Sentences with phrase «soft coral gardens»

Third dive of the day, our last in the region of South Raja Ampat, was in Love Potion No. 9, one of the most impressive soft coral gardens of the archipelago.

The second dive of the day was done in one of the most sought after soft coral gardens of Raja Ampat, Nudi Rock (the name comes from the fact that the rock resembles a nudibranch).

Still pointing north we arrived in the region of Balbulol, where we visited one of the most impressive soft coral gardens of the whole archipelago: Love Potion No. 9.

Our last dive in the South of Raja Ampat, Misool area, was done in one of its most impressive soft coral gardens, known as Love Potion No. 9.

Once the last group returned we motored the vessel towards Fiabacet, where we visit one of the greatest soft coral gardens in the whole archipelago: Nudi Rock.

Magnificent, colourful soft coral gardens can be found hanging on most walls and pinnacles, plus white sandy beaches.

This area known as Bangka / Gangga Archipelago with amazing soft coral gardens, sea mounts and pinnacles has earned its fame among the three dive areas of North Sulawesi.

Keep your eyes peeled for coral trout, barramundi, sharks, turtles and rabbitfish as you discover the plentiful deep coral formations and soft coral gardens.

Diving experiences in the South Pacific rank among the finest on the planet — from the Technicolor tropical fish and drift dives of Tahiti and the vibrant soft coral gardens of Fiji to the incredible undersea environment of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

There is great variety from sheer drop offs, pinnacles, to expansive hard and soft coral gardens offering the opportunity to see a multitude of colourful sea life including crocodile fish, lionfish, blue spotted stingrays and occasionally sharks.

However they are the best place in the area to see large pelagics — big barracuda schools, reef sharks and tuna are common, with occasional dolphins, mola - mola and even hammerhead sharks if you are lucky, along with luscious hard and soft coral gardens.

Soft coral gardens explode in rainbow hues that transform walls into undulating works of art, and bright shallows swarm with tropical fish decked out in bright, intricate patterns.

The island is surrounded by healthy hard coral though many places on Koh Sii offer beautiful soft coral gardens that rival anything on koh Phi Phi.

You'll see a WW II pontoon bridge wreck, shallow soft coral garden, whip corals, whip coral shrimps, black corals, pink anthias and more.

After the Manta bonanza, our vessel headed north towards the island of Yillet, where we did our first dive in Yillet Kecil, a smaller islet close by that host an extensive soft coral garden of xenia and finger coral (and more).

With an extensive soft coral garden hosting plenty of xenia specimens, some macro life was found: nudibranchs, like the Chromodoris and Flabellina, flatworms, Orangutan and Porcelain Crab and also the Raja Ampat Denise Pygmy Seahorse!

Our afternoon dive was done in one of the most impressive soft coral garden in Central Raja Ampat, Citrus Ridge.

We went slowly to do the safety stop and were amazed with soft coral garden at the shallows.

Third dive of the day was done in the famous soft coral garden of Nudi Rock, in the micro region of Fiabacet.

The dive site chosen was Bos Rainbow, that has a shallow swim through were the divers passed by to finish the dive in another dense soft coral garden.

Our last dive of the day was done in the soft coral garden of Love Potion No. 9, possibly one of the most dense and intact of the whole archipelago of Raja Ampat.

You'll also find a boulder, hard coral slope and a stunning soft coral garden.

After lunch and a longer surface interval was time to head for the third dive, done in the soft coral garden named Love Potion No. 9.

Towards the end of the dive, along the sites shallow soft coral garden, the divemasters pointed out a few critters, including Denise Pygmy Seahorse, Allied Cowry, nudibranchs, including the genus Nembrotha, and a few different dragonets.

With an extensive soft coral garden, so dense that at some stages the divers can barely see the rock substrate, it is quite a sight.

Following dive, our last of the day, was in Love Potion No. 9 and its dense, colorful soft coral garden.

