First North and South Andaman cruise for The Smiling Seahorse…

First North and South Andaman cruise for The Smiling Seahorse…

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A fantastic expedition all over the Andaman Sea (North and South) from Ranong to Phuket, through 5 of Thailand’s best Marine National parks…
Our very first North & South Andaman cruise will be an adventure we will remember for a long time… bad weather, waves, changes of itinerary and quite a few unpredictable adventures… but also our first Manta of the season and awesome divers onboard. We made the best of it!
Thank you all for being such fantastic guests!

Psychedelic batwing slug

Waves stopped us from diving Richelieu Rock but disappointment was offset by very beautiful dives in Koh Surin and the Similan islands during which we were able to admire ribbon eel, psychedelic nudibranchs, schools of majestic fish like Sweetlips. A large male green Turtle came to say hello around the boat when we were moored, and dolphins gave us a magical moment while cruising.
Female Ribbon eel
Female Ribbon eel
Barracudas
Barracudas
Yellowtail fusilier
Yellowtail fusilier
Explosion of life around coral reef
Explosion of life around coral reef
Sweetlips
Sweetlips
Blueline snapper
Blueline snapper
Colorful and lively coral reef
Colorful and lively coral reef
In Koh Bon, we had excellent visibility, and the waves gave us enough of a break to run a cool black water dive.
baby Crab
baby Crab

Jewel Squid

Some more weird stuff
Some more weird stuff
Fish larvae
Fish larvae

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baby flounder
baby flounder
After the long crossing between Similan Islands and Lanta national park, we arrived in Hin Daeng and Hin Muang where some of us had the chance of seeing our first Manta ray of the season. One more manta ID shot for Mantatrust database 🙂
our first manta ray of the season
our first manta ray of the season

One more manta ID shot for Mantatrust database :)

West of Hin Daeng, we found lots of nudibranchs, ghost pipefish, and spearing mantis shrimp.
Ghost Pipefish
Ghost Pipefish
Goniobranchus geminus
Goniobranchus geminus
Phyllidia elegans
Phyllidia elegans
Cool flat worm
Cool flat worm
Hypselodoris maculosa
Hypselodoris maculosa
Pikachu nudibranch
Pikachu nudibranch
We already knew 10 of the 14 guests who joined us for this great adventure, which made the atmosphere nice and warm. What a pleasure to see you all again. 2 guests did the last trip. 6 are doing the next one. And welcome to the 4 new divers joining us for the very first time, we hope you will also come back for more adventures soon…
always amazed at the beauty of coral
always amazed at the beauty of coral
Redtail butterfly fish
Redtail butterfly fish
Clown triggerfish
Clown triggerfish
Lionfish ready for Fashion Week
Lionfish ready for Fashion Week
lovely coral covering the reef
lovely coral covering the reef
Juvenile angelfish
Juvenile angelfish

Now, another departure for the South Andaman for new adventures from 7th to 11th of February with better weather awaits… keep tuned for more fishy stories.

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