A visit to the island of Koh Tachai often provides a special treat for divers: a large and easily approached school of teira batfish. The underwater landscape here is characterized by large granite...
Another visitor to Black Rock and other deep-water sites is the spotted eagle ray. In some parts of the world eagle rays stay together in schools. In the Andaman Sea they are normally found alone....
A typical Andaman sunset signals the end of daylight, but by night the reef is still alive. A dive under cover of darkness provides an entirely different experience for a curious diver. A lone bigfin...
Some cardinalfishes are small and careful enough to hide amongst the spines of the crown of thorns starfish or the sea urchin, thereby using the defense of the host to protect themselves. This is...
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We live our lives pursuing happiness "out there" as if it is a commodity. We have become slaves to our own desires and craving. Happiness...
At Thailand's Richelieu Rock, a whale shark makes a rare appearance. This is no whale but rather the world's largest fish. Whale sharks can grow up to 12 meters long, although...
Back down on the reef, we find the most common of the pufferfish family, the blackspotted puffer. At Black Rock these fish can often be seen just resting on the bottom, or in this case amongst the...
Banded sea kraits are one of the most venomous creatures on the planet, but they are little danger to divers. Their mouths are tiny and while underwater they are prepossessed with hunting for their...