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Not something you see everyday: Little octopus, trying to eat a puffer fish.

A sunday full of adventures; tigers, sunken sub, dolphins, starfish, gifiti, beach time, local lunch and turtle refugee stop

Part of the allure behind the wild and untamed nature of our oceans, is the potential interaction with some of its most essential and and yet dangerous animals. It keeps our minds alive, and interestingly, just the thought of them can behaviourally impact our human impact on the oceans. But as we move into an age where we try to assimilate rather than dominate, it???s essential that we know how to keep ourselves and our ocean going buddies safe. While I would always hope that our divers out there learn about shark behaviour, and can mitigate interactions before anything like this happens, it???s critically important we know first aid in the incredibly rare case it is needed. This new approach to shark bite has been proposed by an ocean going doctor (Dr Nicholas Taylor) and deviates from the traditional tourniquet method. Please take a moment to have a read through it. It may save a life. If you love getting in the ocean as much as I do, it???s important to know how best to keep safe out there! Happy to hear input from anyone else who is knowledgeable in this particular manoeuvre

"Part of the allure behind the wild and untamed nature of our oceans, is the potential interaction with some of its most essential and and yet dangerous animals. It keeps our minds alive, and interestingly, just the thought of them can behaviourally impact our human impact on the oceans. But as we move into an age where we try to assimilate rather than dominate, it???s essential that we know how to keep ourselves and our ocean going buddies safe. While I would always hope that our divers out there learn about shark behaviour, and can mitigate interactions before anything like this happens, it???s critically important we know first aid in the incredibly rare case it is needed. This new approach to shark bite has been proposed by an ocean going doctor (Dr Nicholas Taylor) and deviates from the traditional tourniquet method. Please take a moment to have a read through it. It may save a life. If you love getting in the ocean as much as I do, it???s important to know how best to keep safe out there! Happy to hear input from anyone else who is knowledgeable in this particular manoeuvre"

What I loved about the hunter gatherer lifestyle was how healthy and alive I felt while I was apart of it. I usually only ate once a day, except for a few bits of fruit in the morning. I lost a lot of weight living like this; but what I lost in belt sizes I gained in knowledge about myself and what my body was capable of. The difference between hunger and satisfaction were equally important times of the day. I don???t believe that it only effected my state of mind. There???s something about hunger that refines your senses. You???re at a stage of being alert that doesn???t exist when you???re content and full. I felt that my eyesight, my intuition, my hearing were all able to be acutely focused on catching my prey, and avoiding being bitten or outcompeted by sharks at the same time. I remember a state of calm and purpose, where my body was both perfectly relaxed, yet spring loaded with responsiveness. This is a picture of me at the end of a couple of months of living entirely off the sea and out of the forest. I was hunting fish at around 30m deep with no fins on, spending 6-8 hours a day in the ocean. I spent many days hungry, when the weather was bad, and I learned a lot about myself and my relationship to the environment. If you ever get the chance to spend time living off the grid, I???d thoroughly recommend finding out what eating less and seeing more can teach you.

We often misinterpret things we see, because we don???t have all the information available, and sometimes we let emotions or information from the media bend our perception of what is actually happening. I often hear stories of sharks ???chasing people out of the water?? or large rays trying to attack people; now I???m not saying those things have never happened, but often it???s the person???s interpretation which might not be as informed as it could be. Repeating those things, makes it likely others will think the same thing when presented with similar situations. Again, not always true. This bull ray is changing directions; it makes it look like it???s being aggressive. For many years spearfishers have strung their catch to floats as they swim around this bay, and the rays often approach people looking for fish. They changed their behaviour and will come to the surface to feed. Sometimes the divers do feed them. When someone unfamiliar with what???s going on here has a large ray swim up to them at the surface, they often get scared and think it was ???trying to attack them,?? at no point did the ray get to say ???can I just explain...?? Let???s give them another chance; be open to re-understanding what behaviour means, and let???s have another look at all those tall stories we???ve heard before.

