The latitude and longitude of Palau are about 7 degrees north and 134 degrees east. The archipelago lies within the much larger group of thousands of islands that make up Micronesia, which means “tiny islands.” Approximately 800 kilometers north of New Guinea, southeast of the Philippines, and southwest of Guam, Palau consists of roughly 500 islands.
Palau has a maritime tropical climate with a large amount of rainfall. The average daily temperature for the year is 81℉ (28℃), while the relative humidity is about 82%. An annual average of 381 centimeters of rain falls on Palau, feeding into the rivers and streams and adding to the humidity. Wind direction shifts occur with the trade winds blowing from the northeast and east from November to May. Then the monsoon winds come up from the southwest from June to September.
Palau has declared itself as the world’s first shark sanctuary. In 2009, it launched the Palau Shark Sanctuary to do its part in fighting for an end to shark finning in Palau and around the globe.
(For more details, see: http://www.sharksanctuary.com/)
Palau’s Rock Islands were listed as a World Heritage Site in 2012. Many of the 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin the southern lagoon have unique mushroom-like shapes, surrounded by turquoise water and coral reefs.
The site’s incredible beauty is made even more impressive by the complex reef system, featuring over 385 species of coral as well as a wide array of ecosystems. This is home to a great diversity of plants, birds and marine life, including dugong and at least thirteen shark species.
(For more details, see: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1386)
Palau is known as one of the planet’s best places to be underwater. Its dive sites attract visitors for all sorts of reasons, including huge schools of fish, plenty of sharks, and healthy reefs, as well as wrecks of the Second World War and the world-famous Jellyfish Lake and Blue Corner.
Most months the water temperature is around 30℃. Only from February to March does it occasionally drop to about 26℃. Average underwater visibility is roughly 20 meters but sometimes goes up to 40 meters! From July to September, heavy rains and strong winds can brings a drop in visibility to between 15 and 20 meters.
Palau features about 30 major dive sites, from walls and tunnels to channels and wrecks.
Here are just a few of the most famous of these sites:
Otsukarechan!
It’s Paula!
Today the weather was not exactly at its finest.
It was quite windy with recurring rain showers,
but we had some amazing dives nonetheless!
Air temperature: 29C
Water temperature: 29C
We went out on two boats today!
Boat-1
Operator: Clayton
Guides: Hiro / Paula
① German Channel
② Big Drop Off
③ Jake Seaplane
Boat-2
Operator: Stacy
Guide: Yu
① German Channel
② Blue Corner
③ Ngerchong Outside
The visibility at German Channel was great and so we decided to try our luck for some mantas.
Unfortunately, to no avail.
But we encountered a very sweet little moray eel who seemed to smile for the cameras,
as well as schools of black spot barracudas and big eye trevally.
Next we dove at Big Drop Off and found some beautiful small fish
– square spot anthias, peach anthias, purple queen, fire dartfish!
The other team was treated to quite a show at blue corner as around two hundred ringtail surgeonfish
were spawning while being chased by at least ten large sharks!
For his last dive we had a special treat for our junior diver picked out – Jake Seaplane!
The visibility was good and we got to see the plane resting on the sea bed as wedescended.
When exploring the surrounding corals, we also found some pajama cardinalfish,
black belted cardinalfish and eight banded butterflyfish!
In the meantime, the other team explored Ngerchong Outside.
Upon surfacing, they were greeted by a cheerful Stacy who had seen
a manta jump at the surface while everybody was in the water!
Impeccable timing I guess…
I wonder what we’ll see tomorrow!
See you then!
Otsukarechan!
It’s Paula!
It was a little bit chilly today as the wind has picked up recently!
We also got some rain showers.
Air temperature: 29C
Water temperature: 29C
Today we went out on one boat!
Operator: Humio
Guides: Clayton / Paula
Introductory Dive course: Yu
PADI Openwater Diver Course: Hiro
After dropping our intro and OWD teams at Ngermeaus we headed to Ngemelis.
We were lucky to still catch incoming current at German Channel and decided to seize our chance and hop in.
The visibility was great so we got a beautiful view of the schools of big eye trevally and black spot barracudas,
and nobody seemed to mind that the mantas apparently had their day off today.
Next we dove Blue Corner!
The outgoing current was very weak and we comfortably drifted through the water with the reef on our left side.
The current picked up just in time for some hooking and some beautiful grey reef sharks circled in front of us,
accompanied by pyramid butterfly fish and red tooth triggerfish.
Also a very friendly napoleon seemed quite interested in us.
To top it off we got bigeye trevally and blackspot barracudas!
For the third dive we got a request for the Hafa Adai wreck!
We had the dive site to ourselves and it was a relaxing slow photography dive.
We found a baby eight-banded butterfly fish, blackside hawkfish, fragile cardinalfish,
whip coral gobies and even some nudibranch!
I’m already excited to go diving again tomorrow!
The sun comes out, but with many clouds today.
It was not a cold day and it was a pleasant day.
Today I went to Ulong area.
Operator Stacey
Guide Hiro
1 Grassland
2 Siaes corner
3 St. cardinal
Temperature 30 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
There was no wind today, and the surface was like a mirror.
It was good smooth drive.
Grassland had the best visibility.
So I was so happy from morning! !
I saw some big Yellowspotted trevally were chasing a school of scad.
Also many Grey Reef sharks were chasing them.
I thought there was no chance for scad to survive, but scad run away with high speed swim!
Also many Bigeye barracuda flocked in the clear water.
That was perfect subject for photo.
Siaes corner had a slow current,
A school of Bartail fusilier flocked on the shelf.
Their blue line is very beautiful in the blue sea.
We could take some nice photos of Hawksbill because she was eating sea grass and did not run away.
The Hawksbill is popular in Palau.
We saw a eagle ray before exit.
She swam around us 3 times then disappeared.
The sunset was also beautiful today.
Otsukarechan!
It’s Paula!
It was beautifully sunny today, and there was almost no wind.
The heavy rain showers politely waited until we were all safely back at the shop.
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
We went out on one boat today.
Operator: Humio
Guides: Hiro / Clayton
Introductory dive course: Paula
Today as well we enjoyed a rather calm diving style as we had a junior diver in our group!
For the first dive we headed to New Drop Off!
A lot of turtles were relaxing in the easy going current, and so were we!
The pyramid butterfly fish looked like bright stars against the blue water.
A large number of blue-lined snappers were huddling together and seemed quite cozy!
We encountered a group of dolphins during our surface interval!
They put on a show for us and seemed to coordinate with Clayton, who managed to yell “jump!”
perfectly synchronised every time they leaped out of the water!
