Our first dive in Palau, Big Drop-off on the west coast of Ngemelis Island |
Dive boat at the Big Drop-off (N07 06.3/E134 14.2) |
Ngemelis Island at the Big Drop-off |
Scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) |
Scissortail sergeants just below the dive boat at the Big Drop-off |
This is a good sign of the quality of the diving in Palau...just below the dive boat |
Napoleonfish (Cheilinus undulatus) Palau |
Napoleonfish surrounded by scissortail sergeants & blue and gold fusiliers (Caesio teres) |
Shallow reef at the edge of the Big Drop-off, Palau |
Shallow reef at the edge of the Big Drop-off, Palau |
Shallow reef at the edge of the Big Drop-off, Palau |
Shallow reef at the edge of the Big Drop-off, Palau |
The Big Drop-off |
Latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesi) Palau |
The Big Drop-off, Palau |
Bubble coral, Big Drop-off |
Trumpetfish (Fistularia commersonii) Palau |
Coral with redish color, Palau |
Fan coral, Big Drop-off |
Big Drop-off, Palau |
Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) and Longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus) |
Coral, Big Drop-off |
Coral, Big Drop-off |
Coral, Big Drop-off |
The Big Drop-off, Palau |
The dive guide from Sam's Tours |
A shark resting at the bottom of the Big Drop-off |
Masked bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros) Palau |
Masked bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros) Palau |
Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) Palau |
Sea turtle swimming along the Big Drop-off, Palau |
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Palau |
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Palau |
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Palau |
Big Drop-off, Palau |
Shadowfin soldierfish (Myripristis adusta) Palau |
Ascidian |
Anenome, Big Drop-off, Palau |
Orangefin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) Palau |
Back on the dive boat |
Day 1 dive 2, German Channel |
Mooring line on one side of German Channel |
Descending in German Channel |
The dive guide from Sam's Tours hoping to show us manta rays |
Coral, German Channel, Palau |
Coral, German Channel, Palau |
Yellowmask Angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon) Palau |
Undulated moray (Gymnothorax undulatus) Palau |
Moray eel, German Channel |
Coral, German Channel, Palau |
Humphead Bannerfish (Heniochus varius) Palau |
No mantas, German Channel |
German Channel, Palau |
Moorish idol, German Channel, Palau |
German Channel, Palau |
German Channel, Palau |
Granulated Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus) Palau |
Coral, German Channel, Palau |
Coral, German Channel, Palau |
Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) Palau |
Masked bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros) Palau |
Onespot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma ) Palau |
Granulated Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus) Palau |
Bigscale soldierfish (Myripristis berndti) Palau |
...still looking for the manatas...German Channel, Palau |
...not a bad dive even without the mantas... |
German Channel, Palau |
Table coral, German Channel |
German Channel, Palau |
German Channel, Palau |
German Channel, Palau |
Giant clam embedded in the reef, Palau |
German Channel, Palau |
Saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) Palau |
German Channel, Palau |