Part of the allure behind the wild and untamed nature of our oceans, is the potential interaction with some of its most essential and and yet dangerous animals. It keeps our minds alive, and interestingly, just the thought of them can behaviourally impact our populations impact on the oceans. But as we move into an age where we try to assimilate rather than dominate, it???s essential that we know how to keep ourselves and our ocean going buddies safe. While I would always hope that our divers out there learn about shark behaviour, and can mitigate interactions before anything like this happens, it???s critically important we know first aid in the incredibly rare case it is needed. This new approach to shark bite has been proposed by an ocean going doctor (Dr Nicholas Taylor) and deviates from the traditional tourniquet method. Please take a moment to have a read through it. It may save a life. If you love getting in the ocean as much as I do, it???s important to know how best to keep safe out there! #sharks #firstaid #spearfishing #surfing #madeofocean #theunderwateracademy

There???s been a huge movement toward freediving and spearfishing in recent years, and for vastly different reasons. For me, it???s been the ambition of personal development, pushing my mind and body to the limits; but also about connection. I feel very at home in the ocean. I know the reefs like they were my back yard, I know how they change over the year, which animals stay, which animals are new, I get to feel like both a hunter and a protector. I live off the ocean, but I would also go to the ends of the earth to protect it because it now has my livelihood attached to it.

First time seeing one of these beautiful old turtles absolutely stoked

This was so cool watching these Marine Iguana???s cruise past at a snorkelling spot we visited regularly on our stay at Isabela Island,

It???s Winter and that time of the year we once again see Grey Nurse sharks at Julian Rocks but we also see huge schools of jewfish and several@other species like these red morning. It???s still 23 degrees in the bay some come on down (or up) for a dive.

Waaaay back when my Instagram handle was @theunderwaterhunter I made this image of Amber Burke @amberofthesea at the Australian national freediving championships. It made it onto photo of the week in a few underwater forums, and within the next few weeks, I saw replicas and star blends pop up across the internet. Some people were making some incredible images, and for a while, this was all I was interested in. There was a new drive to create things that were unique and other worldly. Photography took on new meaning, and there was a sudden realisation that this underwater landscape could be transformed into almost anything.

If you???re in Australia???s southern lattitudes at the moment, and you???re fortunate enough to be able to get to the water, the Giant Australian Cuttlefish are still spawning. The big alpha males can be found flashing colours at each other like underwater techno kaleidoscopes, and the females will be laying their leathery little eggs in the best crevices they can find. Whack on a face mask and snorkel and do some laps of your local coastline. Get those legs moving, and at the same time, see if you can see any of these guys.

Kicker Rock was turtley fantastic!

Crystal clear water this weekend.

One of the most beautiful things to do is take the 5 minute boat ride from The Pass and snorkel at Julian Rocks Marine Reserve. We saw turtles in the first few minutes and the most incredible marine life. The long wetsuits will keep you warm and you will create some memories which will last a lifetime.?

Cute little baby lionfish hanging out in some coral from this afternoon's dive at Julian Rocks

Mermaid for a day. In an ocean full of fish, be a mermaid. Rent one of there colorful mermaid tails and book a unique professional mermaid photoshoot.

Want to learn how to catch kingfish in Sydney? This is what the calm before the storm looks like. After spending around a quarter of a century spearfishing, for subsistence, as a sponsored diver, marine scientist, guide and freediving/ spearfishing instructor I can say that sometimes it???s difficult to articulate exactly what you???re looking for when you???re hunting for a particular fish. When you know, you know... it???s what many people call your fish sense. Why are you wasting your time in one place, but successful in another? What are the cues that tell you, you???re in the right spot? How do you know what will be around, and what gear to bring? How do you approach the area to maximise your chances of landing the fish you???re after. I???ve attempted to put together a lot of answers to these questions in @theunderwateracademy???s spearfishing manual. A comprehensive guide to breath-hold diving, spearfishing, safety, sustainability and coastal marine ecosystems. Join us on a course! #theunderwateracademy #freediving #spearfishing #marinescience #madeofocean

We've had many fantastic sea turtle encounters on our @sundivebyronbay Galapagos adventure! Off of San Cristobal Island, we visited Kicker Rock, a great snorkel and dive location. On the way, we came across mating green sea turtles. When it comes to mating, male sea turtles can be very unfussy about what they attempt to mate with; this sometimes includes scuba divers and any other turtles they can grab hold of. When I got close to what I thought were two mating turtles, I saw them fighting and then realised they were both males. The bottom turtle fought his way loose, and then they swam off to find a more obliging female.

Night Dive with the crew

Diving instructors to be

As well as selflessly and unknowingly fighting off pods of orca to protect manta rays, yesterday also involved huge fevers of mobula rays! That was pretty epic too!

When the sky is on fire

Amazing leopard sharks at Julian Rocks

Todays diving was nothing short of exceptional ??

