Suunto Dive Computers: buy at Amazon.com

divehappy   Scuba Diving In Thailand and South East Asia: A Personal Guide
Whale Shark

Stargazer
Manta Ray

Great White Shark
Turtle

Clown Triggerfish

Cuttlefish Mating At Palong Bay, Phi Phi Islands, Thailand

Posted on December 20th, 2007.

Witnessed some hot cephalopod action recently while on a liveaboard around Thailand’s Phi Phi islands - a group of three cuttlefish that were completely unphased by my camera

At the beginning of December I did a two day liveaboard from Koh Lanta around the Phi Phi Islands and out to Shark Point and Anemone Reef. The liveaboard is one of the boats we represent through AmazingLanta.com, and so I made a quick video tour and took lots of pix of the boat itself to give a better idea to future guests as to what it looks like.

Anyway, we arrived at Palong Bay, one of the Phi Phi dive sites, and my dive buddy Liam suggested we go in for a dusk dive on our own rather than waiting for a night dive proper. Liam had worked for a couple of seasons on Phi Phi and so knew the site well and was hoping we’d get to see blacktip sharks, as dusk is their feeding time.

We didn’t have any luck with the sharks, but right at the end of the dive as we were about to start our safety stop, I saw three cuttlefish wrapping themselves around each other. I’ve never seen this behaviour from cuttlefish before, and the electric blue colour of their frills in the glare of my strobe was absolutely beautiful. (I have seen cuttlefish face stretching, but that’s a different story). The cuttlefish were aware we were there, but unabashed by our presence - they barely backed away from us, so intent were they on mating. It was a truly great end to a dive and definitely makes me want to do more dusk dives.

Last 5 posts in Koh Lanta


Other Divehappy posts of interest:
  • None Found




Latest Ebay Underwater Camera Auctions:
underwater-camera-case-for-fuji-finepix-j10-j50-f460 UNDERWATER CAMERA CASE FOR FUJI FINEPIX J10 J50 F460
US $29.95 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 17:05:04 PDT
Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list
underwater-case-for-olympus-camera-300-400-600-710-740 UNDERWATER CASE FOR OLYMPUS CAMERA 300 400 600 710 740
US $29.95 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 17:16:56 PDT
Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list
waterproof-underwater-case-camera-canon-nikon-sony-p400 Waterproof Underwater Case Camera Canon Nikon Sony P400
US $22.08
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 17:37:11 PDT
Buy it now | Add to watch list
waterproof-underwater-case-camera-canon-nikon-sony-wp20 Waterproof Underwater Case Camera Canon Nikon Sony WP20
US $22.08
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 17:37:13 PDT
Buy it now | Add to watch list
jazz®1-3mp-waterproof-3-in-1-underwater-digital-camera JAZZ®1.3MP WATERPROOF 3 IN 1 UNDERWATER DIGITAL CAMERA
US $44.90 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 17:41:51 PDT
Bid now | Add to watch list
waterproof-water-sport-underwater-digital-camera-new WATERPROOF WATER SPORT UNDERWATER DIGITAL CAMERA NEW
US $36.99
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 18:09:10 PDT
Buy it now | Add to watch list
new-vivitar-12mp-underwater-digital-camera-49ft-movie NEW VIVITAR 12MP UNDERWATER DIGITAL CAMERA 49FT MOVIE
US $105.63
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 18:15:00 PDT
Buy it now | Add to watch list
oceanic-35-underwater-dive-housing-and-nikon-ftn-camera OCEANIC 35 UNDERWATER DIVE HOUSING AND NIKON FTN CAMERA
US $399.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 18:15:08 PDT
Bid now | Add to watch list
new-1-3mp-waterproof-3-in-1-underwater-digital-camera New 1.3MP WATERPROOF 3 IN 1 Underwater Digital Camera
US $19.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 18:18:03 PDT
Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list
svp-12mp-underwater-digital-camera-w-video-waterproof- SVP 12MP Underwater Digital Camera w/ Video Waterproof.
US $0.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-04-2008 18:26:53 PDT
Bid now | Add to watch list

Make A Comment: ( None so far )

blockquote and a tags work here.

Google Search

Find Koh Lanta Flights And Hotels

Cheap Flights To Koh Lanta - Kayak.com
Book Koh Lanta Hotels - Up To 70% Off!

About Divehappy

Divehappy is edited by me, Chris M. I'm a British scuba journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand.[more info]

Thailand Diving

Koh Lanta Diving

Buy Scuba Gear


Scuba Diving Tshirts
Scuba Diving Tshirts

Liked it here?
Why not try sites on the blogroll...