Chris Gug
@gugunderwater.bsky.social
Pro underwater photographer and filmmaker. Ocean art gallery📍Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
Join me at @rcammart Art Gallery on Friday night in Lauderdale by the Sea, FL! I’ll be live-streaming at the event from Bali.
I can’t wait to see your smiling face through my screen at the event! RSVP to Rcamm Art Gallery at rcamm@rcammart.com or at my same gallery phone as always 954-579-8096.
I can’t wait to see your smiling face through my screen at the event! RSVP to Rcamm Art Gallery at rcamm@rcammart.com or at my same gallery phone as always 954-579-8096.
February 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Join me at @rcammart Art Gallery on Friday night in Lauderdale by the Sea, FL! I’ll be live-streaming at the event from Bali.
I can’t wait to see your smiling face through my screen at the event! RSVP to Rcamm Art Gallery at rcamm@rcammart.com or at my same gallery phone as always 954-579-8096.
I can’t wait to see your smiling face through my screen at the event! RSVP to Rcamm Art Gallery at rcamm@rcammart.com or at my same gallery phone as always 954-579-8096.
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 4 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 4 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 3 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 3 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 1 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 1 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 1 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM
A collection of “Tasteful Nudi’s” (part 1 of 4)
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug - most of the 3000+ species share a few key traits - they riotously colored, slow, small, and have only one defense - chemical.
All shot in my first month of Bali in Sept2025 - lots more where this came from!
While it’s not an overall win, being in the top 100 and awarded as a Finalist in the esteemed Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards is still quite awesome! There were over 12,000 entries this year from 63 countries.
This is a larval-stage lobster, wielding an arsenal of stinging siphonophores
This is a larval-stage lobster, wielding an arsenal of stinging siphonophores
February 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
While it’s not an overall win, being in the top 100 and awarded as a Finalist in the esteemed Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards is still quite awesome! There were over 12,000 entries this year from 63 countries.
This is a larval-stage lobster, wielding an arsenal of stinging siphonophores
This is a larval-stage lobster, wielding an arsenal of stinging siphonophores
Octopus vs. Damselfish! 🥊
Nothing better come between the damselfish and her nest!
Nothing better come between the damselfish and her nest!
February 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Octopus vs. Damselfish! 🥊
Nothing better come between the damselfish and her nest!
Nothing better come between the damselfish and her nest!
Sweet marine mollusk love-makin’
To put you in the mood for Valentines Day, here’s some footage of 3 different types of Pteropods doin’ the Horizontal No-Pants Romance Dance. Show it to your boo or crush, and I guarantee tonight will be magic!❤️
To put you in the mood for Valentines Day, here’s some footage of 3 different types of Pteropods doin’ the Horizontal No-Pants Romance Dance. Show it to your boo or crush, and I guarantee tonight will be magic!❤️
February 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Sweet marine mollusk love-makin’
To put you in the mood for Valentines Day, here’s some footage of 3 different types of Pteropods doin’ the Horizontal No-Pants Romance Dance. Show it to your boo or crush, and I guarantee tonight will be magic!❤️
To put you in the mood for Valentines Day, here’s some footage of 3 different types of Pteropods doin’ the Horizontal No-Pants Romance Dance. Show it to your boo or crush, and I guarantee tonight will be magic!❤️
I’m sure you’re paying more attention to the ART than the super cute dogs, right???🤣
Endless
From the SeaScapes print collection
72”x36”
Even while I’m living in Bali, we’re still here for you throughout the entire design process via phone or email, or in-gallery at Rcamm Art Gallery.
Endless
From the SeaScapes print collection
72”x36”
Even while I’m living in Bali, we’re still here for you throughout the entire design process via phone or email, or in-gallery at Rcamm Art Gallery.
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I’m sure you’re paying more attention to the ART than the super cute dogs, right???🤣
Endless
From the SeaScapes print collection
72”x36”
Even while I’m living in Bali, we’re still here for you throughout the entire design process via phone or email, or in-gallery at Rcamm Art Gallery.
