Witness one of Nature’s great events. Every winter, tens of thousands of spider crabs march into the shallows to moult their shells.  This, alone, is a sight like no other on earth!  Predators like octopus, giant smooth stingrays and Port Jackson sharks also come in to feast on the crabs.  To help you capture this unique event, no matter what level of photography or videography experience you have, Scott Portelli will be on hand daily to mentor you.  There will be daily workshops, and time each evening to review and edit your images with Scott, to make sure you take away some great images.   This is a small group trip, for certified SCUBA divers with temperate water experience.

Scott Portelli is an international award winning wildlife, nature and underwater photographer and is regarded as a leading professional in his field. Scott has spent thousands of hours in remote locations across the globe filming and photographing nature, wildlife, the underwater environment and wild places.

Some of his recent accolades include:

• GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2024 – 1st place winner in the Mammals Category

• HIPA 2023 – 1st place winner in “Diversity” Portfolio Category

• Highly commended at the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the year in London in both 2016 & 2022,

• Winner in the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2021, and has previously been awarded winner in the animal behaviour category in 2017 and 2019

• 1st  Place Winner as part of a team representing Australia at the World Photographic Cup 2021.

• Winner at the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2021  in the Other Animals category.

• Winner in the Human & Oceans category at the Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year awards 2021

• Winner at Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 & 2018 and runner up in the landscape category in 2020.

• National winner of the Sony World Photography awards 2016

Scott has spent over a decade working in the polar regions with a focus on Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic areas producing a unique portfolio of fine art photography that showcases the intricate environment and its intriguing inhabitants. Working in extreme conditions, Scott’s photography provides a rarely seen glimpse above and below the surface in some of the harshest places on the planet.