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A Day In The Bay
Horsehoe Bay, the bay between the island of Rinca and Nusa Kode, is quite a mystical place. Most of the time, there is no other boats around which turn this bay into such a treat from the sometimes so...
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Dolphins on the Rock
Dolphins are a regular encounter when you visit Komodo or any of the other islands that Mermaid II visit during our voyage from Bali to Komodo and back, though most of the encounters are had as they...
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Wildlife Above, In and Below The Water
No matter if snorkeling or diving, what we all have in common when going on a trip like that, is the love and passion for any kind of wildlife. Indonesia, and in particular the Komodo National Park, is...
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The Great White…Manta
There’s a dive site just off the north coast of Sumbawa well known for it’s benthic critters like the wonderpus, ghost pipefish, and and a rainbow of nudies, called Sumbawa Surprise. This week however,...
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Marine Mammals
Komodo is famous for its biodiversity in marine life, stunning coral reefs, challenging currents and big fish. What we tend to forget though is the fact, that it’s also a very good place for spotting...
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Mountains of Fish
When you have a whole collective of fish in tight groupings, they are referred to as schools, or shoals. While these terms may be the scientific description of large aggregations of fish, it doesn’t...
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Shimmering Armada
Last week, everyone on board Mermaid II witnessed something that I’ve never witnessed in Komodo, or ever for that matter. While moored up in South Komodo’s Horseshoe Bay and sat and watching the seven...
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Legendary Season
It’s the end of the Komodo season, and quite possibly my best season with Mermaid II in Komodo. As I scroll through my computer’s hard disk which is absolutely packed with all of my most memorable...
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The Essence of Komodo
Diving in the vast seas of Indonesia with a whole entire underwater World to be explored! And that’s what Mermaid is all about! From Bali to the heart of Komodo, Mermaid2 dives in a superb underwater...
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Komodo, One Macro World
We all know Komodo is known for its majestic rays and reef sharks, strong currents that bring great schoolings and other big stuff. But apart from superb hard corals and large fish, does everyone know...
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Bali to Komodo
This was a really nice trip with good conditions and plenty to see! Already the first day we were treated to Pygmy Seahorses, Turtles, Stargazers, Ghost Pipefish and a selection of Cephalopods,...
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Dolphins!!
We had some cracking dives in the Komodo National Park this trip! At Castle Rock, a seamount in the north, we were diving in a virtual fishsoup – Giant Trevallies, Surgeonfish, Snappers and Batfish in...
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HERE BE DRAGONS!!
This time of the year it’s mating season for the famous Komodo Dragons, and they typically disappear up in the mountains for a month or two making it difficult to find any. We got really lucky though,...
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Diving an Active Volcano!!
We had an absolutey wonderful day at Sangeang Volcano this trip! Blue blue water, stunning corals and full of interesting critters of all sizes. Most famous dive here is Hot Rocks, where you have very...
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Swim-through Manta Wash!
Highlight this trip’s gotta be the Mantas in the south of the Komodo National Park. Famous for its cleaning stations, with any luck you’ll see these majestic rays lining up to get fixed by hundreds of...
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Wonderpus!
Another trip with beautiful conditions – clear blue water and just enough current to bring all the good stuff in! The seamounts in North Komodo were packed with fish, and we found ourselves totally...
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Inspiring, Pristine, And Incredible Dives
An outstanding trip back to Komodo covered with rare and majestic marine life! Reef slopes and walls combined with thousand of Anthias filling the blue background! That’sprobably one of the post cards...
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The Beauty Of The Currents Of Komodo
Currents are so much fun and I am here to tell you why diving into it is such a wicked experience. It’s always a very exciting dive when we get to be amongst large schools of fish and other big stuff....
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The Color of Komodo
With the exception of Raja Ampat, I can’t imagine that there are any other dive destinations with as much color as Komodo and the surrounding islands. The reefs and all of it’s lovely inhabitants; from...
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Manta Alley
Our first morning dive at the infamous Manta Alley was absolute bliss. The water was flat, which normally means feeding mantas. The majority of the dive was spent hovering just above the reef in no...
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