Very big Mola Mola at 101m depth at the U455 wreck

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Germie

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Last week, we went to the U455, a wreck between 90 and 118m depth.
The wreck is not that big, it has a wooden deck and the viz was great. Our diveplan was to dive the part between 90 and 105m depth. It would be the first time I took the camera over 60m depth. But I specially bought it for such dives.

It started with a mola mola far away, that swam away. Then I saw a big startfish and took a picture of it:

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Sadly my camera refused to work, so no pictures of the tower of the uboat. I had to go up to 92m to turn it on again and then I saw the most beautifull fish I have ever seen: a HUGE mola mola near the wreck on the other side we went down.

camera work, please work I was praying. I could not change any settings, but I wanted some pictures (I already have contacted the seller as I bought a 100m housing, so I don't expect to have problems with functionality at 100m, but in reality the first buttons refused to work around 62-65m depth already).
But I got some really nice shots. I had to wait till the deco to see if the camera recorded something, but YES, it did :D :D :D :D I am soooo happy with the pictures of this really special dive. It was my 31th time deeper than 100m, but never saw a mola mola.

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So I have wreckpictures with a giant fish. The best combination :D
 
Amazing! What a dive it must have been.
 
Nice shot! Wow that’s a deep dive!

I saw one at 43m in Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia. It was being cleaned by a dinner plate size Emperor Anglefish (see my avatar).
 
Great shots! That's pretty cool.
 
wow..incredible....nice photos.....what's the size?...thanks for sharing.
 
Was that your first ever mola mola or your first at that depth?

I have also had good sightings at Nusa Penida, one at 33m and one at 20m! And out of season too!! So exciting but I'm not a photog.
 
First ever.
My first seahorse was on my first 100m dive at the 6m decostop.
My first mola mola was at 101 m depth.
 
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