Celebes flathead (Thysanophrys celebica)

Celebes Flathead- Facts and Photographs

Seaunseen
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The Celebes flathead (Thysanophrys celebica) is also known as the Quarterspined Flathead , the Manado Flathead and the Sulawesi Flathead. They were were first described by Bleeker in 1855.  The are fairly c...
Longsnout flathead (Thysanophrys chiltonae)

Longsnout Flathead- Facts and Photographs

Seaunseen
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The Longsnout flathead (Thysanophrys chiltonae) was first described by Schultz in 1966 and they are probably the most common of the smaller flatheads in Tanzanian waters.  The specimens in the images were i...
Red Sea flathead (Thysanophrys springeri)

Red Sea Flathead- Facts and Photographs

Seaunseen
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The Red Sea Flathead (Thysanophrys springeri) was only described by Knapp in 2013. They were named after Victor G. Springer, who collected the holotype off Massawa, Eritrea. They are fairly common in the sh...
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Moto Shipwreck – Bongoyo Island

Alan Sutton
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Dar es Salaam has some has some fun snorkeling and free-diving day trips, one of the most popular is Bongoyo Island, to see the Moto Shipwreck. The island and wreck is easily accessed...
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Laura’s Garden – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Alan Sutton
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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ERIC BEAUME To the southeast of Mbudya Island (located north of Dar es Salaam) lies Octopus Reef, which is approximately 1,000 meters in length and 250 meters in width. Lauras Garde...
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A Shoal of Glassies

Eric Beaume
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A shoal of semi transparent glassies congregate around a coral outcrop, banding together for protection. Shoaling makes it difficult for predators to focus on a single fish, another one of natures tricks to...
Scuba Diving Tanzania

Fire Goby Poses for a Picture

Eric Beaume
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A fire goby or fire dartfish, (Nemateleotris magnifica) displays its vibrant colors and fully erect dorsal fin for the photographer. Adult fire gobies are generally found on sandy patches alongside coral re...
Scuba Diving Tanzania

Camouflaged Crocodilefish

Eric Beaume
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A crocodilefish (Papilloculiceps longiceps), also known as the tentacled flathead, lies across soft corals, waiting for prey to swim past. These fish are extremely well camouflaged...
Scuba Diving Tanzania

Giant Moray in Hiding

Eric Beaume
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A giant moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus, stares out from his cave in the coral reef off the coast of Dar es Salaam. These eels grow up to up to three meters, the head...

A Pair of Redband Lizardfish

Eric Beaume
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A pair of redband lizardfish (Synodus variegatis) rest on the coral, ready to seize any passing morsel that will fit into their mouth. EQUIPMENT USED Canon 7D Ikelite 7D Housing Twin Ikelite DS 161 ...
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Puffer Hiding Out in a Sponge

Eric Beaume
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A short spined Puffer Hiding, or blow fish as they are sometimes called, rests inside an unusually shaped sponge, hidden from predators. These fish often wedge themselves into crevices, and if threatened th...
Bomb at Bongoyo Patches

Bomb at Bongoyo Patches

Alan Sutton
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An unexploded home made bomb, photographed at the popular Dar es Salaam dive site, Bongoyo Patches, lays benign nestled among corals. Bombs such as these are made with a water bottle containing a mixture of...

Final Ocean Session

Alan Sutton
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Thomas Allan, from the UK, accommodates, freediver / spearfisherman, Keven Ellis to the surface during his final ocean session of his Level 1 Apnea Academy freediving course in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo t...

Kevin Breathes-Up

Alan Sutton
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Kevin Ellis, a spearfisherman from Cape Town, South Africa, breathes-up off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in preparation for a line dive to >25 meters, while dive buddies, Renee Blundon and Tom A...

Renee’s Last Dive in Tanzania

Alan Sutton
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Apnea Academy freediving instructor, Renee Blundon, heads to 30 meters (98 feet) while line diving off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, while diving buddies, Kevin Ellis and Thomas Allan look on. This ...
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Ocean Session in Dar es Salaam

Alan Sutton
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Freedive instructor, Renee Blundon, describes a bit about equalization physiology during a Level 1 Apnea Academy ocean session on a cloudy and choppy day in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Level 1 candidate, Thoma...
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Breathing-up For Static

Renee Blundon
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Apnea Academy First Level students in Dar es Salaam relax and breathe up in preparation for their first personal best static apnea. In the end, Tom Allan was the winner, with a breath-hold of 3'19" - impres...
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Level 1 Ready for First Pool Session

Renee Blundon
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First Level freediving students, Tom Allan from the UK, Patrick Kimaro and Rama Namkoveka, both from Tanzania pose for a photo with Apnea Academy instructor, Renee Blundon, before their first static apnea pool ...
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Level 1 Free-Immersion

Renee Blundon
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Tom Allan level 1 free immersion, pulls himself up the line (called Free-Immersion or FIM) from -10 meters (32 feet!) during the his first ocean session of the Apnea Academy First Level Course in Dar es Salaam....
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Coming up from 98 Feet!

Renee Blundon
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After an hour or so of technical training, spearfisherman, Van Reynders, ascends from a 30 meter (98 feet) constant weight dive - a new personal best - in Dar es Salaam. EQUIPMENT USED Ikelite 7D Housing ...
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Hills of Dynamited Corals

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Gigantic hills of lifeless, fragmented corals juxtapose patches of recovering reef off the remote coast of Sinda Island in Tanzania. Tanzania is home to an extensive network of coral reefs in which the biod...

Preparing for Personal Best DNF

Renee Blundon
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After a series of warm-up dynamic-no-fins preparing DNF, Lilian Lehmann relaxes in the sunshine poolside in preparation for her personal best DNF. This is in training for her Second Level Apnea Academy cour...
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Freedivers Headed Out

Renee Blundon
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A group of freediving and spearfishing friends from Dar es Salaam head for deep, sheltered waters near the Fundu Yansin sand bank to train freediving technique, and finish-up with some pole-spearing. By far...
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Free-Immersion Line Diving

Renee Blundon
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Free Immersion Line Diving Spearfisherman, Van Reynders, practices mental training and relaxation freediving techniques with free-immersion line diving. Diving buddy, Kevin Ellis spots him as he ascends fro...
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Monofin Training

Renee Blundon
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Lilian Lehman swims underwater with a Trainer 2 plate monofin while practicing proper monofin technique during her Level 2 Apnea Academy course in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo taken on breath hold with a...

No Fins to 20 Meters

Renee Blundon
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Lilian Lehmann ascends from a 20 meter (65') no fins freedive during her Second Level Apnea Academy freediving course in Dar es Salaam. For more information on Seaunseen courses visit Freediving Courses. P...
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White Spotted Puffer

Renee Blundon
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A white spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus). Photographed on a shallow coral reef off the coast of Mbudya Island in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This ornate pufferfish can reach up to 50 cm (19.6") in length....