418 Dive Log Australasia JUNE 2026.pdf

A female Calappa protects her eggs. The Box Crab uses its shell and wide claws to create an impenetratable shield as it digs below the sand for refuge.

to see a huge variety of marine life that simply cannot be seen in the day. It reveals many of the deep mysteries of marine biology that occur in the sea. Night-time is when the innermost

secrets of life in the sea are revealed. Feeding, reproduction and much more. It is a great time to capture subjects that are impossible to photograph during the day. I always find it

Surgeon fish adopting its night time colour pattern in Fathers Reef, New Britain PNG.

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Dive Log Australasia #418 JUNE ’26

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