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@Shouganai My zoologist wife and I have been shooting underwater since the days of the SLR Nikonos V so we’d be happy to talk about stuff! (I had one picture of a lone clownfish in his anemone off Komodo – there be dragons! – selected for inclusion in a Natl Geo book to be titled “The Last Best Places” but the book got shelved. Still got paid, though!)
Anyhow, two bits of advice: bring a strobe, if you can. Light diffuses quickly in water, and gets worse with depth, so bring your own light. Second, practice with your cam, now, with an eye to learning what the shutter delay is. My first digital dive camera had a delay of almost a full second. So, pracice to get the feel of how much you’ll have to anticipate your shots so you get that good portrait of your subject, instead of a picture of its butt as it swims away.