What are some of the most beautiful sights you saw while diving?

[Chris Hunger]

here another piece from my most beautiful sightings... hope u like it --->

 

[John C. Ratliff]

I see beauty in small things, and look at life in fresh water systems (usually rivers). Here are a couple from the Clackamas River, near Portland, Oregon. This includes small fish, invertegrates such as the crawdad (crayfish), insect nymphs on a tree branch (look in the upper left of that photo, at the almost transparent insect nymph), and freshwater sponge.

SeaRat

 

[Dizzi Lizzi]

On my 3rd open water dive in catalina at casino point I was watching a school of small fish moving just in front of me, then suddenly they scattered and the next thing i saw was a cormorant swimming right by me! Exciting and hectic.

Then last dive (# 30 im still new) I watched a turtle swim towards me then up up and away, just simply flying through the sea. It makes me relax just recalling it.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

I forgot to add one more...the surface!

 

[huxley_knew]

The one I remember the most? A night dive last summer at Black Rock in Kaanapali. I recall looking up to the surface with my light while at ~25 feet, and seeing the liquid glass that was the underside of the water's surface. I'd never done a night dive with that kind of visibility before, and it just blew me away, watching our bubbles move in these wiggly little columns toward a shimmering liquid ceiling. I still wish I'd had a decent camera capable of reproducing what I saw that night.

 

[caymaniac]

The one I remember the most? A night dive last summer at Black Rock in Kaanapali. I recall looking up to the surface with my light while at ~25 feet, and seeing the liquid glass that was the underside of the water's surface. I'd never done a night dive with that kind of visibility before, and it just blew me away, watching our bubbles move in these wiggly little columns toward a shimmering liquid ceiling. I still wish I'd had a decent camera capable of reproducing what I saw that night.

Nice report Hux, I just made a dive at Black Rock a couple of weeks ago. The surge was in so it wasn't that calm but there were several turtles, a couple of eels and two white tip sharks (in a lava tube). Diving at Molokini was better.

 

[huxley_knew]

Nice report Hux, I just made a dive at Black Rock a couple of weeks ago. The surge was in so it wasn't that calm but there were several turtles, a couple of eels and two white tip sharks (in a lava tube). Diving at Molokini was better.

Ah, you're lucky. We snorkeled Molokini's inner bowl but didn't want to pay for a boat dive to do the outer wall.

Black Rock was a great little dive, and we saw tons of life, turtles included. Even caught a couple hunting morays as well.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

We in Oregon, USA have a gem for diving, but only if you are willing to endure very cold water. This is Clear Lake, the headwaters of the McKenzie River (there are several "Clear Lakes" in Oregon). This one is spring-fed from volcanic formations, and has visibilities that are simply unrivaled, maybe approximated, but not greater in the spring areas. The water temperature is about 38-42 degrees F (3-5.5 degrees C), so you need every bit of a wet suit, or a dry suit, to dive Clear Lake in comfort. But once there, it is really spectacular. These photos date way back to the earlier days of diving (1970s).

SeaRat

 

[gypsyjim]

The most beautiful.....wow, where do you start?
A month or so ago, Hammerheads, Bulls and a Tiger in close on Bimini. That ranked up there
So too did 2 years ago, with several Mantas playing around us in the Maldives.

Big, and small, and even very small, there is just too much to see to ever have one "most beautiful".

 

[Neilwood]

Nothing too special but on my first OW check out dive watching lobster poking their heads out to see what was going on and crabs nipping at my fingertips.

Having looked at a few of the posts above, I realise I have a lot left to see.