Saturday, January 09, 2016

Palau Liveaboard Dive Trip 2015


Here's a little video that we made of our dream vacation in Palau in 2015. This is Part I.
Part II (Truk Lagoon) will be posted shortly.

September 7th, 2015 / GoPro Sept. 6th: 

Helmet Wreck: My light was killed on this check out dive
Dive #211: 93’ / 0:40 
The Iro: Spent safety stop on the mast
Dive #212: 94’ / 0:54
Coral Garden to Ulong Channel: Rod said, this would be an amazing dive anywhere else in the world but just meh here. 
Dive #213: 91’ / 1:01
Sandy Paradise: the dive I thought I would end up being a casualty
Dive #214: 82’ / 0:42

September 8th, 2015 / GoPro Sept. 7th

Siae’s Corner: Almost missed this epic, this is what Palau is all about
        Dive #215: 94’ / 0:53 
Ulong Channel: Epic wall and lettuce coral, and giant clams
        Dive #216: 63’ / 0:57
German Wall: the worst dive of the week - too silty, no action. Felt sorry for Jim.
        Dive #216: 70’ / 0:56
Big Drop Off - Ball and Chain on wall dive
        Dive #217: 91’ / 0:57
        
September 9th, 2015 / GoPro Sept. 8th
Barnum’s Wall: Wall with tunnel on corner with Conor going through, took shots of divers and skiff approaching Tropic Dancer
        Dive #218: 89’ / 0:52
Turtle Cove: My Favorite dive - pretty coral, schools of fish everywhere you look
        Dive #219: 98’ / 0:56
German Channel: Ascending safety stop with safety sausage with Les
        Dive #220: 73’ / 0:53
German Channel Garden: Night dive with octopus
        Dive #221: 74’ / 0:47
        
September 10th, 2015 / GoPro Sept. 9th
Blue Corner: Epic dive with surgeon fish nibbling on mark’s snorkel, Napoleon Wrasse and schools of Bigeyes and Striped Large Eye Breams
        Dive #222: 85’ / 1:01
        
New Drop Off: Bubbles flying horizontal, fear, divemasters buddy breathing.
        Dive #223: 93’ / 0:52
        
Peliliu Land Tour
Ngemelis’ Wall: Sergeant major’s laying eggs, other fish eating them. Sleeping shark. Poor vis.
        Dive #224: 91’ / 0:51
       
September 11th, 2015 / GoPro Sept. 10th
Big Drop Off - Crocodile fish
        Dive #225: 100’ / 0:59
Barnum’s Wall - Eel and large nudibranch
        Dive #226: 83’ / 1:02
Fern’s Wall
        Dive #227: 95’ / 0:53
German Channel
        Dive #228: 93’ / 1:01 
September 12th / GoPro Sept. 11th
Jelly Fish Lake
Chandelier Cave
        Dive #229: 30?’ / 0:20

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