At Blue Corner we saw a huge dogtooth tuna right after entering the water!
It was quite shallow and we got a perfect view!
Of course the friendly Napoleon also came to visit and seemed to enjoy our company.
A large school of bigeye trevally was also hanging out on the reef.
It seems like we can expect great weather for tomorrow too!
See you then!
Otsukarechan!
It’s Paula!
The weather was lovely today.
Air temperature: 30C
Water temperature: 29C
We went out on one boat today.
Operator: Humio
Guides: Clayton / Paula
For the first dive we headed to Ngemelis Wall for a turtle party.
Although they seemed a little less numerous than usual today,
we still got to take some great pictures from all angles.
There was also a small school of blacktail snappers,
and some pearlscale angelfish!
Next we dove at Fairyland.
There also we were treated to turtles and sharks galore!
Some friendly fusiliers kept schooling above our heads, and below us we saw
the reef buzzing with damselfish, angelfish and butterflyfish!
After lunch we went off to German Channel.
The mantas seemed to have their day off today.
But that didn’t cause much disappointment,
because instead we were treated to a blacktip reef shark and a nurse shark!
Especially our junior diver was thrilled!
I wonder what we’ll find tomorrow! See you then!
Hello. I am Tominaga.
It has been good weather for the past few days in Palau.
There were some squalls, but the weather was fine most of the day and the mild breeze still continued.
Good condition in Palau, but there were very few customers on such a fine day.
We departed with one boat today.
The temperature was 32 degrees Celsius, the water temperature was 29 degrees.
The guide was Clayton and they went to Blue Hole and Blue Corner.
I was diving at Ngermeaus Island to conduct our introductory dive course with customers.
They has been experiencing many introductory dive courses before, and they were good divers already!
The corals in the shallow water were very beautiful.
Please enjoy the pictures I took today in Ngermeaus!
Otsukarechan!
It’s Paula!
We had lovely weather today!
The sun was shining and provided the perfect scenery for our action filled day!
Air temperature: 32C
Water temperature: 29C
A group of twenty people visited us from Japan today.
We went out with two boats but stayed together throughout the day.
Operators: Stacy / Clayton
Guides: Tomi / Kane / Clayton / Hiro / Paula
At first we headed to Ngermeaus for some intro diving.
Everybody got to see lots of damselfish and swordfish!
When we got back into the water for some snorkeling after our well deserved lunch,
we were surrounded by yellowback fusiliers and blacktip reef sharks.
Although very friendly, their curious circles around us caused quite some excitement among the guests.
Next, we got up and close with the beautiful giant clams of Clam City
and let ourselves drift in the current at Fantasy.
After all the physical activity we decided it was time to treat ourselves to a spa experience and left for our final stop, Milkyway!
Everybody made sure to cover themselves in a thick layer of the famous white clay
and then daringly jumped off the boat to rinse off, which made for some great pictures.
I wonder if everyone will wake up looking ten years younger tomorrow?
One thing’s for sure in any case – after such an eventful day we’re all sure to get in a good night’s beauty sleep.
That’s it for today, see you tomorrow!
Otsukarechan! (something like *Good afternoon” in Japanese)
It’s Paula!
The weather held up nicely today and we only had to brave one little rain shower on our way back to the shop!
Air temperature: 31C
Water temperature: 29C
We went out with one boat today.
Operator: Stacy
Guides: Clayton / Paula
Today we went to Ngemelis.
For our first dive we split the teams and while one group was enjoying
the turtle extravaganza at Ngemelis Wall, the other divers decided to hop in at Blue Corner.
The current was outgoing at first and the divers entered with the wall on their left side,
but it changed to incoming a couple of minutes into the dive.
As it was a very weak current, though, it didn’t take much effort to cross the reef.
Aside from a school of blackfin barracudas the group had some macro fun and observed little shrimps
and baby anemonefish.
For the second dive we headed off to German Channel!
The timing was just right and we didn’t encounter any other dive teams!
Instead we were greeted by a manta that, although it seemed a little confused about the best cleaning station,
swam some slow loops around us and provided great camera footage!
Thanks for reading!
See you tomorrow!
Ungil Kebesengei (Good evening!) from Palau! It’s Paula!
Today’s weather was great!
Undisturbed sunshine all day – everyone got a tan, whether they wanted it or not!
Air temperature: 32C
Water temperature: 29C
We had one boat out today.
Operator: Stacy
Guide: Clayton
Intro Diving Guides: Hiro / Paula
After dropping our two intro diving teams at Ngermeaus Island,
which was surprisingly quiet today, the fun divers headed off to Ngemelis!
First dive – German Channel!
To be fair, the visibility wasn’t at its best,
but everybody got to see and enjoy the show that two gorgeous mantas seemed to
be putting on especially for us, nonetheless.
Then off to Blue Corner we went and jumped in with the reef on our left side.
The current was quite weak and we didn’t need any reef hooks.
To quote Clayton,
“All the stars were there!” and we were treated to blackspot barracudas,
big eye trevally, turtles, napoleons and blackfin barracudas!
In the meantime, the two intro diving teams at Ngermeaus got up and close
with curious blacktip reef sharks and a small group of golden trevally.
Thanks for reading!
See you tomorrow!!
The weather was changing from fine to rain, and cloudy alternately.
It was not clear sky today.
The water temperature is still 29 ° C , it was warm.
We had one boat.
The guide was Clayton and the captain was Fumio.
1: Grassland
2: Siaes corner
3: Ulong Channel & Cliff
Few lucky fist entry divers saw Manta-ray at the station in Grassland.
Following other divers did not make it.
Well..it happens.
The Siaes Corner had excellent visibility.
The divers were very happy, because it had been low visibility in the past few days.
We saw Ornate eagle ray yesterday and saw Eagle ray today.
Eagle rays came out for two consecutive days!
Ulong was also good visibility.
We started from inside the channel to the cliff with good outgoing tide.
At the time of exit, flock of Batfish were seen and our divers were pleased again!
It’s Paula!
The weather stays unpredictable.
Today started off sunny but we only narrowly escaped some rain showers during the day.
Air temperature: 30C
Water temperature: 29C
Today we went out with just one boat.
Operator: Stacy
Guides: Hiro / Paula and Clayton
For the first dive we headed to German Channel, hoping to continue our lucky manta streak of the past days.
Though the visibility was quite poor, it seems the current was just right!
We got to see two beautiful large mantas hovering over the cleaning station towards the Peleliu side.
Word must have gotten around that the mantas are back,
because unlike a couple of days ago we did not have the site to ourselves,
and at times it wasn’t quite clear whether the divers came to see the mantas
or whether the mantas were watching the divers.
