Enjoying living this trip vicariously through your report, Dan! I was booked on this trip but had to reschedule to next year since we are still locked down in the UK
Don't have friends where I live who are into diving and some of them are a bit perplexed why I spent all my money on it for the last few years, so I put this together to showcase why I fell so hard for this hobby.
Lot of shaky and noisy footage from the early days sadly but I upgraded to a...
I think most people from the UK haven't heard of it either, it was only on my radar since afaik it's the best place in the world if you want to get in the water with a whale, although I believe there are a few other places you can do it too. Basically the entire flight there was made up of...
Here’s my video montage of the trip, happy to answer any questions.
Also, while it was too far away to get a good quality image I did manage to capture a humpback breaching in front of a rainbow on the last day…
Tonga
My experience in Tonga (Vava’u) was truly magical and one of the best weeks of my life. I ended up staying in an AirBnb here as well as the accommodation I had booked was cancelled last minute without explanation (think they may have gone out of business), but this worked out well...
Just got back from a week in each country. While I enjoyed both, Tonga I think is a really special place that should be on everyone’s bucket list and I hope I’ll have chance to go back someday. But let’s start with…
Fiji
Flew in to Nadi from London via LA which is quite a journey but both...
Any good? It's the best in the world for my money! Granted I did it in October but I think conditions would be pretty much the same in September. The only rough part was the crossings to Darwin and Wolf but honestly they weren't that bad. Once we we were actually there we had calm seas...
Just got an Ikelite housing setup for my G9 and I’m playing around with the settings getting ready for my trip to Fiji and Tonga next week.
I more or less know what I’m doing with the still settings but I have some questions about video. I know it’s important to keep shutter speed at double the...
I mean like I said at the time they were the distributor recommended and linked to by Ikelite on their website and speaking to a few other unhappy customers on facebook it seems prior the this year they were a reputable establishment so I don't think there was a reasonable cause to doubt their...
Ok thanks for that info. Hopefully I can get the money back through PayPal.
Sadly I can't afford to reorder from another retailer until I get a refund which seems unlikely to happen before my trip.
I purchased about £3000 worth of equipment including a housing for my Panasonic G9 in April from their website. At the time was they were the store Ikelite recommended to buy from in the UK but since then it’s been a bit of a nightmare.
Here’s a brief timeline of my experience:
After about a...
Hi all,
I'm hoping to make a trip to Tonga this year to swim with Humpback Whales. Been researching it for a few days and I'm a bit overwhelmed as there's a lot of options and most of the websites don't have much information so I'd love to hear from anyone with first hand experience.
I don't...
I've been to 3 of the places you mentioned.
Koh Tao is not a bad place to learn but wouldn't make a top 10 list of places to dive in that area of the world.
Komodo is excellent for coral and abundance of life, not so great for big animals . That being they do have a mantas at some sites and I...
I'd have Lembeh somewhere in the mix for being the best macro destination. Or maybe Anilao, I've heard it's similar but haven't had chance to try it yet.
Despite being warned Darwin would be all negative entries, it was never necessary and anyone with a camera could quickly get it handed to them quickly from the rib after entering. Just gotta make sure you don't hang around at the surface once you've got it.
The conditions we had were very unusual for this time of year. It was supposed to be 23 in the north and down to 17 celsius at the western islands, but instead we had 27 at Darwin and no less than 23 at Isabella. The only time I felt a little cold was below the thermocline at Fernandina when we...
Yeah. I go on liveaboards by myself because I don't know anyone that's too into diving and I've always had a great time, there's always been at least a few other solo travellers in my experiences. Thankfully I've never had a snorer in the shared cabin situation haha.
All insurance and...
Unfortunately I want to end on 2 concerning points. The first is the water temperatures we experienced. We were told to prepare for 23/24 celsius in Darwin and Wolf, and instead got 26/27, and as low as 17 in the western islands but saw nothing lower than 23. I’ve just checked the captains logs...
So on to the diving! As an all round package it’s hard for me to imagine there is a better place in the world. The volume and diversity of rare animal encounters is just incredible and I had possibly the top 3 dives of my life all in this one week.
The best one for me was our final dive at Wolf...
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