Endless
From the SeaScapes print collection
72”x36”
Even while I’m living in Bali, we’re still here for you throughout the entire design process via phone or email, or in-gallery at Rcamm Art Gallery.
The Jellyfish Hunter!
So here we have a pelagic #nudibranch, #Phylliroe sp., who manages to capture #jellyfish & siphonophores.
Shot using scuba, over water that’s ~2000’ deep, while drifting with the plankton at night, offshore from Kume, Okinawa.
#pelagicnudibranch #blackwater #gug
So here we have a pelagic #nudibranch, #Phylliroe sp., who manages to capture #jellyfish & siphonophores.
Shot using scuba, over water that’s ~2000’ deep, while drifting with the plankton at night, offshore from Kume, Okinawa.
#pelagicnudibranch #blackwater #gug
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The Jellyfish Hunter!
So here we have a pelagic #nudibranch, #Phylliroe sp., who manages to capture #jellyfish & siphonophores.
Shot using scuba, over water that’s ~2000’ deep, while drifting with the plankton at night, offshore from Kume, Okinawa.
#pelagicnudibranch #blackwater #gug
So here we have a pelagic #nudibranch, #Phylliroe sp., who manages to capture #jellyfish & siphonophores.
Shot using scuba, over water that’s ~2000’ deep, while drifting with the plankton at night, offshore from Kume, Okinawa.
#pelagicnudibranch #blackwater #gug
#Lobsters go through an early life stage called #Phyllosoma where they’re planktonic, and they’re constantly on the lookout for a “life raft” - often something with stingy bits, like this muave stinger #jellyfish.
#lobster #blackwaterdiving #deepseacreatures #gug
#lobster #blackwaterdiving #deepseacreatures #gug
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
#Lobsters go through an early life stage called #Phyllosoma where they’re planktonic, and they’re constantly on the lookout for a “life raft” - often something with stingy bits, like this muave stinger #jellyfish.
#lobster #blackwaterdiving #deepseacreatures #gug
#lobster #blackwaterdiving #deepseacreatures #gug
The #BlueButton, (Porpita porpita). It’s not a #jellyfish, but rather a colony of cooperating #hydroids.
Shot using #scuba, while drifting in the open ocean at night.
And yes, the lick test says it’s only mildly spicy.
#bluebuttonjellyfish #porpitaporpita #blackwaterdiving
Shot using #scuba, while drifting in the open ocean at night.
And yes, the lick test says it’s only mildly spicy.
#bluebuttonjellyfish #porpitaporpita #blackwaterdiving
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The #BlueButton, (Porpita porpita). It’s not a #jellyfish, but rather a colony of cooperating #hydroids.
Shot using #scuba, while drifting in the open ocean at night.
And yes, the lick test says it’s only mildly spicy.
#bluebuttonjellyfish #porpitaporpita #blackwaterdiving
Shot using #scuba, while drifting in the open ocean at night.
And yes, the lick test says it’s only mildly spicy.
#bluebuttonjellyfish #porpitaporpita #blackwaterdiving
My image is up for a Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award! Vote on the 25 nominated images from the >61,000 submitted.
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...
A sargassum swimming crab on an unidentified species jelly in Indonesia that I shot in Nov2024
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...
A sargassum swimming crab on an unidentified species jelly in Indonesia that I shot in Nov2024
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
My image is up for a Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award! Vote on the 25 nominated images from the >61,000 submitted.
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...
A sargassum swimming crab on an unidentified species jelly in Indonesia that I shot in Nov2024
www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...
A sargassum swimming crab on an unidentified species jelly in Indonesia that I shot in Nov2024
Imagine wearing a #jellyfish as a helmet!?!
Well, that’s exactly what this juvenile jack is doing! Mostly immune to its sting, the jack has taken the jellyfish prisoner.
Shot using #scuba, out over the deep abyss, drifting at night.
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #scubadiving #gug
Well, that’s exactly what this juvenile jack is doing! Mostly immune to its sting, the jack has taken the jellyfish prisoner.
Shot using #scuba, out over the deep abyss, drifting at night.
