I came across an octopus out on the reef. Such fascinating creatures to observe.

We saw so many sharks on this dive that we decided to follow them—and they led us straight to a shark den! Tucked away at 75 feet, it’s an incredible (and slightly eerie) spot teeming with life. Mostly grey reef sharks were cruising around, but a few whitetips were hanging out too. It’s one of those places that gives you chills and a huge grin at the same time—absolutely unforgettable.

We've dived this site several times and always noticed a high number of sharks cruising the area. One day, curiosity got the better of us—we decided to follow the direction they were coming from. That’s when we discovered the Shark Den. Tucked away at 75 feet, it’s a fascinating little spot teeming with life. Mostly grey reef sharks gather there, but we’ve also spotted a few curious white tips hanging around. Each time we've visited, we’ve counted anywhere from 10 to 15 sharks gliding through the water—an incredible and humbling sight.

Our Kiwi friends on Loafer were anchored close to us, and had this Tiger shark visit them. They were cleaning some fish when it showed up. They stuck the GoPro in for some cool footage!

A tiger shark was swimming under Loafers boat while they cleaned fish. The shark was not interested in the fish hanging there, but rather came up and bumped the platform the guy is standing on.

I was able to interact with an octopus. I was hoping she would grab my hand but she didn't. However, she did come and sit right next to me.

Some clips from various dives in 2022.

A compilation of several dives at Rabi, Fiji. On some dives the mantas were feeding and on others they were getting cleaned. It was a magical experience being around them. This was in October 2022

Swimming with 2 juvenile humpback whales.

A humpback whale is enjoying himself rolling around at the surface.

These two curious Humpback whales were singing to me! In this clip only 1 of them is singing. See my other clip to hear them both. It sounded like he was talking to me the entire time. At one oint they swim further away and one of them goes vertical and hangs in the water. I have no idea why but he did it. Another magical encounter.

My encounter with these two Humpback whales lasted about 20 minutes. Rich swam out and joined in the fun. He dove down near them and it is something to see how small he looks next to them.

More video swimming with the 2 chatty Humpback whales! You can hear 2 distinct whale songs in the video. One is a high pitched song and the other sounds like an alien, lower toned clicking.

I swam with these 2 whales and they were singing to me! This video is in real time. I did not slow it down. The whales were moving so slow and very aware of me and where I was. I stayed in place and they would swim past then turn around and circle back. Sometimes one would go under me which was a little scary but he never hit me.

A magical experience swimming with 4 humpback whales.

Several dive operators got together to buy this decommissioned cruise liner to create an artificial reef in 1994 – today it sits upright with a length of 30 meters the once Blue Lagoon cruise ship, Salamanda, lies at approximately 27 meters of depth. This wreck is covered in both soft and hard corals with a couple of anemones on the crows nest. We saw banner fish, wrasse, clown fish and other reef fish species.

We were here in September this year and only saw a couple of mantas. This is the only video I got.

Drone footage of a playful baby whale that breaks away from mom and frolics in the water. Aug 2023

Mom whale swimming with her baby. The two split apart and I can't decide which one to track. The baby is at the top and the mom on the bottom. I tracked the mom, she does a graceful turn then swims away, the baby follows and is above her but then tucks in under her.

Drone footage of a new baby is swimming with its mom. Their relationship is so sweet. The baby is almost always in constant touch with the mother.