17th of December, after a long time (2 weeks) without diving, here we are again with a full boat this time. We have on board some family members, which will make it even more fun…
We also have a lot of courses to run, 3 specialties, “deep”, “Night” and “Nitrox” for Thierry, he will be busy, for sure! Then 2 “open water” courses for Romain and Caroll Ann.
Our first day was absolutely fantastic through our 4 dives we found, giant puffer fish, octopus, loads of nudibranches, sponge crabs, and 3 Spanish dancers! What a great start for our new divers…!

The Spanish dancer, scientific name Hexabranchus sanguineus (literally meaning "blood-colored six-gills"), is a dorid nudibranch, a very large and colorful sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hexabranchidae.
In a normal situation when the animal is crawling, the edges of its mantle are curled upwards creating a peripheral blister. If the animal is disturbed, it unfolds its edges and can swim through contractions and undulations of the body to move away from the disturbing element. Its common name, Spanish dancer, comes from this particular defense that make it looks like a flamenco dancer.

"nous avions rêve une honeymoon inoubliable.. The Smiling Seahorse l'ont fait! Merci pour les merveilleuses plongées, les excellents repas et l’équipe discrète mais toujours la!" "après 7 mois de voyage en Asie, je sais déjà que l'un des plus beaux souvenir que je vais ramener sera ma remontée et mon observation des étoiles après ma première plongée nocturne"
"We dreamed of an unforgettable honeymoon. The Smiling Seahorse did it! Thank you for the wonderful dives, the excellent meals and the discreet team but always there!" "After 7 months of traveling in Asia, I already know that one of the best memories I will bring back will be my ascent and my observation of the stars after my first night dive"

Woww! I haven't written a blog post since January!!! Incredible how fast the season went. I must say we have been quite busy lately. It is now low season, the boat is parked, equipment stored or sent for servicing and we are getting a much deserved break!
Don't be mistaken we already miss diving and look forward to the new season.
In the mean time, I though about a little project, something I have wanted to do during the high season but really didn't have time to do...
I've decided to post our log book on this blog so you guys can see what we see on a regular basis on our dive cruises.
Sadly I don't have pictures of every creature we see but I'll try to post what I have and use some pictures taken by others.
I hope this will inspire you and that we'll see you soon!
Check out our calendar for next season's liveaboard schedule and book now!