Snorkel Venture

15/02/2024

So much to do at Misool outside of snorkeling!

Fun Fact: Our video/photo pro Alex Lindbloom made this video for Misool several years ago.

15/02/2024

You never know what is going to pass in front of Komodo Resort & Diving Club! Right on the house reef. How lucky!

13/02/2024

There is nothing like floating alongside a gentle ocean giant only to have an even larger gentle giant pass right beneath you!

Check out our 2025 Silver Banks tours where we aim to swim alongside these beautiful mother and calve humpback whales for a week.

https://snorkelventure.com/tour-category/dominican-republic/

30/01/2024

NEW HALMAHERA TOUR DATES, GET THEM WHILE THEY ARE HOT!

We've just released new tour dates for 2025 & 2026. Kusu Island Resort is becoming one of our most sought-after destinations so make sure you don't miss out!

https://snorkelventure.com/tours/halmahera-snorkeling-tour/

Stunning resort, breathtaking reef, no crowds, great food!

https://youtu.be/FsZF_9OdCpw

A promotional video for our land-based snorkeling safari in Halmahera Indonesia at Kusu Island Resort.

20/01/2024

Buffs are a great way to cover up. We love them here at Snorkel Venture. They are a very quick and easy way to cover your head, neck, and ears while on land, however, they don't work that great underwater, especially with a mask on. As soon as you start to put your mask on and go to pull the mask strap back the loose material is very likely going to slide back with the strap, exposing your forehead and part of your scalp. This can be annoying, especially as you make adjustments in the water.

Our solution? Wear a hood. They fit a bit tighter and are less likely to move around on your head as you make adjustments. A hood is just a much more convenient and comfortable way to cover up the exposed areas around your head from the intense tropical sun.

18/01/2024

Check out some of the new screensavers and wallpapers for the new Apple computers. Palau’s reefs and their jellyfish fish lake are so mesmerizing that they are featured in the new selection! Now I’m really looking forward to leading this April trip to Palau.

15/01/2024

Featured House Reef: Papua Explorers Dive Resort, Raja Ampat

Here's a quick video and a blog giving you all the necessary details for the house reef of Papua Explorers in Raja Ampat.

https://snorkelventure.com/2024/01/12/featured-house-reef-papua-explorers/

Next featured house reef will be that of Marsa Shagra's in Egypt.

10/01/2024

Featured House Reef: Papua Explorers Dive Resort, Raja Ampat

We’ll be featuring the many different house reefs we visit over the next few weeks. Since I am currently at this fantastic resort shooting their new promotional video I figured this would be a good one to start with. Papua Explorers has a great house reef accessible by your water bungalow or the long jetty.

There are many resident species, like the dozens of lionfish, batfish, jacks, diamond spade fish, and sweet lips, all of witch reside around the pilings supporting the dive center.

Other likely encounters include wobbegong sharks, walking sharks (at night), moray eels, turtles, octopus & cuttlefish, and so much more!

05/01/2024

Here is a quick highlight reel from some of the magical moments we had on our 2023 snorkeling safaris worldwide. We led 37 tours to more destinations than I can comfortably count without removing my socks, so, this three-minute video really does not do the year justice. If I really wanted to make a proper "Best of" video I'd need to make this video at least twenty minutes longer and the time (and technology) to digitize Marcus Blake's, Dalton's, Asha's, Paul Duxfield's, Bernita Lewin's, and Graham Reynolds's tour highlights stored in their psyche.

Anywho, it was a fantastic year, and hopefully, this little video will help you remember your own set of highlights from your snorkeling safaris with us! If you haven't been on safari with us, what are you waiting for!?

04/01/2024

Another batch of photos from our 2023 tours!

03/01/2024

Happy New Year Everyone!

2023 was a fantastic year for us, our best yet.

As such, here is just one of several batches of photos taken from our 2023 tours from around the world!

We are very much looking forward to starting the first tours of the new year in just a few weeks now. See you all very soon.

20/12/2023

Whale sharks are attracted to these fishing platforms around Triton Bay Divers in Indonesia as the large nets hanging beneath are full of tiny little sardine-like fish. The concentration of fish lures the sharks in and they begin to suck on the nets trying to siphon out some of the small fish from the mesh of the fishing nets. This unique behavior presents snorkelers with an amazing face-to-face opportunity with the largest fish in the world, quite often several of them! On this day during our Triton Bay - Raja Ampat snorkeling safari we spent several hours floating next to these gentle giants.

09/12/2023

With so many patient lionfish beneath the jetty at it’s hard not to get artsy-fartsy with them.

08/12/2023

Whalesharks in Triton Bay with ! The early morning was worth it when we arrived to a bagan (local fishing boats) and it had three whalesharks and a whole pod of dolphins circling it. We spent over two hours face to face with these beauties, and we were the only people in the water with them. Whaleshark encounters don’t get better than that!

07/12/2023

Scads are easily one of the coolest schooling fish. Their residential nature makes them very predictable, their uniform way of organizing themselves in schools makes for a mesmerizing experience, and their brilliant shiny scales look great in photos. Here are a few of the hundred or so images I took of the school of scads that live on the doorstep to . Amazing for snorkeling!

04/12/2023

3 whalesharks and about 30 dolphins for over two hours this morning with Triton Bay Divers

03/12/2023

Triton Bay at its finest! It’s our first day in the water and we’re all blown away by the colors and density of fish! Triton Bay Divers

29/11/2023

Curious about Coral Bleaching?

In this blog I (hopefully) answer all your questions about coral bleaching, including what causes it, how reefs can recover after a bleaching event, and the interesting anatomy of corals.

https://snorkelventure.com/2023/11/28/coral-bleaching/

27/11/2023

A beautiful little video from Red Sea Diving Safari showcasing their wonderful house reefs.

22/11/2023

In just a few days we will lead our last tour of the year, and it's a big one! Our first stop will be with Triton Bay Divers as we explore the reefs and with a bit of luck, swim alongside the largest fish in the ocean, whalesharks! If we are even luckier, they will be escorted by their playful mammalian bubble-blowing buddies.

21/11/2023

NORTH INDONESIA SNORKELING SAFARI | Siladen Resort & Spa in Bunaken National Park, Kusu Island Resort in Halmahera & Papua Explorers Dive Resort, Raja Ampat all in one epic snorkeling adventure. Alex Lindbloom Film and Photography was the group leader on this tour and has finally had a moment to edit the hours of footage down into this three-minute video. A very difficult task! Enjoy.

17/11/2023

Reef octopus are quite common on just about all of our tours, but, as you can see, they are masters of disguise!