Trip Reports
Awe Inspiring Raja Ampat
It’s that time of the year again, the final trip for the Raja Ampat season is completed, and the boats will make The Crossing through the vast Banda Sea and later into Komodo and Bali. To reflect, the 2025/2026 Raja Ampat season was nothing short of awe-inspiring! Every trip hits differently, and no matter how […]
From Misool to the Dampier Strait: A Raja Ampat Liveaboard Adventure Aboard Mermaid II
This week onboard the Mermaid II, we welcomed a group of familiar faces coming all the way from Russia and embarked on a 9 day adventure through the stunning Raja Ampat islands, and it was nothing short of incredible Starting the trip by cruising down south and breaking the surface at Misool, we were immediately […]
Surreal Place!
This week on Mermaid II we welcomed onboard a dive group from Hawaii who were super excited to immerse themselves in Komodo’s rich waters! At the famous drift dive site ‘Karang Makassar’ we all had a fast ‘flight’ with numerous mantas passing, along with hawksbill turtles. Our guests all loved their first drift diving experiences […]
Komodo Diving Cruise
This week on Mermaid II we had a dive charter group of 20 friendly guests from ‘Ocean Geeks’ dive club in the US. They were all armed with an array of underwater cameras, and eager to get out to Komodo and photograph the incredible marine life! Starting out in the north of Komodo National Park, […]
The Ring of Fire (part 1)
The Hammerhead sharks season is here! One of the most expected trips of the year and yet it was way more than finding walls of Hammerhead sharks! An outstanding adventure from Maumere to Ambon through Alor and the Bandas, The Ring of Fire! Pygmy sized creatures up to the largest living animal on the Planet! […]
Whale Watching
Another successful Whale watching trip From Bali to Maumere through Komodo National park. The Wind has dropped leaving the sea nice n’ flat most of the days with perfect clear condition to Whale watch! A large group of Fruit bats appeared in the skies as the sun settled over Satonda Island, a magical spot where […]
Oceanic Surface Waters
Komodo isn’t only a wonderful diving destination, it isn’t all about the World’s largest lizards either. This place actually has something very special, quite large, that not many people expect to find around here. The past 10 days, Mermaid1 has gone to a very different journey to Komodo. And it was a successful search of […]
The Beauty Of The Currents Of Komodo
Currents are so much fun and I am here to tell you why diving into it is such a wicked experience. It’s always a very exciting dive when we get to be amongst large schools of fish and other big stuff. And one of the main reasons that brings all the fish action together is […]
Inspiring, Pristine, And Incredible Dives
An outstanding trip back to Komodo covered with rare and majestic marine life! Reef slopes and walls combined with thousand of Anthias filling the blue background! That’sprobably one of the post cards of Komodo. Pretty blue, sharks, fish schooling, eagle rays and more big stuff! Most of the dive sites up in the north of […]
Wonderpus!
Another trip with beautiful conditions – clear blue water and just enough current to bring all the good stuff in! The seamounts in North Komodo were packed with fish, and we found ourselves totally embedded in Surgeonfish, Snappers and Fusilliers while the predators, such as Giant Trevallies and Whitetip Reef Sharks, circled us, waiting for […]