These pictures have been made during a one week dive holiday on Tenerife in Playa Paraiso not far away from the tourist hotel bunkers in Playa Americana. We were diving with Baracuda Club Teneriffa. These are my first underwater photos in the sea.
Fig. 1: A swarm of fishes attracted by the food in the white bag. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 22 July 2002Fig. 2: Many striped fish in front of a crevice — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 22 July 2002Fig. 3: An orange sponge and black long-spined sea-urchin — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 22 July 2002Fig. 4: The rocky underwater landscape was formed by a volcano long time ago. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 22 July 2002Fig. 5: A dive guide feeding a stingray with fish waste from the local supermarket. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 6: The Atlantic stingrays at Playa Paraiso fear no divers and sometimes come so close that one can touch them. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 7: A lizard fish is lying on the sand. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 8: A currently red coloured sepia. It's amazing how rapidly (within a split second) they can change their colour and skin structure — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 9: An orange starfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 10: Two club-tipped anemones with different colours. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 11: A fire worm. As the name tells touching this beast is not recommended :-) — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 12: Emmm ... yes, this is just a rock. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 13: A red mullet lying on the sand. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 14: A portrait of another sepia with different colour and skin structure. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 15: A flat crab picking off the fine film of plant growth that covers the rocks. It's a shy creature that hides itself when one approaches. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 July 2002Fig. 16: A trumpet fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 24 July 2002Fig. 17: A seven-armed 'blue starfish' — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 24 July 2002Fig. 18: A little red Madeira rockfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 24 July 2002Fig. 19: A club-tipped anemone — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 24 July 2002Fig. 20: little Madeira rockfish. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 24 July 2002Fig. 21: A group of snakelocks anemones in the shallow water of the Fiesta bay at Playa Paraiso. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 24 July 2002Fig. 22: Golden sponges with dead shell and black sea-urchins. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 23: An atlantic stingray soaring over the ground — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 24: An atlantic stingray soaring over the ground — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 25: An atlantic stingray showing its mouth and white belly. This image is retouched. I removed the hands and octopus of a diver in the upper left corner. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 26: Two atlantic stingrays fighting for food. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 27: Two different coloured club-tipped anemones and some orange little fishes. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 28: Can you see it? It's a portrait of the widewing butterfly ray. With those patterns it is hardly to spot on a sandy ground. One can see an eye and a gill hole left of it. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 29: Snap! A tiger moray — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 30: A redlip blenny on a rock — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 31: An eagle stingray soaring over the ground. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 32: A black moray and a red-backed cleaner shrimp — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002 Nikon E990; Δt=1/120 s; f=23.4 mm; f/4.0; ISO 100; 26 July 2002 16:21:18Fig. 33: A flat crab — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002Fig. 34: A cute red hermit crab in a pretty case of a grooved helmet snail. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 July 2002