Richard Herrmann / Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) and Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) beside floating kelp, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pod, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Visuals Unlimited / Salp chain (Cyclosalpa affinis), Nine-mile Bank, San Diego, California, USA

Visuals Unlimited / Ctenophore (Leucothea pulchra), Nine-mile Bank, San Diego, California, USA

Visuals Unlimited / Krill (Thysanoessa spinifera), Nine-mile Bank, San Diego, California, USA

Visuals Unlimited / Krill (Thysanoessa spinifera), Nine-mile Bank, San Diego, California, USA

Visuals Unlimited / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), Nine-Mile Bank, San Diego, California, Pacific Ocean, USA.

Visuals Unlimited / Northern Anchovy school (Engraulis mordax), Nine-mile Bank, San Diego, California, USA

Tim Laman / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) sunning on the bank at Nine Mile Pond, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) feeding on Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis) hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis) hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis) hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhynchus), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) pod porpoising, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) gulp feeding on krill, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) gulp feeding on krill, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) gulp feeding on krill, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) gulp feeding on krill, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California. Sequence 3 of 4

Richard Herrmann / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California. Sequence 2 of 4

Richard Herrmann / Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) and juvenile California Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) near kelp paddy, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) group gather under floating kelp paddy, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair jumping, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair surfacing, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) female, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) female with diver, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Salp (Cyclosalpa affinis), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Ctenophore (Beroe forskalii), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Ctenophore (Beroe forskalii), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Ctenophore (Beroe forskalii), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhynchus) swimming near surface, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Visuals Unlimited / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) Nine Mile Bank, Pacific Ocean, San Diego, California, USA.

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair and California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) group hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) pair hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) school hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) gulp feeding on krill, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis) hooked by sport fisherman, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Richard Herrmann / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school at surface trying to escape predators, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California