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The Goa Farondi Caves
Raja Ampat literally has it all, big fish, small fish, mangroves, pristine reefs and my new favorite, caves. One of the best sets of caves in Raja and a frequent dive spot for Mermaid II can be found...
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Comic Characters
Some of the fish life but especially the critters and creatures sometimes make me smile underwater since they look like they have just escaped a cartoon. It always makes me wonder how nature could...
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Yellow Bargibantis-The Four Leaf Clovers
All seahorses are amazing, but the pigmy seahorse is the real crowd pleaser of the family. it’s insane to think that such an unbelievably small and cute creature could ever exist. There are many many...
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Ladybugs of the Sea
Every body loves lady bugs. Their little red shiny bodies with black spots are like little toys as they scuttle about the garden. As a kid growing up I remember searching through my moms vegetable...
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Round and Round
Manta rays are a very intelligent animal. They have large brains and when you have a one on one encounter with one you can see that it is analyzing you trying to make out just what you are. Over the...
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Close Encounters
In the Komodo waters you can experience close encounters with what seems like an endless array of exotic wildlife, both on land and underwater. From giant manta rays, shimmering shoals of fish, a...
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Batu Moncho
Batu Moncho is home to one of the most extensive and beautiful reefs in Komodo National Park. Vast gardens of hard and soft coral stretch from the surface down the gentle reef slope to the soft white...
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You Never Know…
You never know what your going to stumble upon when your diving in and around Komodo. You know you will find something truly amazing, as Komodo is one of those places that never disappoints, but until...
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From the Surface
We all know how much Komodo offers just below the surface, if you don’t then I’ll tell you now, there is loads. To give you an idea, scientists estimate that one small reef in Komodo can have more...
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Ta Ta for Now
It’s that time of year again when we temporarily say good buy to a place that has given us so many incredible moments below the oceans surface and like wise above. The seasons are changing and it’s...
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Delectable Anemones
While on our most epic crossing trip, where Mermaid II sails from the notorious Raja Ampat though the Banda Sea and into Flores’s east coast port Maumere, we had some truly awesome encounters. From...
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Three is a Crowd
Have you ever found your self stuck in the middle of a heated competition of underwater courtship by some of the oceans largest animals? Unless you are a BBC camera man paid to seek out these...
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The Rock
Batu Bolong is one of Komodo’s signature sites. It’s a small rock pinnacle that just breaks the waters surface with it’s signature rocky arch and it lies right in the middle of the Linta Straight...
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This Week at Manta Alley…
It’s clearly the year of the manta in Komodo. In the past three years that I’ve been onboard Mermaid II we’ve had some pretty outstanding manta encounters, but nothing with the magnitude and frequency...
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The Shallows
Divers always want to go deep. It’s a common thought among divers that the deeper you go, the more your going to see. In some dive spots this may be true as some species only dwell in the deep dark...
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Like In An Aquarium
Diving in Komodo can feel like swimming in a gigantic aquarium with countless numbers and species of fish, calm and clear waters – only difference being that there is no glass windows! Our morning dive...
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Dolphins on the Rock
Dolphins are a regular encounter when you visit Komodo or any of the other islands that Mermaid II visit during our voyage from Bali to Komodo and back, though most of the encounters are had as they...
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The Great White…Manta
There’s a dive site just off the north coast of Sumbawa well known for it’s benthic critters like the wonderpus, ghost pipefish, and and a rainbow of nudies, called Sumbawa Surprise. This week however,...
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Marine Mammals
Komodo is famous for its biodiversity in marine life, stunning coral reefs, challenging currents and big fish. What we tend to forget though is the fact, that it’s also a very good place for spotting...
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Shimmering Armada
Last week, everyone on board Mermaid II witnessed something that I’ve never witnessed in Komodo, or ever for that matter. While moored up in South Komodo’s Horseshoe Bay and sat and watching the seven...
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