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Diving in the Time of Pandemic

By Robert Delfs ​A dive trip on The Seven Seas always promises adventure in stunningly beautiful coral seascapes, fish and marine creatures galore, well-planned and perfectly timed dives, good company and companionship above water and below, enwrapped in the care of the vessel’s expert and friendly crew. In all these respects, this all-too-short trip from […]

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By Robert Delfs ​A dive trip on The Seven Seas always promises adventure in stunningly beautiful coral seascapes, fish and marine creatures galore, well-planned and perfectly timed dives, good company and companionship above water and below, enwrapped in the care of the vessel’s expert and friendly crew. In all these respects, this all-too-short trip from

Seven Seas opens the storybook on coral reef survival

By Rod Salm. Since “retiring” one year ago, my wife Suze and I have put together three trips to Indonesia. We were there a month each time, two weeks of which were aboard the liveaboard Seven Seas exploring remote islands both above, but mostly below, the seas. Surrounded as we are on such trips by

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By Rod Salm. Since “retiring” one year ago, my wife Suze and I have put together three trips to Indonesia. We were there a month each time, two weeks of which were aboard the liveaboard Seven Seas exploring remote islands both above, but mostly below, the seas. Surrounded as we are on such trips by

The Spice Islands – April 2018

By Joseph Quiroz. Jeffri, our dive master, eased his hand out in a lightly closed fist about 12 inches from the cloud of tiny yellow and black fishes hovering over a delicate spray of greenish coral. With a sudden flick of his fingers to an open palm, the fishes instantaneously dove for the cover of

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By Joseph Quiroz. Jeffri, our dive master, eased his hand out in a lightly closed fist about 12 inches from the cloud of tiny yellow and black fishes hovering over a delicate spray of greenish coral. With a sudden flick of his fingers to an open palm, the fishes instantaneously dove for the cover of

Paradise on the Edge – Raja Ampat to the Spice Islands 

Trip report by Tony Pigott. Photos and manta video by David Pincus. Banda video by Linda Johnston. It was day three anchored just off the coast of West Papua in the idyllic Raja Ampat archipelago that we got our wake up call. My wife and I were among 12 very fortunate divers on board the

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Trip report by Tony Pigott. Photos and manta video by David Pincus. Banda video by Linda Johnston. It was day three anchored just off the coast of West Papua in the idyllic Raja Ampat archipelago that we got our wake up call. My wife and I were among 12 very fortunate divers on board the

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