👋 This is what our recent critter workshop looked like!
📍Lembeh & Bali, Indonesia
“Indonesia offers some of the best macro photography opportunities on the planet, and Bluewater’s 12-day, dual destination trip to Lembeh and Bali gave 20 guests an experience to remember. Lembeh Strait is well known for its diversity of macro critters, and this trip didn’t disappoint. We were consistently treated to a variety of frog fish, nudibranchs, shrimp, crab, octopus, gobies, sea horses, and the elusive rhinopias. In Bali, we were treated to warm, clear waters (80 ft+ visibility!) where our resorts eagle-eyed guides found more amazing macro critters for us, including nudibranchs, shrimp, crabs, frog fish, and octopus. This area is also home to the wreck of the USAT Liberty, which some guests opted to dive. ” - Dan Bishop, trip leader.
🔗 Our next Lembeh Macro Critter Workshop is in August 2025. Comment “Group Trip” if you’d like more details! Ps. This would be a great trip to join with Alor - a back to back photo workshop in Indonesia!
#Scubadiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Diveinindonesia #Indonesia #Bali #Lembeh #DiveGroupTrip #macrodiving
The Future of Diving and Diving in Fiji
👋 Sneak peek at what 5 weeks swimming with humpback whales looked like!
📍Moorea, French Polynesia
✨ To sum up this experience beautifully:
“If you have not had the opportunity to swim with large animals, like Moorea’s Humpback Whales, I can now objectively state that you are missing one of the most inspiring, emotionally and ecologically important events our endangered planet has to offer.
Inspiring, because these enormous mammals somehow travel thousands of miles from the food-rich, icy cold Antarctic Ocean to the essentially sterile, tropically warm waters of French Polynesia where they will not feed for the entire duration of their visit. Emotionally, as, who among us cannot well-up with tears as they witness the tenderness between a mother and new-born calf, while the soft tissue in your belly vibrates to the powerful, doleful song of a giant male whale, merely 30 feet below, as you float on a smooth warm sea? Finally, ecologically important as one adult humpback whale can capture 33 tons of C02 from consuming carbon-rich food sources over its 90-year lifespan. With a population of 114,000 humpback whales world wide, that is an incredible 3.7 million tons of C02 over the population’s lifespan!” - Mark Hatter, trip leader.
🔗 We only have a few spots left for Moorea in 2025! Comment “Moorea” if you’d like details on our 2025 Humpback Whale trip!
Video footage from Mark Hatter, Paul Vukovich and Erik Lukas
#Scubadiving #UnderwaterPhotography #Humpbackwhales #moorea #frenchpolynesia #swimwithwhales #DiveGroupTrip
👇 We did not expect to see this while sailing the length of the Sea of Cortez! 👀 We recently finished up with our Explore Baja photo workshop! 🦈 “Having moved north again after dark, the following morning, at Isla Las Animas, our dive guides gave us a special treat for the first dive of the day. We entered the warm, clear water along a rocky slope to venture to an underwater pinnacle off the island where “a few” schooling hammerhead sharks have been occasionally reported. With a thermocline at around 20 meters the warm, clear, tropical surface water gave way via a shimmering transition layer, to a dark, cool upwelling, exactly the type of environment in which scalloped hammerhead sharks abound. Ironically, the operative phase “a few,” was, if nothing, totally inaccurate! The undersea pinnacle was ground zero for a parade of schooling scalloped hammerheads numbering in the hundreds! Interestingly, they were all small, perhaps averaging about a meter in length.” - Mark Hatter, trip leader. Upcoming group trips to the Sea of Cortez:🇲🇽 August 2025, 2026 & 2027🇲🇽 October 2025, 2026 & 2027🔊 For more details on our Sea of Cortez trips, comment “Baja” and we’ll send you the details!📷 Videos captured by Rudy, one of our clients during the Explore Baja Photo Workshop#scubadiving #underwaterphotographer #divetrip #scubadiving #scubatrip #shark #underwaterphotography #baja #mexico #seaofcortez #sharkdiving #hammerhead #schoolinghammerhead #sharks
Elite Expeditions with Amos Nachoum Webinar
🦈Learn about our newest line of special experience trips for blue whales, sperm whales, polar bears, orcas, & great whites & more - and meet the Elite Expedition trip leader Amos Nachoum, a world-renowned explorer, TED speaker and two-time honoree of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Sign up for the next expedition here: https://www.bluewaterdivetravel.com/guided-underwater-photo-trips?filter_trip_type=376
#bluewaterdivetravel #greatwhiteshark #polarbear #bluewhale #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographer #norway #australia #indianocean
👋 We recently saw 20-30 manta rays in Komodo!
✨ The Komodo diving scene is world-renowned for its thrilling drift dives, huge schools of fish, healthy and colorful coral reefs, and great manta ray encounters. Some of the things that make Komodo a popular diving destination is its easy access from Bali, the ever-popular tourist hotspot for scuba divers and non-divers alike.
