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Recently did a dive trip to the Similan Islands in Thailand and saw my first manta ray. Some pics (and one vid) below

Favourite from the trip was actually swiming with a couple of very friendly turtles that came to the boat at Donald Duck Bay

#1 Turtle


Very lucky to get to see my first manta ever - had just completed my safety stop and was about to surface when the manta decided to do a close range fly by
#2 Manta ray


Video of the manta fly by here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMLddJWanug


Another favourite was catching the tomatoe anenome fish
#3 Tomatoe anenome fish


Some other record shots from the trip

#4 Boxfish


#5 Boxfish

wow, that turtle shot is fantastic as is the fish shots, pity the manta was a but far away and lost its colours but i'd be hanging that turtle shot for sure

I am lurving that turtle shot... amazing!

Wonderful pix.

I thought Simon was in the US?

Turtle shot is fantastic.
as said pity the manta was further away but thats the way it goes

nice work!

 LOL - I thought you were talking about Simon as well
Fantastic shots - so clear with brilliant colour.
Congrats - absolutely wonderful

Thanks all, glad you like them. Yeah, thinking of printing that turtle shot big and putting it up on my wall.

Hehe... was thinking when I wrote the title whether Simon would wonder why I had him in the thread title

Great shots but that turtle is a stand out.

Slider wrote:Great shots but that turtle is a stand out.

Thanks Mark.

Well done, great images. It looks like you had great conditions for a perfect dive.