Endless blue waters...

25/4/2017

8 days diving around the undiscovered Mergui Archipelago

For the last 8 days trip of the season, we have been very lucky!
The visibility has been incredible everywhere, up to 50m some days :)

We had the pleasure to see two eagle rays at North Twin and Shark Cave, and one grey reef shark at Black Rock !

Happy divers on the boat with: Marc and Franck from Netherlands; Andrea from Switzerland; Kostas from Greece; Chantal, Frédéric, Danièle, Gilbert, Jean-Jacques, Bertrand, Dominique and Alexis from France.

Look at these sceneries!

And some more ...

Underwater, it was a real aquarium ... unbelievable!

Photographers were busy ;)

So many moments to capture!

So many places to record ...

Special ones ...

So many actions to catch ...

So many portraits to shoot!

So close ...

We were lucky enough to see so many fantastic creatures ...

And the usual but still beautiful... crabs!

Amazing ghost pipefishes!

Cowries and snails!

Fabulous nudibranches!

Seahorses ...

Cuttlefishes ...

Goodtimes underwater, and also at the surface! Visiting islands, meeting the locals and having fun with the kids ...

Nothing better than a smile !

On board, there were some "serious" studious moments... ;)

And the other funny ones ...

And the unforgettable sunsets!

Nice smile for the sunset on Mergui Archipelago

Thanks Julien for the awesome drone shots!

Fishing boat drone shot in Mergui Archipelago

Thanks Franck and Frédéric also for all the other ones ... And there comes my favourite of the cruise:

Congratulations to Alexis for his Advanced course; and to Kostas for his Nitrox certification.

A special one also for Bertrand training for his Divemaster course and doing his 100th dive!

And the next cruise will be the last one of the season ... a special one!
We will be very happy to welcome again Andrea and Bertrand with us on board :

Making your dream diving holidays comes true!
The Smiling Seahorse runs dive cruises since 2012 to the top rating dive sites around the Andaman sea. We operate MV Smiling Seahorse, a brand new (November 2018), comfortable liveaboard conceived by and for divers for an ultimate experience.
We have trips in Myanmar (Burma) from the Similan Islands, Surin Islands, Richelieu rock and Burma's undiscovered pinnacles (Mergui Archipelago).

Our Liveaboard trips

Thailand 5 days: Thailand: Surin Island, Koh Tachai, Koh Bon and Richelieu Rock..
Burma 6 days: Myanmar: Western Rocky, Seafan Forrest, Shark Point, Bird Cave...
Burma 7 days: High Rock, Shark Cave, North Twin, Macleod Island, Western Rocky, Seafan Forrest
Burma 8 days: all of this + Black Rock

Burma 9 days: All of this + a day of exploration of the north + Burma banks

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Eagle ray at Sea fan Forest!

16/4/2017

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It was our last trip 3 of the season and what an adventure!
With a multinational group on board: Alex and Matthew from England; Ute from Germany; Alaitz from Spain; Jeff from the USA; Patrizia from Italy; Nicolas, Jean-Marc and Marie-France from Switzerland; Hugo and Xavier from Belgium; and Fabien and Audrey from France.

The weather was hot, the sky was blue and the water was flat ... from the first day at Dragon Island and Tower Rock ...

To the last day at Horseshoe Island ...

The visibility was amazing as you can see here at Submarine!

The highlights of this trip were a eagle ray at Seafan Forest and nurse sharks at Tower Rock!

The scenaries were magical ...

Nice schools of fishes ...

Plenty of colourful nudibranches ...

Spanish dancers ...

Funny crabs ...

And other ones ...

Ghost pipefishes ...

Portraits session ...

A smiling seahorse ...

Three remoras stucked together ...

And juveniles along the way ...

Happy divers ...

Besides the diving, let's do some island hopping ...

And meet some locals ...

Refresh ourselves in the water ...

Beautiful views from above ...

Unforgettable sunsets ...

And a mysterious moon ...

It has been a very nice cruise with warm people!

Congratulations to Hugo, only 15 years old, who succeeded his Advanced Open Water and fought his fears from sharks and morays!

And also to Alaitz for her Advanced Open Water and Nitrox certifications!

It was a pleasure to welcome Patrizia and Jeff on board again!

Special dedication to our favourite swiss couple who spend the 3 last cruises with us! We will miss you, your outfits and your humour!

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Mantas' magic...

9/4/2017

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It was our last trip of the season in Thailand ... and it was the most unforgettable one! A 60 minutes dive surrounded by mantas all around, no words can describe this magical moment!

Our customers were in heaven of course!

Happy happy faces!
We were very pleased to welcome on board: Bertrand, Ghislaine, Gilles and Marie Annick from France; Jean-Marc and Marie-France from Switzerland; and Team Poland composed of Anna, Monika O., Michal, Aleksandra, Hubert and Monika W.

The conditions have been fantastic ... Turquoise, clear and hot waters, no current and fishes everywhere!
A giant aquarium!

For the pleasure of the photographers ...

Huge variety of corals ...

Pleasure for the eye ...

A colourful kaleidoscope ...

Let's not forget the shiny angelfishes ...

Portrait session!

Can you resist this smile?!

Turtle, snake, barracudas ...

Some new encounters ...

And Franck's favourite : the juvenile shaded batfish!

Skeleton shrimps ...

And thousands of these little ones ...

Sparkling glassfish everywhere ...

Schools of trevallies hunting ...

And a school of Polish diving!

Let's keep the best for the end, never enough!

And as always!

It was the second time for Ghislaine this season, it was a pleasure to have you again on the boat!
Jean-Marc and Marie-France are joining us for their third cruise in a row!
And congratulations to Bertrand for his Rescue course and welcome again for the Divemaster one!

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Exploring the Burma Banks...

4/4/2017

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It was our last trip 5 of the season, and we went to explore the amazing Burma Banks!
With great people on board: Gabor and Nikki from Hungary; Michael from Australia; Jean-Marc, Marie-France, Michel and Olivia from Switzerland; Nicolas and Serge from Belgium; and Christophe, Valérie, Michel and Gilles from France!

We also had a new toy as Julian brought his new drone and took some wonderful pictures of the dive sites, have a look ...

North Twin ...