Mar 5 - 8 MV Andaman Liveaboard
6 Feb
Similan Islands #5 Batfish Bend:
Ribbon Eel; Garden Eels; 10 x Kuhl's Stingray
Snorkelling off Island #4 with LMSx:
Cuttlefish; Massive Banded Sea Snake; Unicornfish; Blu Banquillo's
Island #7 'The Wall':
2 Octopus; Moray Eels under table coral; Malabar Grouper; Batfish; Boxfish; Bluefin Trevally; Tuna; Blue Blanquillo's; Cornetfish; Spotted Pufferfish
Island #9 Three Trees:
Hawksbill Turtle; Chevron Barracuda; Clown Triggerfish; Batfish; Kuhl's Stingray; Moray; Pompano's; Trevally; Clarks Anemonefish; Phantom Bannerfish.
7 Feb
Similan Islands Elephant Head 7am:
4 White Tip Sharks; 1 (BIG) unidentified shark (reef?); 1 Jenkins Whipray; Giant Moray; Batfish; Fusiliers; Huge Trevally - Swim thru with current + felt a bit freaked for most of the dive....?
Koh Bon:
Wot no Manta (only group to not see at least one BOO!); Red fire Gobi's; 2 Octopus changing colour; Moon Wrasse; Silver sweetlips; Giant Puffer Yellow Saddled Goatfish; Lots of Plankton! - also saw a Banded Sea snake + school o' squid snorkelling with LMSx
Koh Ta Chai Batfish Rock:
A.May.Zing - Loads of Plankton made the Viz gloomy watched a huge shoal of Chevron Barrycoooda sit motionless in the blue stalking an even bigger shoal of fusiliers + snappers...suddenly a massive shoal of BluefinTrevally struck the heart of the fusi/snaps sending them fleeing in all directions around me....breathtaking; Huge shoal of Batfish on Bommie; 2 White Octopus; Redtooth Triggerfish.
Surin Tai Ao Pak Gard:
First Night Dive; Blackspotted Pufferfish; Goatfish; BIG Red Crab; Lionfish; Phosforescence; Crown of Thorns.
8 Feb
Surin South East Rocks Koh Tor Inla:
Ribbon Eel; Kuhl's Stingray; Scorpionfish; Moray; 2 x Nudibranch Phyllidiidae; Boxfish
Surin Tai Turtle Ledge:
Scribbled Filefish
Surin Ko Chi Walkers reef:
Cuttlefish; Scorpionfish: Batfish; Phantom Bannerfish; Lionfish; Chevvy 'Barry' Cuda; Trev Ally; Fusiliers; Snappers; Dogfish Tuna; Surgeonfish.
9 Feb
Richelieu Rock dive 1
Plankton glowing blue; Chevron Barracuda; Fusilier; Snapper; 2 x Tigertail Seahorses; Tomato Anemonefish; 3x Scorpionfish; Ornate Ghost Pipefish; Nudibranch; 2x Tigeregg Cowries; Juv Cube Bofish; Octopus; Crocodile Needlefish.
Richelieu Rock dive 2
Clown Anglerfish 'Yodafish'; Peppered Moray eel; white eye moray; fimbriated moray; blackspoy moray + crab; juv emperor angelfish (psychedelic lollipop); lionfish; scorpionfish; tomato anemonefish; cube boxfish; peacock mantis shrimp; mink whales from boat!