuba diver views shoal of Racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) Kaiwi Point, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific (MR 356)
Diver Bud Turpin observes erupting pillow lava at ocean entry of Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii Island, Hawaii,  Heat waves rising from the lava distort his image. Model released MR 381
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Doug Perrine / Diver Bud Turpin observes erupting pillow lava at ocean entry of Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii Island, Hawaii, Heat waves rising from the lava distort his image. Model released MR 381
Videographer Shane Turpin films pillow lava erupting underwater at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, MOdel released MR 382
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Doug Perrine / Videographer Shane Turpin films pillow lava erupting underwater at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, MOdel released MR 382
Diver Bud Turpin observes erupting pillow lava at ocean entry of Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Model released MR 381
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Doug Perrine / Diver Bud Turpin observes erupting pillow lava at ocean entry of Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Model released MR 381
Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) Critically endangered, juvenile female with flipper tag swims over coral reef at Mahukona, Kohala, Hawaiian Island.
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Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) Critically endangered, juvenile female with flipper tag swims over coral reef at Mahukona, Kohala, Hawaiian Island.
Hawaiian monk seal {Monachus schauinslandi} Pacific
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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
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 calf swimming below surface {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #633 ~(Non-ex).
Humpback whale mother and calf {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).
False killer whale and calf {Pseudorca crassidens}  Hawaii, Pacific Ocean ~(Non-ex).
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Doug Perrine / False killer whale and calf {Pseudorca crassidens} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean ~(Non-ex).
Green turtle swimming {Chelonia mydas} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - underside view ~(Non-ex).
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Doug Perrine / Green turtle swimming {Chelonia mydas} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - underside view ~(Non-ex).
Amberjacks {Seriola dumerili} attack school of Bigeye scad {Selar crumenophthalmus} ~(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).
Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii,  Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #882 ~(Non-ex).
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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #882 ~(Non-ex).
Humpback whale exhibiting peduncle throw {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).
Spinner dolphin leaping {Stenella longirostris} Kona,  Hawaii, Pacific Ocean ~(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)
Pantropical spotted dolphin leaping high above surface {Stenella attenuata} Kona, Hawai ~(Non-ex).
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Doug Perrine / Pantropical spotted dolphin leaping high above surface {Stenella attenuata} Kona, Hawai ~(Non-ex).
Pod of Hawaiian spinner dolphin / Gray's spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris)  Kona, Hawaii, Big Island, Central Pacific Ocean
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Doug Perrine / Pod of Hawaiian spinner dolphin / Gray's spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris) Kona, Hawaii, Big Island, Central Pacific Ocean
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean, note: parasitic leech on side of face
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Doug Perrine / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean, note: parasitic leech on side of face
Sandbar shark abstract {Carcharhinus plumbeus} Hawaii ~(Non-ex).
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Doug Perrine / Sandbar shark abstract {Carcharhinus plumbeus} Hawaii ~(Non-ex).
Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) with pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) Kona Coast, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean
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Doug Perrine / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) with pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) Kona Coast, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean
Volcanic lava flow enters the sea, Kilauea active volcano, Hawaii, USA. January 2000.
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Doug Perrine / Volcanic lava flow enters the sea, Kilauea active volcano, Hawaii, USA. January 2000.
Pahoehoe lava flows off Lae' apuki bench into sea, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, USA. Jan 2000
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Doug Perrine / Pahoehoe lava flows off Lae' apuki bench into sea, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, USA. Jan 2000
Pahoehoe lava flows into Lae' apuki bench, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, USA. Jan 2000
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Doug Perrine / Pahoehoe lava flows into Lae' apuki bench, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, USA. Jan 2000