Next we dove at New Drop Off with the outgoing current.
Clayton spotted a large ornate eagle ray gliding along the wall and everybody got
excited.
A playful flowery flounder also entertained us on the reef and provoked some “looks tasty!” comments upon surfacing.
Blue Corner was experiencing a strong outgoing current and lots of large grey reef sharks were surfing the current at the hooking area.
On top of the sand, a large green sea turtle patiently let everyone take pictures,
not seeming in the least bit disturbed.
During our safety stop we got to experience a whirlpool current and circled in a merry go round while counting down the minutes until our ascent.
I wonder what we’ll see tomorrow!!
We started with heavy rain today.
But it became cloudy and fine weather afternoon.
I said to my divers that, “In such a weather condition, we sometimes met a big game”.
And..it actually had happen today.
We had three teams on two boats today.
Boat-1
Operator Stacey
Guide Tominaga
Introductory dive course Paula
1 German channel
2 Blue corner
3 W Reef
Boat-2
Operator Clayton
Guide Hiro
1 Grassland
2 Siaes corner
3 Ulong Cliff
Air temperature31 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
Grassland had good visibility, even we got heavy rain.
Flock of Bigeye barracuda and Whitetongue jack came out.
We could see many Garden Eel and Spaghetti Garden Eel.
The guest who likes Garden Eel approached to them as close as possible with careful, and got some good pictures.
A Cowtail stringray rubbing her body in the sand was also passed in front of us.
We saw some baby eagle rays were swimming around us at the end of dive.
Siaes Corner was a strong current.
The Pyramid butterflyfish and Yellow and blueback fusilie were great numbers.
Good current hit the hooking area and it was a torrent.
That was full of sharks!
For a while, I enjoyed watching the sharks with strong current, and I excited with seeing Barracuda.
On the third dive,
It came out at Ulong Cliff! !
Two Sailfish!
We usually saw her at outer edge reef area like Peleliu corner.
We haven’t seen her at Ulong Cliff.
Why they were here?
She swam just little deeper than us, but she moved very slowly and we could watch her at short distance.
The size was about 3m.
Although we took picture one of them, but there were two!
Then again, we saw 2 baby eagle rays.
Very exciting dive!!
All the photos were from Mr. T.
Thank you very much.
It’s Paula from Palau!
The weather tricked us today – hot and sunny in the morning
and then surprise showers during the day!
Air temperature: 30C
Water temperature: 29C
We had two teams on two boats today.
1) Operator: Stacy
Guides: Paula and Clayton
2) Operator: Humio
Guide: Hiro
Our team did a Siaes tour today. Siaes Tunnel, Siaes Tail and Siaes Corner!
It had been a while since we last dived
Siaes Tunnel and everybody got a little nostalgic .
Inside the tunnel
we were greeted by blotcheye soldierfish and,
especially to our Korean guest’s delight, a Broccoli Sea urchin.
Siaes Tail presented a very easygoing current
and we comfortably let ourselves drift along the wall.
As we were hooking on the reef edge,
Clayton spotted a large group of bluefin trevally
– we think there must at least have been two hundred of them,
creating what seemed like a fast-flowing,
shiny blue river. The definite highlight of the dive, if not the day!
After lunch we headed off to Siaes Corner.
The hooking area was bustling with colorful, small fish,
and two very evasive flame angelfish made for a fun photography challenge.
After crossing the corner we were treated to a spectacle of
grey reef sharks circling below us,
at times turning over and showing their white bellies.
Thanks for reading and until tomorrow!!
Tsukare naos from Palau! It’s Paula!
Today started off with strong gusts of wind and rain during the night
but thankfully it cleared up in the morning and we got some sunshine with our bento lunch!
We went out with one boat today.
Operator: Stacy
Guides: Paula and Clayton
Air temperature;30℃
Water temperature: 29℃
As we had specific requests for turtles we started the day off
at Ngemelis Wall, and it did not disappoint. We encountered many
friendly green sea turtles, big and small, who all willingly posed
for the cameras. Everybody took lots of pictures and the slight current,
which changed halfway through the dive and challenged the divers to
kick a little harder, ended up not bothering anyone.
For the second dive we chose Blue Corner. The strong outgoing current
allowed us to see schools of blackfin barracudas, black spot barracudas,
big eye trevally and black snappers on top of the reef! To quote one of our
customers – “so many fish!!!”
Hoping for an early incoming current we headed off to German Channel after lunch.
The visibility was very poor but we had the dive site almost entirely to ourselves.
After just 5mins of diving an absolute beauty of a manta swam up right next to us!
It came so close we could have given it a high five. We also came across three fantail
stingrays who were taking a nap on the sandy bottom. To top it off and make our dive day perfect,
we got circled by schools of big eye trevally, black spot barracudas and fusiliers.
Thanks for reading and until tomorrow!!
It was cloudy and rain in Palau.
But it wasn’t much rain, and the sun came out afternoon.
I had got just few rain today.
We had one boat.
Operator Fumio
Guide Hiro & Paula
1 Grassland
2 Sias corner
3 Aquarium
Air Temperature 29 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
It was unlikely visibility at Grassland.
I mean very bad…murky water.
Even low visibility, we saw many Double-lined fusilier were flocked and eating plankton.
We saw many Garden Eel and Anemone fish and Sharks.
There were many sharks, the number was more than usual today.
Also Blacktip reef shark and flock of Dusky-finned bulleye were seen.
The 2nd dive, we went to Sias Corner.
Unlike the first dive, the visibility was good enough!
The current was slow but we saw many fish.
The drop-off wall was covered with big flock of Pyramid butterflyfish.
Also Yellow and blueback fusilie and Double-lined fusilier flocked.
I saw some Humphead wrasse was laying eggs near the surface.
4-5 of them flocked and egg laying, it was impressive scene.
Bigeye Barracuda also flocked in good number.
We saw many sharks swam round’n round at the top of the corner area.
It was a powerful score, as it came to one place and came in front of us.
There were huge amount of Double-lined fusilier at the Aquarium.
It was good visibility here too.
The fish made huge fish-ball in middle depth.
Then they shifted to the shallow, it changed the shape to flat and it looked like “Blue wall”!
The number was tremendous!
Many of Yellowfin goatfish and Bigeye barracuda were seen.
Yes, this is real an “Aquarium”!
Some of customer said, “It is just beautiful!”.
It was cloudy but no rain in Palau today.
We had one boat.
Operator Fumio
Guide Hiro
1 New drop off
2 Blue corner
3 Blue corner
Air Temperature 28 ° C
Water temperature 28 ° C
We had a good current at New Drop-off and enjoyed drift dive.
