Lots of rec divers (like myself) dive to see the weird and wonderful creatures below the surface, and most of those I have spoken to have some sort of bucket list of fish/sealife they want to see.
I have relatively few dives (59, I think?), but have been pretty fortunate with my dives so far, and seem to have ticked off most of my list. That has left me out of ideas about where I should be traveling to dive. Hence, this thread!
List of stuff I want/wanted to see (many of which weren't even on my list until after I saw them):
Hopefully I have many more to add to my list when others chime in!
I have relatively few dives (59, I think?), but have been pretty fortunate with my dives so far, and seem to have ticked off most of my list. That has left me out of ideas about where I should be traveling to dive. Hence, this thread!
List of stuff I want/wanted to see (many of which weren't even on my list until after I saw them):
- Whale shark - Check! 3 of them in Maldives
- Manta Ray - Check! 10 or so in Maldives
- Turtles (common green ones, although others would be cool!) - Check! Malaysia, Philippines, Maldives
- Thresher shark - Check! Malapascua
- Blue ring octopus - Check! Malapascua
- Flamboyant cuttlefish - Check! Anilao
- Electric clam - Check! Anilao
- Giant clam - Check! Anilao, Maldives
- Pygmy seahorse - Check! Anilao
- Mandarin fish - Check! Malapascua
- Bobtail squid - Check! Mating pairs in Anilao
- Frogfish - Check! Malapascua, Anilao
- Lobsters, Mantis shrimp and many weird and wonderful nudibranches - Check!
- Wobbegong shark - Not yet - Sipadan? Raja Ampat?
- Mola Mola - Not yet - Bali
- Hammerhead shark - Not yet - various places
- Other types of turtles (leatherback?) - Not yet
- Okay I'm out of ideas
Hopefully I have many more to add to my list when others chime in!