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #scubadiving #gug
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Imagine wearing a #jellyfish as a helmet!?!
Well, that’s exactly what this juvenile jack is doing! Mostly immune to its sting, the jack has taken the jellyfish prisoner.
Shot using #scuba, out over the deep abyss, drifting at night.
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #scubadiving #gug
Well, that’s exactly what this juvenile jack is doing! Mostly immune to its sting, the jack has taken the jellyfish prisoner.
Shot using #scuba, out over the deep abyss, drifting at night.
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #scubadiving #gug
The most beautiful #snail ever to exist!
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The most beautiful #snail ever to exist!
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
I’ve never seen so many people so happy on a dive! If you’ve never participated in an ocean cleanup, I promise, it’s the best feeling in the world. Bali needs it! Organized by OceanProsperity.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I’ve never seen so many people so happy on a dive! If you’ve never participated in an ocean cleanup, I promise, it’s the best feeling in the world. Bali needs it! Organized by OceanProsperity.org
Hey little bebeh Ornate Ghost Pipefish - what are you doing out here in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night, drifting around with the plankton? Not something I’d expect to see out here!
#ornateghostpipefish #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #kumejima #okinawa
#ornateghostpipefish #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #kumejima #okinawa
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Hey little bebeh Ornate Ghost Pipefish - what are you doing out here in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night, drifting around with the plankton? Not something I’d expect to see out here!
#ornateghostpipefish #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #kumejima #okinawa
#ornateghostpipefish #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #kumejima #okinawa
When it comes to my Aliens Collection, the weirder the better - and few fish are weirder than the larval-stage #Lamprogrammus #cuskeel
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepwater #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepwater #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
When it comes to my Aliens Collection, the weirder the better - and few fish are weirder than the larval-stage #Lamprogrammus #cuskeel
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepwater #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepwater #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
A male #cardinalfish rotates his brood of eggs.
#mouthbrooder #mouthbrooding #bali #amed #amedbali #tulamben #tulambenbali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#mouthbrooder #mouthbrooding #bali #amed #amedbali #tulamben #tulambenbali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
January 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
A male #cardinalfish rotates his brood of eggs.
#mouthbrooder #mouthbrooding #bali #amed #amedbali #tulamben #tulambenbali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#mouthbrooder #mouthbrooding #bali #amed #amedbali #tulamben #tulambenbali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
Opened my email today to find that two of my images were awarded in the ExposureOne Black & White Nature Photography Awards in the Professionals category!
“Holy Waters” took Gold & my newest print release “Shall We Dance” took its first commendation, with a Nominated status.
“Holy Waters” took Gold & my newest print release “Shall We Dance” took its first commendation, with a Nominated status.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Opened my email today to find that two of my images were awarded in the ExposureOne Black & White Nature Photography Awards in the Professionals category!
“Holy Waters” took Gold & my newest print release “Shall We Dance” took its first commendation, with a Nominated status.
“Holy Waters” took Gold & my newest print release “Shall We Dance” took its first commendation, with a Nominated status.
Spent 30+ minutes with this giant #mimicoctopus - of the dozens (hundreds?) I’ve encountered, this might be the biggest, with a legspan of >2’!
#octopus #thaumoctopusmimicus OK fine, I’ll tag #wunderpus just in case… #tulamben #amedbali #tulambenbali #bali #🐙 #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug
#octopus #thaumoctopusmimicus OK fine, I’ll tag #wunderpus just in case… #tulamben #amedbali #tulambenbali #bali #🐙 #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Spent 30+ minutes with this giant #mimicoctopus - of the dozens (hundreds?) I’ve encountered, this might be the biggest, with a legspan of >2’!
#octopus #thaumoctopusmimicus OK fine, I’ll tag #wunderpus just in case… #tulamben #amedbali #tulambenbali #bali #🐙 #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug
#octopus #thaumoctopusmimicus OK fine, I’ll tag #wunderpus just in case… #tulamben #amedbali #tulambenbali #bali #🐙 #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug
Against All Odds
From the SeaScapes Collection of fine art prints
96 X 48”
The baby green sea turtle was only about an hour old in this photo!