The visibility was also good.
I saw many Double-lined fusilier were eating the plankton at middle depth.
Many Pyramid butterflyfish & Grey Reef Sharks flocked with good current at hooking area.
It was fun to feel the flow with the current & current hook.
2nd dive was at Blue Corner.
The visibility was decreasing than usual.
The number of sharks was decreasing recently, but today we saw them lots!
The flock of Bigeye trevally was dense, but broke in three places,
It will be a great number if all gathered.
Flocks of Barracuda was also seen on the reef shelf.
We met a friendly Humphead wrasse and enjoyed interplay with her and exit.
On the 3rd dive, as my divers request, we dive again Blue Corner.
Shortly after entry, we saw a green sea turtle slept in a rocky gap.
Only her face was come out and it was so cute.
Although the visibility went down, the amount of fish was great!
I saw a flock of batfish.
At the top of corner area, we saw some predator mode Giant trevally & whitecap sharks.
Big school of Double-lined fusilier & Pyramid butterflyfish spread out quickly to escape from their predators.
Also we enjoyed to watch beautiful flock of Bluebanded snapper, Gold-lined sea-beam and Black-spot snapper.
Cloudy in Palau today.
Occasionally it rained, but it became fine soon and it was not cold.
We had one boat.
Operator Fumio
Guide Clayton
PADI AOW course Hiro
Introductory dive course Paula
1 Grassland
2 Sias corner
3 Ulong channel
Air temperature 31 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
Grassland was full of quampilives that finished laying eggs early in the morning
Flock of Yellow and blueback fusilie and Bigeye barracuda were seen.
Two family-friendly batfish came close to us.
Sias Corner had a good upcoming tide.
The visibility was good and we enjoyed drift dive and watch beautiful flock of Double-lined fusilier.
We saw a beautiful scene with mix of the flock of Pyramid butterflyfish & Grey reef sharks at hooking area.
We saw a school of barracuda then exited to the boat.
Good dive!
The Ulong channel had a good Upcoming tide!
I saw some child Gray Reef Sharks flocked in deep area.
Also we found two child Eagle rays were swimming.
We were healed by the scene by the figure which swims together so that it might be good friend.
We enjoyed drift dive and watching many beautiful corals in the channel.
Palau was fine today,
But on the way back to the base, we had squall.
Even if it is sunny in the morning,
It is a good idea to bring your rain gear for just in case.
Air temperature 31 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
We had 2 boats.
Boat-1
Operator Fumio
Guide Clayton & Paula
1 Grassland
2 New drop off
3 Blue corner
4 Iro-maru (wreck dive)
The first dive was early morning dive at Grassland to see spawning of Green humphead parrotfish.
And they success to see that.
Also they saw more than 3m size of Bull Shark!
It was no other dive group there.
Boat-2
Operator Stacey
Guide Tominaga
PADI AOW course Hiro
1 Blue hole
2 Blue corner
3 German channels
At Blue Hole, it was less visibility in shallow water, but it became better we went down.
We saw a huge Bigeye barracuda in the hole.
I was overwhelmed by the size of her.
Also her tooth was big and looks very sharp.
It looks scare, if I was bitten.
It was strong down current at Blue corner.
We enjoyed the current at hooking station.
After that, we entered into the channel and enjoyed to watch the flock of Bigeye trevally.
A Humphead wrasse came out and along with us, very friendly!
Some Giant trevally tried to take flock of Double-lined fusilier was seen.
In the German channel, we were waiting for the good outgoing tide before entering.
I could not see the predatory Manta-ray, but I could see 2 cleaning Manta-rays.
It’s a large manta ray, and it’s not as powerful and elegant.
The weather was fine / cloudy, and there was squall some place today.
The water temperature was warm at 29 ° C.
We had one boat.
OP: Stacey
Guide: Clayton & Tominaga
1: Grassland
2: Sias corner
3: Ulong channel
Because it is off-season in Palau,
There were few divers at most of the dive sites.
At the Grassland, because of there were no other divers,
we enjoyed to watch the fish carefully and slowly like we are in Aquarium.
Flock of Bigeye barracuda, Whitetongue jack and Bartail fusilier.
Also we saw many Humphead wrasse because today was just before the new moon.
At Sias corner, we had excellent visibility.
Nothing special today, but we enjoyed good drift dive with good current & visibility.
At Ulong channel, we saw lots of fish.
A school of Bigeye trevally, Whitetongue jack were seen.
Also we saw baby Eagle rays which is there recently, were swimming among them.
We saw many Groupers.
It is their season and we saw them everywhere in the waterway.
Hundreds of them were gathered.
We were excited to enjoy the sights full of groupers only during this period.
Palau is still hot like a tropycal country today.
There was almost no wind.
We had two boats.
Boat-1
Operator Fumio
Guide Tominaga
1 Blue hole
2 Blue corner
Boat-2
Operator Stacey
Guide Clayton, Paula & Hiro
1 Grassland
2 Ulong channel
3 Sias corner
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
We went to Grassland, but no one else was there.
We got to dive there all to ourself.
The visibility fell a little, but the sun was sunny and the sand was beautiful.
Bigeye barracuda, Giant barracuda and Whitetongue jack flocked.
There were great number of fish!
Because of there were few divers, the garden eel came out longer than usual from the sand.
We saw many Green humphead parrotfish, may be because the new moon coming soon.
The Ulong Channel had a good group of Bigeye trevally.
A school of scad were running away from Bluefin trevally.
I saw many Grey Reef Sharks swam around the channel inlet area.
Some of them were very big!
We enjoyed to drift in the channel.
The current was not too strong but not weak, just good current!
Many Groupers were seen.
The Clayton team saw two baby Eagle rays.
Recently, they have been in the Channel.
The Sias corner was a moderate flow and the drift dive was pleasant.
Big school of Double-lined fusilier and Yellow and blueback fusilie were stunning.
Also many colorful Peach fairy basslet & Pyramid butterflyfish were seen.
Like Ulong channel, I saw many scads were chased by Bluefin trevally.
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel and big Dogtooth tuna passed us to join this.
We had squall about noon today,
It was almost fine through the day.
The wind was weak eastery wind.
We had two boats.
Boat-one
OP Stacey
Guide Tomi & Clayton
Openwater diver course Hiro
1 German channel
2 Blue corner
3 New Drop Off
Boat-two (my boat)
OP Fumio
Guide Yu & Paula
1 Grassland
2 Ulong channel
3 Sias Corner
At first it was a start from leisurely Grassland.
