Sleeping Reef Sharks in Jupiter ?????

[Dr. Doug Ebersole]

I was out diving diving with professional photographer and editor of Underwater Journal (www.underwaterjournal.com) Walt Stearns Friday. While I've seen lots of nurse sharks resting under ledges, I don't remember seeing reef sharks doing the same. Kind of reminds me of Jacques Cousteau's "Sleping Sharks of the Yucatan".

Here's Walt crawling under the ledge to get a similar shot:

And some other shots from the day:

Here's one of Walt's "little guest" -- a remora that clung to him throughout our safety stop.

Lastly, when you are a professional like Walt, I guess you can really relax on your safety stop --

 

[Skeeter1097]

cool .

 

[marcienko]

Great shots wow !!!!

Regards

Marcin

 

[JTemple]

Looks like a fun dive. I really like #3.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Nice shots! I also remember seeing sleeping reef sharks in small caves there about 12 years ago.

 

[Larry C]

Beautiful shots, Doug.

 

[vladimir]

Nice composition on shots 3 and 4. I had to take a second look to see the line attached to that camera, which relieved me somehow.

 

[erparamedic]

Absolutely gorgeous shots! As usual...

 

[fairybasslet]

Oh my. Looks like a really fun dive. What kind of tank set up is that that he has?

 

[Stogie8]

AWESOME Pics.