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The Big Three – Whale Sharks, Mantas and Dragons
For us, Komodo has always been about the mix. From picturesque ancient landscapes above, to diverse dive sites, rare critters, beautiful coral reefs, to schooling fish actions above. Among our guests’ favourites however, are The Big Three – Whale Sharks, Mantas and Dragons! So far, this Komodo season, we have been blessed with excellent encounters […]
From Whale Sharks to Komodo Dragons: A Week of Unforgettable Encounters on Mermaid II
This week’s diving cruise onboard the Mermaid II from Bali to Komodo and beyond was marked by a series of diverse marine life encounters ranging from rare tiny critters to schooling fish above impeccable coral reefs to bigger ocean giants The conditions and the weather was mostly pleasant throughout the trip. The atmosphere was filled […]
Season Come and Season Go
It’s that time of year again, where the final trip for the Raja Ampat season is finished and we must make The Crossing through the Banda Sea and into Komodo. Before I get ahead of myself though I’d just like to reflect back to my five most favorite moments or encounters of this past Raja […]
Misool’s Unimaginable Beauty
Misool is Raja Ampat’s southern set of islands, and some might say the areas most famous and sought after. The area is characterized by karst islands which extend for hundreds of kilometers in all directions. The reefscape beneath the surface is infamous for it’s dazzling arrays of soft coral colonies and layers upon layers of […]
RHINOPIAS!!
This trip from Ambon to Raja Ampat started off very well indeed with finding Ghost Pipefish, Seahorses, Zebra Crabs and Coleman Shrimps plus two super rare Rhinopias (a.k.a. Weedy Scorpionfish). And that’s just at the check-dive!! (Suggestions were made accordingly to just do check-dives for the rest of the trip J). We also played with […]
Breathtaking Experience In Raja Ampat – Banda Sea – Ambon
A wonderful 12-day trip taking us from Raja Ampat through the Banda Sea and the Spice Islands to Ambon. The variety of diving and topside scenery we had must be hard to beat! Starting off with some very active dives in the Dampier Strait, with massive schools of Jackfish, Snappers and Barracudas, Grey Reef Sharks […]
Three Pearls of Raja Ampat
The South: Misool Like many of our Mermaid II trips, we started in the south of Raja Ampat known as Misool. Here the iconic karst islands dot the liquid blue landscape and provide us with endless diving possibilities. In the three days we spent in Misool we witnessed oceanic and reef mantas going in for […]
No Limits
After exploring the expansive area between Ambon and Raja Ampat, famously known as the Coral Triangle, it would seem that there is no limit to the quantity of things to see, no matter if you are in full scuba gear or barefoot on a beach. On the surface we find the mysterious karst islands of […]
Says No To Plastic Drinking Water Bottles!
Mermaid Liveaboards says no to plastic drinking water bottles! Every guest gets a Mermaid Liveaboards bottle for free !
The Magic of Raja Ampat
This week on Mermaid 1 we had a friendly dive club join us from Sydney, all armed with cameras to capture the magic of Raja Ampat! We headed straight down south to Misool – the soft coral & sea fan capital of the world in our opinion – and had some fantastic dives on the […]