Just back from an exciting blue water adventure to Tonga and Fiji looking for large animals. While Whale Sharks, and Sperm whales were not observed, I saw loads of sharks including white and black tip reef, Grey reef, Bronze whalers, Oceanic White Tip, and over 25 different Bull Sharks. I see great potential and will start organizing another exploratory trip for next January trip.

Vavau' Tonga Blue Water Adventure

I went to Vavau' in January as each year the fishermen tell me they see big schools of Tuna, bait balls, sharks, and occasionally Sperm Whales. So far I have had two days out. The first day we went out to a FAB buoy and swam with three Bronze whaler sharks. It was amazing. We also went to some sea mounts that come to within 180 feet of the surface. We saw some birds working something but it was moving really fast and we could not get in the water. From the boat it looked like a school of Mahi was working small fish.

The second day we went to Late a dormant volcano about 38 miles out to sea. The diving there was world class. The topography was incredible, and their were colorful soft corals and very impressive hard corals.

Swimming in blue water when you cant see the bottom is very exciting because you never know what will swim by. I have four more days and cant wait to see what we find.

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