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I just came back from Raja Ampat on Blue Manta for 19-29 February 2024 trip. It’s my 10th time there and the best one, so far. The route for the 11 day trip is as shown, below. Table 1, below, shows the daily activities. And here’s the trip video: About Blue Manta You can check...

During 19-29 Feb 2024 trip to Raja Ampat on Blue Manta, we saw Reef Mantas in Manta Sandy (Dampier Strait) and Oceanic Mantas in Pele's Playground (Misool) unexpectedly, not in the usually seen Manta cleaning station of Magic Mountain (Misool) on this trip and neither in the previous trip...

Diving in Melissa's Garden, Piaynemo, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, on 28 February 2024, we saw Pygmy Seahorse, Tasseled Wobbegong Shark, Napoleon Wrasse, and many more reef fishes swimming over thick hard corals.

While night diving in Crazy Zoo, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, on 27 February 2024, we saw this Flamboyant Cuttlefish taking advantage of our dive light to hunt mantis shrimp.

I was in Raja Ampat in December 2022 on Mermaid 2 liveaboard. I saw no manta in the famous Magic Mountain. We saw one in unexpected place, in Black Rock, Kawe, North Raja Ampat. Here’s the trip video: The trip was not as good as the one I went on Amira before Covid, in January 2020, as...

Diving Maldives with Maldives Aggressor II from 17 to 24 December 2023, covering North Male Atoll, Vaavu Atoll, South Ari Atoll, North Ari Atoll and back to North Male Atoll (clockwise cruising). We had very nice weather, flat sea and made all 19 dives to get their Iron Diver award. LOL

Interesting cephalopod chromatophore transformation we witnessed while diving in Maagiri Reef, North Male Atoll, Maldives, with Maldives Aggressor II, on 18 December 2023. This male cuttlefish was able to make half of his body skin darker.

The following video is showing the highlights of diving in Maldives with Blue Horizon 3 from 24 to 31 December 2023 in North Make Atoll, North Ari Atoll and South Ari Atoll.

While diving in Nu Giri, South Ari Atoll, Maldives, on 29 December 2023, with Blue Horizon III, we saw lots of octopi very active that morning. One of them was hunting for crab that was caught by our cameras.

Diving Nerumathi, Male, Maldives on 30 December, 2023, hosting by Blue Horizon III to see schooling of Pointed-nose Stingray, Spinner Sharks & Guitar Shark.

Diving Shark Tank, Male, Maldives on 23 December, 2023, hosting by shark, Maldives Aggressor II to see schooling of Pointed-nose Stingrays, Spinner Sharks & Guitar Sharks.

Diving Maamigili Beyru, South Ari Atoll, Maldives on 28 Dec, 2023 with Blue Horizon III. Saw Giant Moray, Whitetip Shark, Coral Hogfish (Jv), Sabre Squirrelfish, Big-scale Squirrelfish, Phantom Butterflyfish, Oriental Sweetlips, Many spot Sweetlips, urge Grouper, Hexagon Grouper, Hawksbill...

Diving Fish Head in North Ari Atoll, Maldives with Blue Horizon III on 26 December 2023, to see shark parade, including dogtooth tuna, trevally, stingray.

Diving Dhggiri, Vaavu Atol, Maldives on 19 December, 2023, hosting by Maldives Aggressor 2 to see schooling Nurse Sharks that used to hang around in Alimathaa, which is no longer in business. We also saw Blacktip Shark there.

Diving Lankan Beyru, North Male Atoll, Maldives on 18 December, 2023, hosting by Maldives Aggressor 2. We saw Reef Manta, Whaleshark, Octopus hunting in that one dive.

Diving Sea of Cortez, Mexico on 2-9 September, 2023, hosting by Nautilus Belle Amie and crews.

Diving La Lobera in Sea of Cortez hosted by Nautilus Belle Amie & crew on 3 September 2023.

Brazosport Dive Club went diving in Grand Cayman from 28 October to 4 November 2023. We stayed at Ocean Cabanas and dove with Living The Dream. Here’s the trip video:

August is Mola Mola season in Nusa Penida. We were in the water by 7am and hit the jackpot.

Two weeks ago I dove Manta Bay, Nusa Penida with Lembongan Dive Center to see Manta. They were not there, but we saw Mola Mola instead.