8 days cruise, undiscovered Mergui Archipelago
Life aboard The Smiling Seahorse
A liveaboard trip is about much more than the time spent underwater. Between dives, meals are an important part of life on board, with divers sharing stories from the day’s dives and getting to know the crew and other guests.
Our trips combine comfortable time aboard the MV Smiling Seahorse with several days of diving in some of the most spectacular areas of the Andaman Sea.
Whether you join us for Thailand diving around the Similan and Surin Islands or head further north for Myanmar diving, the liveaboard experience is all about making the most of your time at sea.
We are back from the first 8 days cruise to Mergui of the season, going up north all the way to Black Rock. Another great trip!
This cruise was under the tag of photography, not less than 7 cameras for 12 divers, and the result was some beautiful shots that you can admire on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/the.smiling.seahorse
In addition of the frenchies photographers, Fred, Flore, Sophie and Nono, we had on board a lovely couple, Maurizio and Gabriella, who decided to come on this 8 days trip without any diving experience except one discover scuba diving few years ago. At the end of the cruise they were delighted by their daring decision, and they are going back home with not only an open water course diploma, they are now advanced open water and enriched air nitrox divers with more than 20 dives each ! Congratulations for your performance ! And to be able to find some time to relax even with this busy program 😉
Another happy New this week: we spotted the first ghost pipe fish of the season, a baby white one, not more than 2cm long! but also the first Harlequin shrimps of the season (2 pairs!) I love those creatures and so glad they are usually quite territorial so we should find them on the next dive trips! yeah!
You can take a look on the Facebook album and admire the different cute fishes and tiny creatures. We had the chance to assist to a pygmy squid eating a shrimp, morray eel having a feast of glassfishes at night, some cuttlefishes mating, not less than 9 frogfishes, 2 stone fishes sleeping in the top of the sea fan forest pinnacle, turtle, rays and a dozen of smiling seahorses as usual 🙂
Stay connected for our next adventures and keep an eye on the Facebook page if you want to see more pictures of the trip.
All the team wish you a wonderful month of December !
Continue your Andaman Sea adventure
- Explore Myanmar’s marine life – discover the incredible species and underwater habitats found across the Andaman Sea.
- Discover the Mergui Archipelago – venture into the remote islands, reefs and underwater landscapes of Myanmar.
- Explore our Myanmar liveaboard schedules and itineraries – find your next adventure aboard The Smiling Seahorse.
