Red Sea
Green turtle on Sea Grass
Marsa Abu Dabbab is a sheltered bay North of Marsa Alam well known for its green turtles and the elusive dugong. I took a group of students from my school snorkelling there on our last day during a school trip. The dugong was nowhere to be seen, but we swam with a sailfish and 6 green turtles. I went free diving to about 10 metres to take this picture. Green turtles eat sea grass, hence their presence in the bay.
Nikon D700, Nikon 28-105 mm macro at 28mm, F9, 1/250th, ISO 400, Ikelite Housing and Ikelite DS160 strobe set on TTL.
Date: 25/05/2015
Location: Marsa Abu Dabbab, about 10 metres down, snorkelling, Marsa Alam, Egypt.
Photographer: Arnaud Germain
