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Poor Knights Marine reserve { 104 images } Created 22 Mar 2017

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  • Millions of Krill attracted to lights at night. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Banded coral shrimp outside of Riko Riko Cave, near the Gardens. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Mosaic moray eel at Middle arch dive site. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • A small school of trevally under the dive boat at the Gardens. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • A small school of trevally under the dive boat with returning scuba divers at the Gardens. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • A small school of trevally under the dive boat at the Gardens. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Under Pacific Hideway dive charter vessel at the Gardens,  Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Urupa point on Aorangi Island. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Flying fish at night in summer at the Gardens. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Snorkeller in El Torito cave, with shafting sun rays, in the late afternoon. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Grey moray eels in a sponge garden on on serpent rock at 40 metres. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Grey moray eels in a sponge garden on on serpent rock at 40 metres. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Looking through one of the holes in Blue Maomao arch towards an anchored yacht. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Grey moray eels in a sponge garden on on serpent rock at 40 metres. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • At about 45m, with a grey moray eel (Gymnothorax nubilus), set in a sponge & gorgonian garden and thousands of krill with two spot demoiselles in background.  Poor Knights Islands. Used a Nikon D800 in Nauticam housing, with two ikelite sub200 strobes. 16 to 35mm lens set at 16mm, f16 @1/13th sec, ISO320
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  • Pink Maomao schooling off the dropoff at serpent rock. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Snapper at the Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • An anchored yacht in Labrid Channel, with Archway island on the right with Blue Maomao arch going through archway island, and behind the yacht is Aororangi island with the tunnel going right through the island. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Groups of aggressive snapper can all be seen when looking down below you. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Yellow tail or Kingfish underwater at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve. New Zealand
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  • Snorkelling amongst thousands of blue maomao. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Snorkelling amongst thousands of blue maomao. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Looking over a sponge encrusted rtook up towards middle arches entrance, with thousands of schooling fish in the entrance. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • A Porae hovers in the current which school fish surge back and forth in the water current. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Looking south with Middle arch on the left side of the image. Poor Knights islands,
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  • Big eye cave fish hover under a  brozoan encrusted rock with orange vase sponges in the foreground on the bottom of Middle Arch. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • A horny sponge and brozoans on a rock at the bottom of Middle Arch, with blue hue coming in from the middle arch entrance. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Mado fish swimming with blue maomao fish in Middle Arch. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • The pinnacles on a calm day, Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Male red pigfish with blue maomao behind the pigfish in Blue Maomao arch. Poor Knights Marine reserve. New Zealand
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  • Broad squid at night
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  • Cup coral in a dark shaded recess in the back of Jans Tunnel. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • View looking south through Southern Arch. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Pink maomao in Red Baron caves at the Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Outside Tye Dye Arch at 5 metres. Poor Knights Islands marine reserve. New Zealand.
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  • View looking west at the Nothern arch a popular dive site for expierenced divers. The slot plunges vertically to 40m. Poor Knights Island Marine reserve. New Zealand
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  • Clouds of Pink Maomao in Northern Arch, Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Male green wrasse with leather jackets in background at Middle Arch. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Long-finned boarfish in 45 metres off Jans Tunnel, Poor Knights islands. New Zealand.
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  • Red warratah anemones near water surface. Jans Tunnel. Poor Knights Marine Reserve. New Zealand
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  • Pink Maomao in Barren arch at the Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Pink Maomao in Barren arch at the Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Outside Tye Dye Arch at 15 metres. Poor Knights Islands marine reserve. New Zealand.
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  • The pinnacles at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve. New Zealand.
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  • Female red pigfish in front of a curtain of light in Blue Maomao arch, a very quite day, normally it is filled with fish. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • EMR snorkeller and a female red pigfish with a light curtain falling from a hole in the archway in Blue Maomao arch, Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Experiencing marine reserves snorkeller in Blue maomao arch. the arch was empty this day, often it is full of blue maomao fish. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • xperiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) trip at the Poor Knights, with a snorkeller in Labrid channel in the shade where thousands of blue maomao were resting.
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  • xperiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) trip at the Poor Knights, with a snorkeller in Labrid channel in the shade where thousands of blue maomao were resting.