We went down to the sand bottom and watched Bigeye barracuda, Garden eel and Spaghetti Garden Eel.
The sun made the sand shine sparkling!
Also we enjoyed to watch flock of Whitetongue jack.
I have not seen the school of scad recently.
The second dive was Ulong channel.
The channel had good amount of current.
I saw 2 child Eagle rays at the entrance.
Many Groupers were seen in the channel.
I took a photo with my divers at sandy bottom area.
After all, the channel’s dazzling drift is fun.
The third dive was at the Sias corner.
It was upcoming tide.
The visibility was the best of today.
Crystal clear water!
It was mild current and we enjoyed leisurely drift dive.
After the squall was gone, the sun came out and was very bright.
Many of flame angel fish which is Micronesian endemic species were seen.
I saw some Bigeye barracuda & scads run away from Bluefin trevally.
I took some photo of flocking barracuda at the end of dive.
The Ngemeris team (Boat-one) saw some Green Manta-rays from the boat at Blue corner.
Photo by Abeda
Good weather was still continue in Palau.
The sea condition and the weather were both great!
We had two boats.
Boat-1 (My boat)
OP Fumio
Guide Yu & Paula
1 German channel
2 Blue corner
Boat-2
OP Stacey
Guide Clayton & Hiro
1 Ulong channel
2 Sias tail
3 Sias Corner
Our boat went to Ngemeris area.
We saw a child Manta-ray at German channel.
Also a Cowtail stringray stay on the sand bottom and a swimming Cowtail stringray,
Bigeye trevally and Bigeye barracuda were seen.
We enjoyed leisurely.
The second dive was at the Blue corner.
We enjoyed leisurely drift dive with slow outgoing tide.
The visibility was good, we saw flock of Bigeye trevally and a Humphead wrasse.
At the end of this dive, I found a cute Red-spotted blenny.
And a Gray reef shark turned around in front of me.
We enjoyed typical dive in Palau, today.
It was definitely good weather today!
The water was like hot water in tab.
I felt 5mm wet suit is too hot.
There was no wind, no one need worried about seasickness.
We had one boat.
Operator Fumio
Guide Tominaga, Paula & Hiro
1 German channel
2 Blue corner
3 New drop off
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
When we entered in the German channel, we saw Giant trevally & two Hawksbills.
We have often seen Giant trevally with Hawksbill eating seaweed.
They have good relationship!
Flock of Bigeye barracuda and Bigeye trevally were seen.
The Gray Reef Shark also passed right above and was impressive.
I could not see Manta-ray at the cleaning station, but found Manta while moving to the shallow area!
She didn’t come to the station, and she just disappeared off the coast, she was quite big.
At the Blue corner, the Bigeye trevally was swarmed like a wall.
It was always crowded Blue corner, but there were no other divers today and had by ourselves.
As there were no divers, a Humphead wrasse came to meet four or five times.
Barracuda flocked of about 20-30, we enjoyed to watch them without other dive group.
GrayReef sharks flocked to the hooking point.
Napoleon came over again during the safety stop.
At New Drop Off, one guest who likes goby was very excited.
Because there were many Black-fin dartfish ＆ Fire goby.
Also we saw some flame angelfish in a hole.
They are so beautiful with a flaming color design.
Flock of Yellow and blueback fusilie were seen in middle depth.
The sight of moving all of them at once was overwhelmingly beautiful.
Also some Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel were passed by.
Today, the ocean was almost flat surface and the weather was the best in Palau.
Besides, the visibility was outstanding!
We had one boat.
Operator Fumio
Guide Yu, Paula, Hiro & Tominaga
1 Ulong channel
2 Grassland
3 Sias corner
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
The Ulong channel had a nice incoming tide.
After we enjoyed to watch flock of Bigeye trevally, scads and Whitetongue jack,
we aim to go the channel.
It was crystal clear water inside the channel.
Recently there were many groupers.
We saw many Brown-marbled grouper & Marbled grouper on sandy bottom.
Corals were also beautiful!
The cabbage coral was always magnificent.
Glassland also had good visibility.
The sand was shining with glitter!
Bigeye barracuda swarmed beautifully.
There were only few other divers,
I could see many eels carefully, such as Garden Eel and Spaghetti Garden Eel.
There was also hawksbill which was eating seaweed!
Sias corner was flowing slowly and it was easy to dive.
Today’s Chias Corner has a large amount of Bluefin trevally.
They were attaching the flock of scad & Yellow and blueback fusilie.
They were completely in predator mode.
Humphead wrasse and sharks also chased them together.
We exited after seeing the flock of barracuda.
No wind, no waves today, the perfect condition! !
The visibility was over 30 meters everywhere!
Water temperature was 30 ° C.
Temperature was 33 ° C
We had one boat.
OP Fumio
Guide Hiro & Yu
Introductory dive course Paula & Clayton
1 Ngemeris Coral Garden
2 Blue hole
3 Blue corner
Start from Ngemeris Coral Garden.
It has been long time since I dived there before.
The coral came back their number!
We were very happy with great visibility.
I showed some anemone fish & butterfly fish to my divers.
Also some Hawksbill & Green sea turtle were seen.
We were surprised to see the difference between child & adult of Zebrasoma veliferum.
We saw flock of Milkfish at the end of the dive.
I expected to see a Blue Marline, but couldn’t make it.
The second dive was at Blue Hole.
There were no other group.
Excellent visibility!
Gorgeous Sunlight!
I found 3 Ghost pipefish.
The third dive was at the Blue corner.
It was outgoing tide and the current was getting stronger.
The visibility was also excellent!
The current was stronger & stronger just after hooking.
We used current hook in just good timing.
There were not many sharks today.
But I saw some Bluefin trevally were aggressive chasing flock of Bartail fusilier & Redtoothed triggerfish.
After that, we enjoyed to watch flock of Bigeye trevally & Bigeye barracuda.
When I looked off shore I thought I found one black-fin barracuda.
But she was just a Bigeye barracuda.
We saw giant green sea turtle and came up to exit.
Hello from amazing calm condition Palau!
No wind and sea surface was like a mirror.
On such a day, look up from the underwater to surface,
Clouds and the sky are visible and it is very beautiful.
We had one boat.
OP Fumio
Guide Yu & Clayton
1 Aquarium
2 Sias corner
3 Chandelier Cave (request divers)
The Aquarium had a strong current.
There were a lot of Double-lined fusilier and once we put a current hook,
some Bluefin trevally were aiming for Double-lined fusilier.
It was a very interesting scene when the children Gray Reef Shark plunged into it.
Some African pompano also appeared.