📍 Bordered by the Sulawesi and Flores Seas on the north side and the Indian Ocean to the south, Komodo National Park is a marine protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprised of three major islands: Komodo Island, Rinca, and Padar, as well as numerous smaller islands many of which offer world-class diving.
🔊 “The water was much cooler in the south, but we were rewarded with excellent manta action there. Instead of two dives at Manta Alley we did three. We probably had 20-30 mantas there... parades of them. At one point there were 12 together, another there were 7, so the guests were really blown away by that.” - Erik Lukas, trip leader.
🔗 Want to read our destination guide for Komodo? Comment “Komodo!” and we’ll send it your way!
#Scubadiving #UnderwaterPhotography #MantaRays #Indonesia #Komodo #driftdiving #DiveGroupTrip
🎉 We’re SO excited about these ones!
👇 Cuba Photo Workshop details!
⏰ October 18 - 25, 2025
🇨🇺 One of the best Caribbean diving destinations!
🐟 Excellent destination for scuba divers of ALL levels!
🛥️ Comfortable accommodations aboard the 180-foot Jardines Avalon
📸 Free daily photo workshops
🤿 3 dives per day (17 dives + 1 night dive)
👇 Galapagos Spectacular Hammerhead, Manta, Mola & Marine Iguana Trip details!
⏰ May 7 - 17, 2026
🇪🇨 Incredible 10-night itinerary delivers non-stop schooling hammerheads, giant manta rays, Mola molas and feeding marine iguanas - plus eagle rays, Galapagos sharks, penguins and giant tortoises.
🦎 Special plans are made to maximize time with the Iguanas and Mola mola.
🛥️ Our best and most popular custom Galapagos marine life itinerary.
📸 Includes free photo workshop from Nirupam Nigam.
👇 Alor Underwater Photo Workshop!
⏰ September 6 - 16, 2025
🇮🇩 Rich marine biodiversity, pristine reefs, and unique critters
🥳Small 4:1 diver-to-guide ratio
🛥️ Luxury liveaboard accommodation
📸 Free daily underwater photography workshops
🤿 Up to 4 dives/day
🔥 If you’d like details on any of these trips, comment the name of the destination on this post and we’ll send you all the details!
#scubadiving #underwaterphotography #cuba #galapagos #alor #scubagrouptrip #divetrip #ecuador #indonesia
👋 Book that Socorro trip now! Which would be your favorite to see? ✨ Socorro is well-known for incredibly friendly mantas and for its manta cleaning stations. You can observe these gentle giants and capture amazing underwater images/videos as the mantas glide around. There aren’t many places in the world that can match the manta ray experience in Socorro!🐋🦈 Whale sharks are most frequently spotted in November and December, and schools of pelagic fish like jacks and barracuda regularly cruise the waters around Socorro. Divers often see large gamefish like tuna, wahoo, and marlin - something few other destinations can offer.🐬 Another "signature experience" at Socorro Island is swimming with a group of bottlenose dolphins that often visit divers and typically make several close passes. Experiencing intimate encounters with dolphins in their natural habitat is remarkable, as these curious mammals often seem to put on a show of their own for divers.🦈 Shark lovers, rejoice! Galapagos, silky, silvertip, whitetip, and hammerhead sharks are common in Socorro, enabling you to check off multiple bucket list species on one dive trip. It is even possible to spot tiger sharks with some luck. The shark dives in Socorro Island are simply world-class, placing this destination high on our list of best locations for shark diving.🗣️ Comment “Diving in Socorro!” if you’d like information including marine life and environment, top dive spots, diving conditions, how to get there, how to dive the Maldives, best time to dive and lots of practical information! #UnderwaterPhotographyWorkshop #DivingInSocorro #DiveVacation #WhereToDive #SocorroDiving
👇 Super All-Inclusive Cozumel Group Trip details!⏰ May 10 - 17, 2025🇲🇽 One of Mexico’s best diving destinations, known for its drift dives, excellent visibility, and vibrant marine life🛥️ We have our own boat so we dive when and where we like and avoid other groups.🍹 Super all-inclusive at Iberostar Resort, the Island’s best all-inclusive.🔥 Amazing beach, 3 pools, beautiful grounds, super all-inclusive so all activities, food, snacks, and all alcoholic drinks included. Great for couples, friends and families🤿 Only 6 divers per guide. We’re just a few minutes away from Cozumel’s best dive sites.📸 Free optional daily underwater photography workshops.✅ Trip Leader: Mike Chiado🇲🇽 Comment “Cozumel!” and we’ll send you all the trip details! #scubadiving #underwaterphotography #cozumel #diveinmexico #diveincozumel #scubagrouptrip #divetrip
