Wakatobi Reef Life II

Wakatobi Reef Life is a freediver’s photographic portfolio of 382 fish species and over 100 invertebrates taken during 13 visits and over 1,000 hours on Wakatobi’s house reef. The Wakatobi dive resort is snuggled in the remote south east of Indonesia’s Sulawesi on the Banda Sea. Dedicated to marine conservation and centered in its own UNESCO designated national park, this Garden of Eden showcases the famed marine biodiversity of the region. The house reef starts with sea grass meadows yielding to the reef platform and finally blue void of the vertical drop off. I mostly work the reef platform but find sea grasses also yield hidden treasures A new find in 2018 was a tiny algal octopus and a rather severe looking beaked sea snake. I was able to spend 90 minutes with the snake tracking it to the surface and following it down again. Resting turtles and cruising pelagics tempt me to slip down the drop off encouraging me deeper and stretching my precious breath-hold time.

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