Also the regular member of there were seen, such as flock of Bigeye barracuda, Yellowfin goatfish, Two-spot snapper and Orbicular batfish.
The second dive was at Sias Corner.
It was a mild current.
We went to dive along with the wall.
There were lots of soft coral and they were very beautiful.
Also flock of Pyramid butterflyfish & Peach fairy basslet were beautiful.
I found flock of barracuda off the corner.
Flock of them were made tornado shape, and that was excellent!
I took their pictures with one of guest who is birthday today.
The third dive was at chandelier cave with request divers.
There was no other dive group there.
We had the chandelier cave to ourselves.
I enjoyed to explore the cave with divers.
It was fine weather today!
We had one boat.
Operator Stacey
Guide Tominaga, Hiro & Paula
1 Blue Corner / Ngemeris Wall
2 Blue corner
3 W reef (request customer)
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
It was mild current at Blue Corner.
The visibility was nice.
We could have enough time to take photo of Tornado Baracuda.
Many Gray Reef Sharks were seen as hooking point.
Flock of Bluebanded snapper & Gold-lined sea-beam were seen.
A Humphead wrasse appeared after we saw flock of Bigeye barracuda& Bigeye trevally.
She was very friendly!
Just before the ascent, many Barracuda appeared again!
Yellow and blueback fusilie also had a beautiful color.
W reef is our original dive point.
Good tide was hit, huge number of Yellow and blueback fusilie Double-lined fusilier and Gurukun were seen.
In addition, the children of Bigeye barracuda and Gray Leaf Sharks were a great crowd as far as they can see!
A little deeper area, a big flock of Whitetongue jack were seen.
Then we enjoyed to watching the soft corals.
Slowly watching many soft corals include big sea fan.
We enjoyed dive, not only watching fish but also nice soft corals.
Lastly, a small suck-fish was firmly attached to the guest’s foot!
The weather was the best condition today!
Although the west wind had been stronger since the afternoon,
I was able to dive without any problems!
The water temperature had also been rising recently,
There was no cold and it was easy to dive.
We had 2 boats.
Boat-1
OP Fumio
Guide Tomi & Paula
1 Blue hole
2 New Drop Off
3 Blue corner
Boat-2 Special tour to Angaur
OP Stacey
Guide Yu
Angaur expedition had been … I had 3 dives!
Today’s Angaur had excellent visibility,
More than 30 meters!
Pure blue, this is Angaur blue!
Double-lined fusilier such as Yellow and blueback fusilie and Bartail fusilier were clogged up there.
An oversized Dogtooth tuna attacked, 2 Mackerel came to see us,
It is rolled round to huge flock of Rainbow runner,
It was three excitement dives and I could see Giant grouper in front of the eyes in the big game! !
Photo by Midori
Mr. Midori received the photo! ! Today’s Giant grouper!
Thank you!
At the Blue corner, it was a strong upcoming tide,
Flock of Ringtail surgeonfish & Long-nosed parrotfish were seen.
Might be spawning season??
Wind direction seems to change from now on at turn of the season,
The day of the west wind like today seems to increase gradually.
I wish good weather to continue.
Here is a photo from Mr. Yuuji.
Photo by Yuji
Sky was clear, the wind was weak.
It was nice diving day.
We had 2 boats.
Boat-1
Operator Fumio
Guide Tominaga & Yu
1 Grassland
2 Sias corner
3 Ulong channel
Boat-2
Operator Stacey
Guide Hiro
Introductory Dive course Paula & Clayton
1 German channel
2 Blue hole
3 Blue corner
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
The German channel was outgoing tide and there was a current,
Manta came out!
Although it was a baby manta, she passed near of us and immediately gone!
2 Hawksbill eating sponge were seen.
Also flock of Bigeye barracuda & Dusky-finned bulleye were seen.
At the Blue hole, we entry from the vertical hole.
It was fun to dive in the sky diving mood!
Inside the hall was very clear!
Because the sun came right above the hole, the group photo was perfect!
When you leave the hall, a flock of Redbelly yellowtail fusilier was piled up!
The Redbelly yellowtail fusilier in good visibility is a masterpiece!
The Blue corner had a nice upcoming tide.
Gray reef sharks circled around the school of Bigeye trevally.
The number of sharks was also great!
It was fine weather today.
The ocean was calm.
The water temperature was warm at around 29 ° C.
We had 2 boats.
Boat-1
OP: Fumio
GUIDE: Yu & Clayton
1: Shark City
2: Peleliu
3: Peleliu
The Boat-1 team started in early morning.
They went to Shark City to see Red Snapper’s spawning scene.
After they succeeded, they went to Peleliu to see a huge flock of Giant trevally.
Boat-2
OP: Stacey
GUIDE: Tominaga,
OW Diver course: Hiro & Paula
1: Grassland
2: Ulong Cliff-Channel
3: Sias corner
After Openwater Diver course team got off the boat at Ngerumeaus Island, we went to Ulong area.
At Grassland, it was nice visibility with sunshine.
It was very pleasant.
We had lots of fish and the flock of the fish was dense.
I saw Lemon Shark today.
It is very rare kind of shark in Palau.
The second dive was at Ulong Cliff & Channel, there was no other dive boat.
We had Ulong Cliff to ourselves.
There were lots of fish.
Lots of regular kind and we saw baby Eagle Ray.
Also flock of Red snapper were seen.
The third dive was at Sias Corner.
That was also no other dive boat.
There were no specials today, but the visibility was super and we had very nice dive.
The wind was still weak today, and it was a sunny weather, good diving day!
We had 2 boats today.
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
Boat-1
Operator Fumio
Guide Clayton & Yu
1 Grassland
2 Sias corner
3 Ulong channel
The boat-1 team saw flock of Bluegirdled angelfish at Ulong channel.
Boat-2
Operator Stacey
Guide Hiro
1 Sias corner
2 Grassland
The first dive at Sias corner was a slow current but the fish was full.
At the hooking point, we saw plenty of Pyramid butterflyfish and Double-lined fusilier.
Big school of scad were swam back in forth to get away from their predator, Bluefin trevally & Grey Reef sharks.
Also Humphead wrasse chased them to get some spills was seen.
After watching some Hawksbill and Purple queen,
Tornado shape of big school of Barracuda was seen at middle depth.
The 2nd dive, we went to Grassland to see Garden eel & some anemone fish.
There were Dusky-finned bulleye in Black color & in White color.
It looks totally different fish, but they are same Dusky-finned bulleye.
Recently there were lots of barracuda there, but quite a big number today!
Bigeye barracuda, Big barracuda, Whitetongue jack, so many kinds of barracuda!
Today’s Palau was fine weather.