Before sunrise we were already in Fiabacet as timely started preparing for the first dive of the day, in Nudi Rock and its breathtaking soft coral garden, which includes a rare pink anemone aggregation.

For the ones who decided to photograph with wide - angle lense, Hawksbill Turtle, Yellowtail Barracudas, Giant Sweetlips, besides the incredible soft coral garden present on this site were subjects.

The current was medium at the beginning but after went to slack and some of the highlights seen on the sandy bootom and around the incredible Soft Coral garden were: schools of Black Fin Barracudas, Wobbeggong Shark, Hacksbill Turtle, Napoleon Wrasse, Pygmy Seahorses and more.

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Explore rich, diverse coral gardens that help form these protective ocean walls, filled with hard and soft corals as well as the reef's most iconic species such as sharks, stingrays, turtles, whales *, groupers and cods, maori wrasse and parrotfish.

Among the experienced divers can expect are sheltered coral gardens, fish - laden offshore pinnacles, high - energy drift dives and walls and slopes covered in profusions of hard and soft corals.

Visit the old capital, Levuka, Taveuni, the garden island and snorkel the soft coral capital of the world.

You can dive on the world - famous Namena marine reserve sites and explore the waters surrounding the resort which offer the largest variety of fish and coral on the planet; seemingly bottomless drop - offs, multi-colored soft corals, and perfect coral gardens supporting an abundance of spectacular marine life.

Colorful soft coral in the deeper parts and hard coral garden in the shallows.

For underwater photographers, the National Park offers unparalleled opportunities to shoot both macro and wide angle underwater photographs of subjects as diverse as nudibranchs, coral gardens, frogfish, soft corals, ornate ghost pipefish, sharks, schooling fish, and a whole lot more!

Large gardens of hard and soft corals lay just beneath the surface and the reef extends along most of the island's coast.

A healthy abundance of both soft and hard corals make this garden a favorite stop for divemasters.

In many places, the islands are fringed with shallow coral gardens, where hard and soft corals and sponges prosper harmoniously among myriad marine life.

Here there are dramatic limestone walls decorated with healthy soft corals, gorgonians branching out from the many colourful walls, and dives ending in shallow coral gardens where all manner of marine life frolic among the soft corals and sponges.

On the other side of the wall lies another wall, definitely worth exploring if the current allows it: Covered in soft coral, sponges, green tree coral and fans, it is the hiding place for many morays and puffers and it drops off into a flat lunar like landscape with whole gardens of whip corals, vibrating in the current.

The Kerama Islands are surrounded by beautiful coral gardens, walls and pinnacles, including stand - out sites such as Kuba West and Triple Stones where you're likely to see huge seafans, pretty soft corals and abundant marine life.

A mix of metal and soft coral makes it a fantastic coral garden full of fish.

While getting our buoyance worked out and making sure all the camera and video equipment was working good we swam with Caribbean Spiny Lobsters, Southern Stingrays, Spotted Eels and array of Tropical Fish over a Wonderful Sea Garden of Soft and Hard Corals.

It is not connected to a shelving coastal reef system, but sits on its own as a relatively level «garden» of hard and soft corals.

Vivid soft corals and gorgonian fans are a highlight here combined with colorful shallow coral gardens to explore during your safety stop Koh Phi Phi is as fabulous below the ocean's surface as it is above it.

A kaleidoscopic floral garden of soft coral, hard coral, sea fans, sea anemone, feather starfish; pink, purple, crimson red, and snow white, Shark Point could more aptly be called «Strawberry Fields».

For the third dive we moved to Hatta Island, to a dive site called Batu Gollang, very nice wall full of over hangs and a garden of soft coral on the shallow plateau.

Both Plantation Pinnacle and Castaway's local Three Bommies are made up of three pinnacles rising from deep water with swim throughs at the base, slopes clad in hard and soft corals, and anemone gardens at the top.

Our next dive was done in the coral garden and its beautiful hard and soft corals.

In many places, the islands are fringed with shallow coral gardens, where hard and soft corals thrive.