Surfing was my first real Passion. I've been at it since the age of 6. I get my kicks from knee high runners to the biggest swells that hit the coast

Surfing was my first real Passion. I've been at it since the age of 6. I get my kicks from knee high runners to the biggest swells that hit the coast

I've been working as an expedition guide with a speciality in geology since 2015. My job involves zodiac driving, leading and interpreting wildlife walks as well as delivering lectures and short presentations on the areas we visit.

I've been working as an expedition guide with a speciality in geology since 2015. My job involves zodiac driving, leading and interpreting wildlife walks as well as delivering lectures and short presentations on the areas we visit.

I learned to take photos to capture some of incredible destinations I was visiting and wildlife encounters I was experiencing

I learned to take photos to capture some of incredible destinations I was visiting and wildlife encounters I was experiencing

It didn't take me long to mix my passion for photography and the ocean together. I shoot on a canon 5D M IV with a Aquatica housing.

It didn't take me long to mix my passion for photography and the ocean together. I shoot on a canon 5D M IV with a Aquatica housing.

After only a year of taking images underwater, I was overwhelmed to be the overall winner of the Durban Undersea Club underwater shootout.

After only a year of taking images underwater, I was overwhelmed to be the overall winner of the Durban Undersea Club underwater shootout.

Hi Iā€™m James Lowe,

ā€¦ but my friends call me Jlo.

I am a big wave surfer, free diver, expedition guide, science communicator, writer and photographer.

You can check out my recent projects here

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Coral Bay Gallery šŸ‘‰šŸ½ I can only imagine how long these corals have been growing in the shallow protected waters of Coral bay. As evening sets the water gets darker and my strobe light allows more contrast and the colours of the coral pop a bit m
Mantas for sunset? #yesplease #underwater #mantas #mantaray #reefmantas #ningaloo #ningalooreef #exmouth #wa #westaus #seacreatures #sealife
Loving these huge porites bombies in the lagoon. They grow at an average of 3-4mm per year. When they get above the tidal mark they end up dying, algae grows on the top of the dead reef and reef grazers like parrot fish feed on this algae. A small b
Some of the deeper reefs have smaller corals because of big swells. As the water sucks off the reef stones and sand carve deep grooves and channels in the limestone reef. #underwater #coral #coralreef #underwaterphotography #freediving #freediver #
Incredible shallow water corals on the Ningaloo Reef. Although the diversity is relatively low, finding healthy shallow reefs these days is becoming more and more difficult in my experience. #ningaloo #ningalooreef #exmouth #underwater #underwate
Manta days are good days ! #marinescience #marineanimals #mantas #mantarays #underwater #underwaterphotography #uwwideanglephotography #uwphoto #ningalooreef #ningaloo
First day on the Ningaloo Reef and I was completely blown away by the action on the reef. We swam with about 6 mantas for a couple hours as they fed on the plankton and slaps in the water. #ningaloo #australiareefs #manta #mantaray #reefmanta #coral