Yeoli Wreck & Victoria Patch - 28th April 2006

Today has been a very memorable day for the Blue Manta...

We finally stepped our "fins" down Tutong Beach for our very first dive at Tutong. Visibility were excellent initally but when we were finally down at the bottow, the water was a bit cloudy. Nonetheless, this does not stop the Blue Manta from having a great dive time. We spotted sea-snakesssss, puffer fish, lion fish and giant groupers. Not to mention, we also spotted schools of fishes (but donno the names ).

Next stop, we went to Victoria Patch and were a bit disappointed at first because it is a very shallow dive and claimed to have lots of dead corals. Rachel was the first to jump into the water and spotted angel fishes right away. I was amazed to spot Leopard Moray Eel a minute after we descent. Then comes lots of other colourful fishes such as Pipefish, Boxfish, Puffer Fish, Triggerfish, Moorish Idol, Snappers, Groupers, Lobster (dead one), Emperor Angelfish and more. Close to the end of our dive, Eric spotted a less colourful fish. On our way to return back to the boat, he signalled "Shark + BIG". Suspecting that he is lying, I played along and swam towards the spot he signed. I peeped through the hole between the corals and my regulator almost fell off from my mouth. IT IS A SHARK and IT IS BIGGGGGGGGGGGGG..... We were excited to spot a reef shark about 4 feet long. It just made our dive journey more memorable.

So, what's next? TUTONG again of course...!