How to get the art:
Standard sizes up to 96x48” on the website.
Custom with our designers from 16x24” up to 250” at RCamm Art Gallery, via 📞, or email
From the SeaScapes Collection of fine art prints
96 X 48”
The baby green sea turtle was only about an hour old in this photo!
How to get the art:
Standard sizes up to 96x48” on the website.
Custom with our designers from 16x24” up to 250” at RCamm Art Gallery, via 📞, or email
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Against All Odds
From the SeaScapes Collection of fine art prints
96 X 48”
The baby green sea turtle was only about an hour old in this photo!
How to get the art:
Standard sizes up to 96x48” on the website.
Custom with our designers from 16x24” up to 250” at RCamm Art Gallery, via 📞, or email
From the SeaScapes Collection of fine art prints
96 X 48”
The baby green sea turtle was only about an hour old in this photo!
How to get the art:
Standard sizes up to 96x48” on the website.
Custom with our designers from 16x24” up to 250” at RCamm Art Gallery, via 📞, or email
A giant #Pteropod #seabutterfly, Corolla spectabilis, cruising through the nighttime open ocean.
Shot in the wild, using scuba, while drifting out over the deep abyss, at night, off Okinawa.
#corollaspectabilis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #kumejima #okinawa #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
Shot in the wild, using scuba, while drifting out over the deep abyss, at night, off Okinawa.
#corollaspectabilis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #kumejima #okinawa #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
January 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
A giant #Pteropod #seabutterfly, Corolla spectabilis, cruising through the nighttime open ocean.
Shot in the wild, using scuba, while drifting out over the deep abyss, at night, off Okinawa.
#corollaspectabilis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #kumejima #okinawa #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
Shot in the wild, using scuba, while drifting out over the deep abyss, at night, off Okinawa.
#corollaspectabilis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #kumejima #okinawa #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
My first hairy #shrimp!!! Suuuuuper stoked to see this rare holy grail species!
The #hairyshrimp (Phycocaris simulans) aka the #AlgaeShrimp, is a nearly impossible to see tiny tiny tiny little varmint.
#phycocarissimulans #🦐 #calimari #muckdiving #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali
The #hairyshrimp (Phycocaris simulans) aka the #AlgaeShrimp, is a nearly impossible to see tiny tiny tiny little varmint.
#phycocarissimulans #🦐 #calimari #muckdiving #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali
January 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
My first hairy #shrimp!!! Suuuuuper stoked to see this rare holy grail species!
The #hairyshrimp (Phycocaris simulans) aka the #AlgaeShrimp, is a nearly impossible to see tiny tiny tiny little varmint.
#phycocarissimulans #🦐 #calimari #muckdiving #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali
The #hairyshrimp (Phycocaris simulans) aka the #AlgaeShrimp, is a nearly impossible to see tiny tiny tiny little varmint.
#phycocarissimulans #🦐 #calimari #muckdiving #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali
Ever seen 🧨💥from underwater? That’s how we knew it was officially 2026!
It’s not a competition to be first, but if it was, we’d win😜!
At the end, see my FIRST PHOTOS OF 2026 - shot from 12:01am-12:53am, Bali Indonesia time (13 hours ahead of NY/Miami).
It’s not a competition to be first, but if it was, we’d win😜!
At the end, see my FIRST PHOTOS OF 2026 - shot from 12:01am-12:53am, Bali Indonesia time (13 hours ahead of NY/Miami).
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ever seen 🧨💥from underwater? That’s how we knew it was officially 2026!
It’s not a competition to be first, but if it was, we’d win😜!
At the end, see my FIRST PHOTOS OF 2026 - shot from 12:01am-12:53am, Bali Indonesia time (13 hours ahead of NY/Miami).
It’s not a competition to be first, but if it was, we’d win😜!
At the end, see my FIRST PHOTOS OF 2026 - shot from 12:01am-12:53am, Bali Indonesia time (13 hours ahead of NY/Miami).