There was no wind and good diving condition.
In addition, underwater is also exceptionally clear.
The boat was one.
Operator Fumio
Guide Clayton & Hiro
Introductory course Tominaga & Paula
1 New drop off
2 Blue corner
3 German channel
Temperature 32 ° C
Water temperature 29 ° C
The first run was to the New drop off.
The transparency was outstanding. it was over 25 m!
And no other group was there.
Beautiful flocked Pyramid butterflyfish & Redbelly yellowtail fusilier were seen.
Flooded fish in front of us.
I saw some Narrow-barre Spanish mackerel.
Also total 7 of turtles were seen.
2nd dive to the Blue corner
It was also good visibility.
Many Horse mackerel were flocking today.
It was beautiful with a feeling like a sparkling wall.
School of Bigeye barracuda made a huge flock of about 200.
They made big tornado shape.
Bigeye barracuda and two white tip sharks were forming a line, starting with Giant trevally.
She was aiming for the spill of the Bigeye barracuda.
I also saw many Barracuda.
3rd dive, we went to German channel.
The color of the water was showed to be Manta?
But any Manta rays did not appear even at the station.
Instead, I saw a Cowtail stringray.
She is not Manta, but she is a kind of them.
After that, I finally met Manta when I ran through the waterway without giving up until the end.
It was passing Manta, but was able to see quite near.
It was sunny and calm water in Palau today!
I went to uncommon dive sites with repeated customers.
We went to Ulong area today.
OP Fumio
Guide Clayton & Yu
Introductory dive Hilo & Paula
1 Sias Tail
2 Shark City
3 Sias corner
Photo by Shu
All the photos are from Mr. Shu.
Thank you!
Photo by Shu
Photo by Shu
Barracuda tornado today.
And it was awesome number!
The weather was great today in Palau.
The wind also weakened, and I dived at the west side.
We had two boats today.
Boat-1
OP Clayton
Guide Tomi Hilo & Paula
1 German channel
2 New Drop Off
3 Blue corner
Boat-2
OP Cameron
Guide Yu
1 Blue corner
2 German channels
The German channel was full of boats, so our team went to the blue corner for 1st dive.
Then it was lucky that there was no one else.
It was upcoming tide.
We saw big flock of Bigeye trevally.
A Humphead wrasse followed us through the dive, because there were no other dive group.
When I used hook on the reef rock, I saw flock of Bigeye trevally & barracuda were coming towards us.
Some Giant trevally & Dogtooth tuna attacked to school of Double-lined fusilier.
I like such a powerful scene.
Last part of this dive, two Green Manta-rays were seen.
I wanted to enter the German channel before the tide change to outgoing, but when I was entered, it had already started.
However the visibility was good and we enjoyed to watch scad, Bigeye trevally and Dusky-finned bulleye,
Also I showed regular fish of there to my diver, like Cowtail stringray, Jaw fish and Hawksbill.
Other boat team went to German Channel for 1st dive and they saw two Manta-rays.
It’s a shame we were perfect today as long as we had manta rays too!
Today was a southerly wind and the sea was calmer than yesterday.
The diving point was still shaky but diving was no problem.
I went to Ulong area today.
Temperature was 30 ° C to 28 ° C, water temperature was 28 ° C to 29 ° C.
I felt warmer sometimes in the water.
And it was fine weather, but my return was full of rain 🙁
The boat court was not necessary warm up halfway, but it is warm when it rains come.
Don’t forget to take the boat court when depart the pier.
We had one boat today.
Operator: Clayton
Guide: Yu, Paula & Tana
1 Ulong Cliff
2 Sias corner
3Hafa adai Lek (if you wish)
In Ulong Cliff, a little marky water came in but there were plenty of fish.
There was no other dive group, I enjoyed to watch flock of Bigeye trevally, scad, Whitetongue jack and Dusky-finned bulleye.
Also group of baby shark were still there.
Once we try to close them, they run away, but baby sharks are so cute.
I confirmed 22 batfish when we had safety stops.
The Sias corner was a gentle current.
It was outgoing tide, but almost no current.
Many Pyramid butterflyfish and Double-lined fusilier were seen.
The number of sharks was small, but it was good visibility and we enjoyed leisurely dive.
We kept put wetsuit on after dive, because it was heavy rain on the way back to the shop.
The rain stopped when we arrived.
I went to Hafa A Dai Wreck with request divers.
No current and it was very calm.
I found some juvenile fish of Yellow boxfish.
They are very cute.
They are already adult size and will turn their color soon.
We will have two boats tomorrow.
Safety is our first concern, we check wind carefully and go, tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
We had one boat today.
The wind was still westward.
The weather was fine and the water temperature was 29 ° C.
OP Stacey
Guide Clayton & Tominaga
1 Big drop off
2 German channel
Big drop off had excellent visibility.
The visibility was about 30m.
There was plenty of sunlight to underwater.
I enjoyed the very beautiful scenery.
Because of the current was opposite, we start dive from regular end point to start point.
We enjoyed to watch big sea fans.
This is the excellent dive site if the visibility is good!
The second dive was German channel.
It was also good visibility.
There was no Manta-ray, but we saw flock of Bigeye barracuda and Bigeye trevally.
After big holiday season in Japan has gone, major dive site were almost empty.
No more crowded at dive site.
And that is why I recommend you come this season.
Our whale watching tour comeback from tomorrow.
We are very exciting what kind of encounter we have this year.
We look forward to your participation.
Today we had two boats.
As the wind was westerly strong wind, I dived at easterly dive sites.
Water temperature 29 ° C
Temperature 32 ° C
Wind northwest to west
Boat-1
OP Fumio
Guide Clayton
1 Sam (Original Point)
2 Crescent wall (original point)
3 Ngechong Outside
Boat-2
OP Stacey
Guide Yu Hilo & Paula
1 Ngechong Outside
2 Short drop off
On the way to the dive site, I found 2 manta rays on the surface, and we enjoyed to watch the manta rays being preached by snorkeling.
Wow!
We were super lucky from the beginning.
We had good dive at Ngechong outside.
It was outgoing tide and was good visibility.
There were a lot of Bartail fusilier and Redbelly yellowtail fusilier.
After all it was impression that there were a lot of plankton.
The Bigeye barracuda was a great crowd.
We saw lots of Bigeye trevally, but it was difficult to come close.
The second dive, we went to Short drop off.
It was good outgoing current.
I show the regular member of fish there (Randoll’s Shrimp goby, Hawkfish anthias) to my divers.
I saw huge flock of Double-lined fusilier eating plankton.
It was very powerful scene.
