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There are very few untouched coral reefs left in the South Pacific. We have found one and were at anchor there for over two weeks without land in sight. Unforgettable encounters with fishies, who are not afraid of divers, as they don't know about spear guns. We spent several hours every day in the water just enjoying their natural behaviour :-) Too often elsewhere, we encounter hardly any fish and those we see, quickly disappear under a rock to hide in panic... Despite very warm water temperatures we were happy to encounter some healthy coral!

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2/44: Anchored alone in the middle of nowhere without land in sight...
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4/44: Taking the dinghy out feels a bit scary, what if something went wrong with the outboard? But we are eager to see the underwater world.
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6/44: 1000s of Jacks!
7/44: Fish that have never been hunted approach divers curiously...
8/44: So Christian can take close-ups like seldom before.
9/44: Fabulous underwater landscapes
10/44: Fan coral: bigger and more beautiful than we've ever seen!
11/44: Grouper, bannerfish, parrotfish and triggerfish
12/44: Huge sweetlips follow us around
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14/44: For the first time ever we spotted a guitarfish--a curious creature in between shark and ray
15/44: Gigantic giant clams!
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18/44: Just a few sharkies, maybe fished out by Chinese?
19/44: Yellow Grouper
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21/44: Bannerfish
22/44: Some patches of coral are wonderfully healthy, others have already died...
23/44: Bluefin jacks
24/44: Parrotfish doing their job: cleaning!
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33/44: Tablecoral: partly healthy, partly bleached and partly dead already...
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38/44: Batfish
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41/44: Black-and-white snappers: the little ones are black and white spotted and dotted--we used to call them pyjamafishies as the look like they are wearing oversized pyjamas. As they grow up they lose the pattern.
42/44: Rabbitfish
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44/44: Mackerls