Freediving courses nearly fully booked till the end of April. April has some of the best water around; typically clear blue and warm.

Just had a fantastic 5 days out in the coral sea, where conditions were hard to believe. I taught a freediving course and got some new recruits happily and comfortably down to -25m.

Tortuga. Green sea turtle???s were everywhere on our snorkel adventure to Kicker Rock, Gal??pagos Islands.

Navigation Dive on Anemone Garden today - my adventure dive for Padi Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Nice ride back to oak ridge from westbay, after having a good day on the water. Fishing, snorkeling and Island hopping bookings are open.

I am in the amazing Galapagos Islands with an adventurous group from @Sundivebyronbay. A lovely marbled ray (Taeniurops meyeni) swimming through the mangroves on Isabela Island. This ray had his tail and barb removed which means it has lost the ability to defend itself. Unfortunately, this species of ray grows large and is often caught as bycatch. Fishers quickly remove the tail and barb to protect themselves while releasing the ray. Sadly, this is a common sight around the world, and I have seen it in many different locations, even in Australia. Interestingly this species, although found in Galapagos is not found in South America.

Another fantastic day, another fantastic class! Really proud of the steps taken in getting deeper into this watery world of ours, and super proud of all our instructors who helped make it possible!

Grey nurse sharks have always been very approachable, part of the reason why they nearly wiped out by spearfishermen in the 70???s

Fantastic people doing incredibly valuable work. Great to be out on the water

A green turtle munches on some delicious Caulerpa on Isabela Island, Galapagos. Colourful rainbow wrasse swim around the mouth as the green turtle pulls the Caulerpa from the substrate, hoping to snatch a quick invertebratey type meal

Posted @withregram ??? @byronseapixdavebryant Diving with a leopard shark in the shallows at Julian Rocks - shot with a GoPro4 and UR pro filter.

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, I completed my instructor trainers certification for AIDA International. I???m now looking at organising a program to train new instructors to come work with me at @theunderwateracademy tag someone you know who would love the life of a freediving instructor, or put your hand up yourself

Posted @withregram ??? @byronseapixdavebryant Nothing like diving in a huge school of trevally and then a couple of monster kingies wanna be part of the shot!

I am in the amazing Galapagos Islands with an adventurous group from @Sundivebyronbay. Our first part of the trip is exploring the islands and snorkelling in the shallows to meet the friendly locals!

Nothing like interacting with apex predators in the ocean. These yellowtail kingfish are very cool and calm but lightning fast if provoked or feeding. Filmed with a GoPro 4 and UR pro filter.

Nothing like diving in a huge school of trevally and then a couple of monster kingies wanna be part of the shot!

Diving with a leopard shark in the shallows at Julian Rocks - shot with a GoPro4 and UR pro filter.

I could never get tired of looking at these beauties

Best day ever - omg

A lemon shark doing its best ???Bruce?? impersonation from finding Nemo.

Awesome dive on the Tassie III wreck in Byron. Big swell was pounding the beach but we n as never a safe entry before a 150m swim, and a beautiful 30 minutes on the bottom. Such a great artificial reef in Byron!

Back at Beqa Lagoon with the awesome tigers

Great team of people to experience our shark adventure with. Days 1 and 2 completed with unforgettable moments under the water?????? Beqa Adventure Divers and Uprising Resort done and a new adventure at Beqa Island Resort to come?

Stegostoma fasciatum ~ this species of shark is commonly called a leopard shark in Australia, and commonly called a zebra shark in the United States

This shark obvioudly has a very good dental plan

One of the sharks I was very excited to encounter on our @sundivebyronbay Bahamas shark trip was the Blacknose Shark Carcharhinus acronotus. I had never seen this shark before and I love adding new species to my species list. We encountered these sharks hanging out in a beautiful blue hole which would have been an exciting dive site without the sharks. These small but stocky sharks didn't come too close on this occasion, but I got a few decent passes. Thanks to @shark_explorers and @brocqmaxey for making it happen.

We took a whale watching/snorkeling tour with @scottwilsonimagery off the Gold Coast hoping to swim with some humpbacks. While we saw a ton while onboard, they would all disappear once we slipped into the water. We gave it about 7-8 tries. I think they were toying with us. Still a great day on the water with @dbnichols4321 and @k3ndalln . Anytime in the water with Punkin makes for a great trip. If you???re on the Gold Coast during whale migration, reach out to @scottwilsonimagery you will not be disappointed.