The wind had become a bit northwesterly, and the open water become a little bit rough.
The temperature was 31 ° C, the water temperature is 28 ° C.
The wind was so it’s not too hot and it was not too cold and it was comfortable day.
The comfort day, but it was a bit windy.
The boat did not swing so hard, but it is necessary to be careful when you exit to the boat.
We had 1 boat.
Operator: Stacey
Guide: Hiro, Paula and Tana
1 Grassland
2 Sias corner
3 Ulong channel
Grassland was a “Garden Eels Heaven”.
There were many big and small, white or black.
We were able to watch them slowly.
If you could find the 3 mole on Garden eel, you will get happiness.
Please try next time!
We enjoyed to watch huge flock of Bigeye barracuda & Scad.
Photo by Y
The second dive was at Sias Corner.
The tide was incoming.
School of Peach fairy basslet and Purple queen were seen.
They were so beautiful!
I saw one Hawksbill, she was so cute.
Then…
One Silver tip shark came out!
It was a bit far, but we took the picture of the evidence.
The tip of her fin looked white.
She is in the middle of this photo.
Photo by Y
The third to the Ulong channel.
As soon as we got water, flock of Bigeye trevally, Bigeye barracuda, scad and Whitetongue jack were seen.
I found many baby sharks at deeper area.
They were cute but it was too deep to close.
We were able to watch big school of Bigeye trevally very closely!
Photo by Y
All photo were from Mr. Y.
Thank you for such a nice pictures!
The weather was very good.
The sea was calm because the wind was very weak.
Today we have one boat.
OP Fumio
Guide Yu, Clayton & Mizho
1 Blue Hole / Blue Corner
2 Blue corner
3 German channel
Our team went to Blue corner.
The visibility was good for both 1st and 2nd dive.
The current was slow and we had a leisurely dive.
The number of Barracuda was amazing for both dives.
They made tornado shape and changed the shape.
We enjoyed to watch them.
I love flock of barracuda.
The sun was perfect and beautiful today.
Photo by Oka
Photo by Oka
Both photos are from Oka.
Thank you such a great photo.
The third dive was at the German channel.
We saw a big Manta-ray was cleaning leisurely at cleaning station.
The diver who is last day today, was very lucky to see such a great scene!
Today’s temperature is 32 ° C, water temperature is 28 ° C.
Sunny, just perfect weather!
The visibility was good and it was a great diving day!
We had 3 boats.
Boat-1
Operator: Stacey
Guide: Tominaga
1 Peleliu corner
2 Peleliu Express
3 Turtle cove
Boat-2
Operator: Fumio
Guide: Clayton, Yu, Mizuho
Peleliu corner x 3 dives
Peleliu team seemed to be able to see things that can not usually be seen such as big Giant trevally, Spinetail devil ray, Eagle ray, etc.
Boat-3 Regular boat (my boat)
Operator: Susie
Guide: Hiro, Tana, Paula
1 Grassland
2 Sias corner
3 Aquarium
Grassland had 2 Manta Rays.
I saw a big adult and small one, both were very close.
Big adult guy, small, child manta were very close.
It was the best manta diving.
Also huge amount of Bigeye barracuda were seen.
I saw flock of scad were chased by some Yellowspotted trevally.
It was over 20m visibility.
Great dive with Manta rays & crystal clear water!
The second dive was at Sias corner.
It was outgoing tide.
We had relax dive with crystal clear mild current.
Flock of Red snapper, Black and white snapper, Double-lined fusilier and Anthers were very beautiful.
Last dive, we went to the Aquarium.
A lot of fish were seen.
They were very beautiful!
The current was not strong just good mild current.
I saw a big Eagle ray.
The temperature was 32 ° C, the water temperature was 28 ° C.
The weather was fine.
I have no complaints!
We had 3 boats today.
Regular boat
Operator: Dell Mail
Guide: Rusher, Mizuho
1 Ngemeris wall
2 Blue corner
3 German channel
Early morning boat-1
Operator: Fumio
Guide: Clayton, Yu
1 Grassland
2 Sias tail
3 Ulong channel
Early morning boat-2
Operator: Stacey
Guide: Tominaga, Paula
1 Grassland
2 Shark City
3 Sias tail
4 short drop off (request divers only)
In the early morning we went to Grassland to see spawning of Green humphead parrotfish.
The depth of spawning was a little deeper
However, the egg laying itself was easy to see because the visibility was nice.
The second one went to Shark City.
It was not a strong current and the visibility was amazing clear!
It is blue that feels so good.
A school of Yellow and blueback fusilie was beautiful.
The 3rd to Sias Tail.
The flocks of Barracuda, Bigeye trevally, and Bluefin trevally were seen.
It was relax dive with mild current.
The last dive was Short drop off.
There were lots of fish, flock of Double-lined fusilier, Pyramid butterflyfish and some Rainbow runner.
I saw big school of Orbicular batfish.
They swam in deep area and I couldn’t closer.
The number was amazing!
It was fine weather today.
The temperature was 32 ° C and the water temperature was 28 ° C.
It is a pleasant weather!
It was comfortable diving.
We had 3 boats.
Boat-1
Operator: Omkie
Guide: Clayton, Hiro, & Mizuho
Introductory Dive course: Rusher
1 Ngemeris wall
2 Blue corner
3 German channel
Boat-2
Operator: Stacey
Guide: Tominaga & Paula
Tail top 3 dives
Boat-3
Operator: Fumio
Guide: Yu & Tana
1 Shark City
2 Peleliu corner
3 Peleliu corner
4 Crystal blue (request divers only)
The Ngemeris boat divers saw two Manta Rays.
The northern team saw a bull shark and a Blacktip shark.
The Peleliu team saw some Giant trevally, Giant grouper and Blue Marline.
My 1st dive was at Shark City.
It was only us, we had Shark City to ourselves.
Not much but still many Sailfin snapper there.
7 Dogtooth tuna which is bigger than shark were seen.
Also I saw flock of barracuda and Bigeye trevally.
It was a bit deeper diving.
I went to Peleliu for 2nd dive.
I saw flock of Giant trevally were seen in mild current.
They went away then came back in shallow area.
Also the spawning of Sailfin snapper was seen.
What a luxury diving it was!
3rd dive was at Peleliu Corner.
We saw “F O U R” Blue Marlines!
Look at them, it can never see so much 4 Blue Marlines in one dive.
It was just short period, but the scene blew my mind.
The last dive, I went to Crystal blue with request divers to see some gobby.
Divers were taking many photos of them.
Because they are not move quickly, it is easier than swimming fish to take.
From Big fish to small one, Palau can take wide variety of Photos.