Koh Tao, Thailand

Harley Mellifont Dived on: Tanote Bay - 18m, 55min - With Wolfgang Posted on 13/07/16 at 11:21

Wolf/Big bubble took us to Tanot bay for the next dive. There was a catamaran and motorbike wreck on the sea floor. The motorbike was guarded by a territorial damselfish that threatened anyone who trespasses. I moved into the damselfishes territory with the camera and received a prompt biting on my middle finger that felt somewhere between a tickle and a nibble. The face of the damselfish lightens from black to yellow when the fish is aggravated. Fascinating little thing. There was also a sea slug/cucumber with very peculiar tentacle things at its front, I got some good macro shots of it on the video. I spent a lot of time switching between 720p recordings in slow motion on the camera and 2.7k 30fps footage for highly detailed shots. By this stage I was becoming very fluid with changing settings on the gopro under water.

Maddy Dived on: Southwest Pinnacle - 25m, 42min - With Nuz from Big Bubble Posted on 15/07/16 at 08:00

Our first dive at my favourite dive site in the Gulf - possibly the world. Our guide, Nuz, mapped the pinnacles for his Dive Master qualification, and his passion was contagious, even pre-dive. The site is white rock submerged mountain terrain covered in gardens of magnificent anemones. The sealife are amongst those with the most character I have encountered in Thailand: big, animated groupers, triggerfish, and schools and schools of prey fish. Watching the predators pick off the smaller fish, and observing schools of fish through other schools of fish was a huge highlight. The viz was incredible, the sun was out, my kit was working perfectly, and I felt like the little mermaid because the water was so clear and still. We dove with the Germans.

Marco Dived on: Sail Rock - 23m, 55min - With Chaloklum Diving Posted on 10/04/22 at 11:42

Gruppe: 3 / Sicht: 5-20m / Anzug: 3mm Shorty RIESIGE BARRACUDA-/BATFISH- UND THUNFISCHSCHWÄRME Felsen der Mitten im Meer genau zwischen den Inseln Koh Tao und Koh Phangan aus dem Wasser ragt. viele Weichkorallen (fast ausschließlich Anemonen), wenige Hartkorallen, sehr viel Plankton im Wasser Barracudaschwarm mit ca 200 Barracudas, darunter auch ein kleinerer Schwarm Giant Barracudas mit gelber Flosse, riesiger Batfishschwarm und Thunfischschwarm, Giants Groupers, viele Seeigel, große Qualle, Triggerfish, Papageifisch Sicht variiert zwischen 5 und 20m je nach Strömung und Tiefe. unter 15m wurde es schlagartig schlechter. Die Sprungschicht konnte man deutlich erkennen

Mette Dived on: Twins - 12m, 66min - With Samui Easy Divers Posted on 02/05/18 at 12:11

Vær: Sol Puls: 92 Visibility: 10-25 m Murex Shell, Christmas tree Worm, giant moray, pasific lionfish, Indian cushion seastar, tiger cowrie, squamose giant clam, marbled sea cuecumber, godeffroy's sea cucumber Mormor snorklet og så blacktip reefshark Divebuddy: Natalie Schöpf

Drew Dived on: Hin Ngam Bay - 10m, 29min - With Big Blue Diving Khao Lak Posted on 22/07/13 at 15:05

Open Water Test Dive #2 Hin Ngam West Buddy - Cory Full flooded mask Regulator retrieval (sweep) Out of air scenario Hover Tired diver tow (3 types) Surface skills (weight belt removal, BC removal) Saw Christmas tree anemone