Nguthungulli , still the one of the most amazing dive sites !

Incredibly lucky to be back in Norway! Such a dramatic environment of deep dark fjords,rugged mountains, cascading waterfalls, and forests in a thousand shades of green.

Julian Rocks on a gorgeous day and the phantom 3 pro worked perfectly!

Such beautiful creatures....

Julian Rocks Dive Sites

I still have so many photos from last year, but one of my favourite encounters was with this beautiful female oceanic whitetip shark off Cat Island in the Bahamas whilst on our @sundivebyronbay shark expedition! She hung around with us all day; it was an exceptional experience.

The white edges of the giant kelp in this picture are dead. White wisps of former forest, stressed beyond their thresh-hold. This is a plantation of Giant kelp; a ???hope spot??? where the most temperature resistant genetics were re-established by scientists, hoping to regenerate some of the 95% of giant kelp forests lost from climate change. I learned to freedive so that I could experience our underwater world, I spearfishing for my food as a way of staying connected to my natural existence. If we want to continue to live from the oceans, if we want to hand over the experiences we had, to our children, we need to make some changes to what???s happening. There have been 6 years of consecutive warming in our oceans, and this is the result. Not only the Great Barrier Reef, but our great southern oceans are feeling the pinch. Spread the word. Bring someone diving, so they know what it is we stand to lose.

Whale watch today

The white edges of the giant kelp in this picture are dead. White wisps of former forest, stressed beyond their thresh-hold.? ? This is a plantation of Giant kelp; a ???hope spot??? where the most temperature resistant genetics were re-established by scientists, hoping to regenerate some of the 95% of giant kelp forests lost from climate change.? ? I learned to freedive so that I could experience our underwater world, I spearfishing for my food as a way of staying connected to my natural existence. If we want to continue to live from the oceans, if we want to hand over the experiences we had, to our children, we need to make some changes to what???s happening.? ? There have been 6 years of consecutive warming in our oceans, and this is the result. Not only the Great Barrier Reef, but our great southern oceans are feeling the pinch.? ? Spread the word. Bring someone diving, so they know what it is we stand to lose.?

A frame grab from my last project with @biossance. (Who can see the two sharks in this pic?) We explored our beautiful oceans, and how critical shark populations are, for ocean health. We also touched on how we can make a difference to ocean health by being careful about what we buy. @biossance for instance has innovated a vegetable based alternative to shark liver oil (squalene), and they are helping to replace this product in the cosmetics industry. It???s worth checking what you???re rubbing on your face and supporting those who are trying to make a difference.

Had the most magical day exploring the deep with @unreliableearthling, swimming with pufferfish, lionfish, leopard sharks and turtles!!

Check these two fur seals, mother and pup having a good old snooze. Los Tuneles, Isabela Island, Galapagos. #galapagos#isabelagalapagos#furseal#sundivebyronbay#sundivetravel#sonya7rv

How to dive deeper and stay longer safely? Train for it. Set targets, work on technique, most importantly have a buddy that is always watching your back. It???s somber news hearing all our operations are frozen for another month at least. This has been a difficult time to feel like the years of work setting up @theunderwateracademy was worth it; but with the dedication of our instructors, I???m confident we will be roaring to go, the second we???re allowed to have students back on our float lines.

Beautiful evening passing through the channel dividing old and new port royal.

This came from a time in my life when I literally lived off the ocean. Not catching fish meant going hungry. Competing with sharks for every meal was part of the daily routine. I remember being proud of this fish, because of how difficult it was to take. I was happily diving 30-40m deep back then, waiting for the one specific fish I wanted. This last year and a half ha been tough on a lot of people; with my businesses currently shut down, I???m wishing I was back there, floating around in the tropical waters with nothing better to do than exist.

Kicker Rock off San Cristobal is a fantastic dive site! There were so many green turtles around the rock, which seemed to be aggregating to find a mate. This gave some nice photo opportunities!

We had a whale of a time yesterday. Thanks

A curious green turtle at Kicker Rock

Byron Bay you are absolutely devine! Another crackin day out on the water

Beautiful moments with beautiful people and amazingly gorgeous creatures

Seriously UNREAL! Had a magical morning with these playful bottlenose dolphins. More experiences like this please life!

