Tony Karacsonyi @ YACHT VACATIONS & CHARTERS MAGAZINE

Tony Karacsonyi

Tony Karacsonyi is a professional marine photographer who has been recognised globally for his exciting images. Marine photography has taken Tony to some of the worlds great places such as Papua New Guineas: Siassi, Trobriand and DEntrecasteaux Islands,Tonga, Great Barrier Reef, Sabah, Ningaloo Reefs and Australias Coral Sea. In 1998, he was awarded with the prestigious Australian Geographic Photographer of the Year, for photography on giant cuttlefish and won several international awards, including a runner up position in the Wildlife Photographer of The Year award in London, during 1996, 1997, 1998.

Whale Watching In Australia

By Tony Karacsonyi

There's romance in the old whaling days, and one cannot help but to be fascinated by the stories of this bygone era ~ The men who paddled out in small boats armed with hand held harpoons to do battle with the great whales. Many drowned and even the more modern wha...

Apr. 27, 2007 09:15 AM Reads: 7,571 Replies: 1

The Galapagos 'Islands of Fire'

By Tony Karacsonyi

Born of Fire, the Galapagos Islands are tips of submarine volcanoes, a place where evolution can be observed In-Situ. Hundreds of miles from mainland Ecuador, animals and plants set adrift have somehow found and colonised the desert islands. Floating rafts of v...

Apr. 22, 2007 07:45 PM Reads: 7,458

Threshers Before Breakfast

By Tony Karacsonyi

The long whip-like tail, large eye, silver sheen on its side, and the ease with which it glides through the water little well prepare you for your first thresher shark sighting.

Feb. 5, 2006 01:00 PM Reads: 7,170

Oceanic Cave Crave Yacht Charter

By Tony Karacsonyi

Swimming into a small entrance tunnel at a depth of 26 meters, you ener one of the biggest oceanic limestone caves in the South Pacific Ocean. Fifty meters long, it's also 20 meters wide and 20 meters high. The cave is teeming with flashlight fishes, reef sharks a...

Dec. 7, 2005 09:00 AM Reads: 7,663 Replies: 7

Godzilla Diving in Borneo's Sipadan Island, An Ideal Yacht Charter

By Tony Karacsonyi

When Jacques Yves Cousteau first visited Sipadan Island off Borneo, in the seventies, aboard the legendary Calypso, he was so impressed with its marine life, that he and his team of divers stayed on for six months to record its spectacular marine creatures.

Dec. 7, 2005 08:30 AM Reads: 9,820 Replies: 5

Hammerheads & Silvertips Yacht Charter in New Ireland

By Tony Karacsonyi

It was just another day's diving in paradise for Dietmar Amon of Lissenung Island, except today he had a diver named Gadi, who wanted to see big sharks. 'I'll take you to see the silvertips at Silvertip Reef' said Dietmar.

Dec. 6, 2005 09:00 PM Reads: 4,949 Replies: 3

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