Is it that place where you saw a humpback whale breach for the first time? Or maybe when you finally saw your first pygmy seahorse – I mean really saw it, and didn’t just nod your head so people wouldn’t laugh at you. For many it’s that first coral reef with the sunlight playing over the colourful corals, or the anthias swimming frantically in the current. Here are our Top 5 OMG destinations.
Hammerheads Galapagos Island
Niue
The visibility here is the OMG. Niue’s a coral island and doesn’t have the run-off that most places do, so the visibility is almost always great. Secondary OMG is the seasnake cave. Investigate…
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
If you’re into photography and/or critter diving, you’ll be exhausted by the end from all the OMG moments. Rare and strange critters are everywhere, and just when you think you’ve seen it all, your guide will find you something else amazing. Investigate…
The Galapagos Islands
It wouldn’t be an OMG list without Galapagos. We think it would be pretty hard to go past a giant school of hammerhead sharks. Geoff Skinner would certainly say so! Investigate…
Vava’u, Tonga
If you’ve never swum with a whale, you don’t know what you’re missing. The OMG is two-fold – first the sheer size of the animal, and secondly the moment it looks you in the eye, and you realise it’s intelligent. Investigate…
Palau, Micronesia
It has to be “shark TV” at Blue Corner. Hook yourself on and prepare for the ride of your life. Hover tethered above the reef while up to a hundred sharks patrol in front of you. There’s no telling what will turn up – a dogtooth tuna? A whale shark? A school of barracuda? It’s like the world’s best IMAX cinema… and it’s live. Investigate…
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