Post Dive Bliss !!! 1st 30m Deep Dive completed well - Happiness in the extreme

I am in the amazing Galapagos Islands with an adventurous group from @Sundivebyronbay. This shot was taken on Pinzon Island Galapagos; it's so nice to see healthy populations of sharks close to the shoreline. These whitetip reef sharks were all sat in the mangroves. Unfortunately, I wasn't expecting such an awesome encounter and, the guide told me that we had to stay horizontal, or the sharks would see this as a sign of aggression. Knowing how aggressive whitetip reef sharks can be towards people, I heeded his advice, but composing the shot was difficult from flat on the surface and lots of heads were subsequently chopped. You get the picture anyways..

Fantastic life at Mantaray Bay with a surprising healthy reef.

For anyone else trying to find the light in all of this, I know that if you keep pushing, keep focusing on what will get you to the surface, eventually you will feel the breeze on your face, and fresh air in your lungs again.

For anyone else trying to find the light in all of this, I know that if you keep pushing, keep focusing on what will get you to the surface, eventually you will feel the breeze on your face, and fresh air in your lungs again.

Thanks Nathalie! ?? this pic and love this Sundive Byron bay

Cool night dives off the Ribbon Reefs with a favourite being Gotham City for the Red Bass and Trevally.

#outoftheblueadventures Thanks Angus & Emily for a fantastic morning. It was knowledgeable and full of some awesome visions of these amazing creatures. Highly recommend you and your company for anyone visiting Byron Bay

If you???ve messaged or emailed in the last week about freediving courses (or just to say hi) sorry I haven???t got back to you. We???ve been working away on a project out to sea... looking forward to sharing it with you later in the year ?I???ll get back to all the emails over the weekend! Looking forward to taking you all out there!

It???s nice to be getting back to teaching my freediving and spearfishing courses again! Congrats on your first lessons @tiff263 ??? The water is starting to cool down; but still warm enough to be out there enjoying it! There???s some big fish going past the north coast of NSW at the moment too if you???re game to brave the swell

Ready to dive into the weekend like these two idiots

It???s nice to be getting back to teaching my freediving and spearfishing courses again! The water is starting to cool down; but still warm enough to be out there enjoying it! There???s some big fish going past the north coast of NSW at the moment too if you???re game to brave the swell.

Dolphinpuppy

The water clarity in the Bay is soooo clear... time to get out for a dive on the Tassie wreck. It will be going off!

Did you know that almost all of the world's seven species of sea turtles are omnivorous???meaning they eat pretty much anything, including jellyfish!

Incubus Chaos Underwater with the wonderful

Dancing witches , ??? Incubus Chaos?? Underwater creatures

Bloop bloop bloop! A Lion???s Mane Jellyfish cruising through the waters of Julian Rocks yesterday offshore from Byron Bay. I don???t come across many of these interesting creatures, it was refreshing to see one again. It was amazing to be back at JR again, I???m looking forward to getting back weekly adventures here as we enter Leopard Shark season

Australian Mottled Moray Eel // Hidden in a tiny crevice in the coral, this moray eel gave us a quite the surprise when we looked closely. Growing up to 1.5m in length theses guys can be distinguished by their multiple light spots on their dark body

What???s the weirdest thing you???ve found underwater?? Yesterday I was exploring somewhere new and found this rather ominous hulk, laying on the bottom collecting silt. Did someone forget where they parked?

I loved photographing the lemon sharks at Tiger Beach; such a cool animal! | Taken on @sundivebyronbay Bahamas Shark Expedition |

Good wildlife photographers stay focused and build up knowledge and skill over the years to anticipate animal behaviour in an attempt to be in the right place at the right time. I obviously missed that memo. Here I'm taking a portrait of a still lemon shark while a tiger impressively launches for the bait in the background, and I had no idea until checking the photos back on land.

Photo by??? @britinbrisbane Borders to head down to Byron from Queensland opening back up from October 1st . Who's excited? ???

The best view in the sea

Swimming pigs!!!! Couldn???t t miss the Bahamas classic on our @sundivebyronbay trip. Baby pigs on the beach and cheerful big pigs with floppy ears swimming towards you .. puts a big big smile on your face thanks to @shark_explorers for getting us there early before all the crazy day boats ..

Meet 'Emma', probably the most famous shark of Tiger Beach and one of the favourites on our @sundivebyronbay Bahamas shark expedition. Emma is distinguishable by the damage to her lower caudal fin and her calm behaviour around divers. Apparently, Emma turned up this season looking very thin but has bulked up and was looking good when we spent a few days with her.