Mother & Calf Gallery A morning dive off Heron

A morning dive off Heron Island and an encounter with a very relaxed green turtle

The whale shark stayed deep and I dropped down to 35m hoping to get close enough to capture an image

Green turtles are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and listed as Endangered with populations decreasing

I was the first to quietly slip into the water on arrival

Mother & Calf Gallery A morning dive off HeronMother Humpback whale and calf resting in the warm tropical waters of Tonga before making their epic journey back down to Antarctica, past the east coast of Australia with the morning sun glistening on the surface.