The beauty lies in the tiny

Discover the small creatures of the Andaman Sea

Some of the most fascinating encounters underwater are not with the biggest animals, but with the tiny creatures hiding among the reef. Shrimp, nudibranchs, crabs and other small reef inhabitants can be surprisingly easy to miss unless you slow down and look carefully.

Our Andaman Sea marine life guide explores some of the species divers can encounter in this part of the world, from colourful reef fish to unusual invertebrates.

Whether you are exploring the Similan Islands, the Surin Islands or the remote reefs of Myanmar, keeping an eye out for macro life can turn an ordinary dive into a memorable one.

This week, we want to show you the tiny. The small stuff. Because we know that there are some macro lovers out there, some photographs who dream of getting always closer, some treasure hunters who want to tick as many tiny creatures off the list as possible. Well, Burma is the place.

Oh of course ! Everybody loves a big whale shark (got one on the first day), or a graceful eagle ray (got one on the third day), or a lazy nurse shark (got three on a single dive site). Of course. We all love the big guys. And we are very happy to have them around.

But what Burma has that is nowhere else is this amazing variety of tiny animals, of all shapes and colors. And finding THEM is the real challenge. Which we’re getting better at with every passing trip. So this week’s post is dedicated to them, the tiny and shy and hard to spot. ‘Cause they are just so incredible.

Thanks to all our team of divers on this trip whom, even if they of course enjoyed as much as anybody else the sight of the big animals, also marvelled with us at the discovery of all of these tiny beauties.
And of course, congrats to our crazy brit, Christina, for getting her Open Water on the trip, and being a very good diver right from the start !