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  • Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) trip at the Poor Knights, with a snorkeller in Labrid channel in the shade where thousands of blue maomao were resting. Tech details; Shot on a Nikon D800 in a Nauticam housing with std 8" dome using a 16mm fisheye lens set at 1/160th sec @ f8, ISO800 and underwater strobe was 1 x DS160 Ikelite strobe.
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  • Snorkeller in the back of Jans Tunnel at the Poor Knights islands. New Zealand
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  • Male (top fish) & Female Sandager wrasse. (Coris sandageri) Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Large congregation of trevally fish (Pseudocaranx dentex) push up krill to the water surface to feed on. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. New Zealand
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Large congregation of trevally fish Pseudocaranx dentex push up krill to the water surface to feed on. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. New Zealand
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Large congregation of trevally fish (Pseudocaranx dentex) push up krill to the water surface to feed on. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. New Zealand
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Underwater view of trevally fish feeding on swarms of tiny krill near the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Underwater view of Trevally feeding on the water surface. Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand.
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  • Trevally fish: Pseudocaranx georgianus, water surface view of trevally with head out of water scooping up frill on the surface. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • EMR annual Poor Knights trip.
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  • Snorkelling around Trevs Rock on a perfect calm sunny day with Perfect Day boat in the background. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Snorkelling around Trevs Rock on a perfect calm sunny day with Ocean Blue adventures   boat "Mazurka" in the background. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Snorkelling around Trevs Rock on a perfect calm sunny day with Ocean Blue adventures   boat "Mazurka" in the background. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Snorkelling off Ngaio rock at the Poor Knights islands.
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  • Snorkelling off Ngaio rock at the Poor Knights islands.
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  • Boy snorkelling around the cliff edges which are rich in anemones clinging to the walls. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Looking through snells window to blue sky through a hole in Jans Tunnel, with bright red warratah anemones in the foregound. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Warratah anemenes hanging off the cavern walls and demoiselles, at Jan's Tunnel. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Warratah anemones hanging off the cavern walls with blue maomao. Jan's Tunnel.  Poor Knights Islands
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  • Baby flying fish (about 4 - 5cm) with a mass of krill in background. Poor Knights Islands. Nkon D800 with a 16 to 35mm lens set at 35mm.
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  • Close up of krill (Nyctiphanes australis) at night that was attracted to lights at the Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Small unknown juvenile fish attracted to lights at night. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Flying fish: Cypselurus Lineatus, underwater at night. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Flying fish: Cypselurus Lineatus, underwater at night. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Blue maomao under a large boulder in Blue Maomao arch.  Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Grey Moray hiding in the reef of sponges and gorgonian fans, with 1000's of krill hovering over the reef and demoiselle fish in the background. Poor Knights Marine reserve.
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  • Two Grey Morays together among sponges and gorgonians at 45 metres deep. Poor Knights Island marine reserve.
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  • Diadema sea urchin in the Gardens. Poor Knights Islands.
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  • Large common Octopus outside Air-bubble cave at the Poor Knights Islands with my dive buddy Bart. New Zealand
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  • Midget Octopus (octopus huttoni) at night in Middle Arch. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • The walls in Jans Tunnel are coverd in red waratah anemones and cup corals, great place for a snorkel or scuba dive. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • At the back of Jans Tunnel, Poor Knights Island. New Zealand
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  • Snorkelling with feeding trevally off Archway island, below the trevally are dozens of snapper. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • In among the feeding trevally were blue maomao feeding as well. When we went back to the boat we had a look in Blue Maomao arch and there were almost no blue maomao in the arch. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Blue maomao, (scorpis violaceus) Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand.
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  • Matthew having a fab time snorkelling in Blue Maomao Arch. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Male red pigfish with blue maomao in Blue Maomao Arch. Such a beautiful fish with such a crass name. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Blue maomao arch has many moods, including dancing curtains of light, which are much better in winter as the curtains of light extend right across the arch in winter, instead of being near vertical in summer.
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  • Male & female pigfish with the blue maomao, in blue maomao arch. Poor Knights Islands. New Zealand
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  • Snorkelling in one of my favourite places.  Blue maomao arch in the late afternoon at the Poor Knights islands.
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  • Blue maomao arch is at its best when its filled with blue maomao which are resting, after feeding on plankton outside the arch.
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  • Two spot demoiselles in huge schools. (Chromis dispilus), Poor Knights islands. New Zealand
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  • Two spot demoiselle, (Chromis dispilus), Poor Knights islands. New Zealand
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