MV Orion Liveaboard Shark Safari Tour - Feb 2016 Scuba Diving in the Maldives

With around 400 dives under my belt I thought it’d be good to try a liveaboard boat. We tried the Maldivian MV Orion yacht on their ’shark safari’ tour in Feb 2016. The boat departed from Male in the Maldives, and we dived and sailed south through all the atolls finishing in the Gaafu Alifu Atoll. This video is some of the amazing subjects we saw. I hope you like the video, and if you do please ‘like / thumbs up’ - if you have any comments are just ask, as this was truly a lifetime experience that I’d highly recommend and am happy to help others make the ‘right decision’ to go on this amazing underwater tour.
(please check below ↓↓↓↓↓ for more information on subjects, locations, and equipment used)

---------- Subjects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:28 Schooling Grey Reef Sharks
1:39 Hawksbill Turtle
1:46 White-spotted Eagle Rays
1:55 Honeycomb Moray Eel
2:04 Blacktop Reef Shark
2:09 Porcelain Crab
2:17 Head-band Butterflyfish
2:24 Tiger Cowrie
2:33 Whitetip Reef Shark
2:41 School of White-spotted Eagle Rays
2:48 Blackfoot Anemone Fish
2:56 Black and Red Snappers
3:02 Oriental Sweetlips
3:09 Great Hammerhead Shark
3:14 Schooling Bannerfish
3:20 Clark’s Anemone Fish
3:30 Yellow Boxfish
3:38 Grey Reef Shark
3:44 Juvenile Emperor Angelfish
3:49 Emperor Angelfish
3:57 Hawksbill Turtle
4:10 Common Lionfish
4:20 Grey Reef Shark
4:31 Leopard Flounder
4:39 Juvenile Clown Triggerfish
4:46 Green Mantis Shrimp
4:53 Grey Reef Sharks
5:03 Narrow Striped Cardinalfish
5:09 Glassfish
5:16 Two-Spot Snappers
5:24 Grey Reef Shark
5:31 long-nose Filefish
5:37 Green Puller Chromis
5:41 Nurse Sharks
5:57 Green Turtle
6:06 White-spotted Eagle Rays
6:14 Mobule
6:20 Blue-Striped Snapper
6:31 Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
6:40 Gold-Spot Emperor
6:47 Yellow-tail Basslet
6:52 Stonefish
6:57 White-spotted Surgeonfish
7:04 Thin-Lined Fuseliers
8:01 Whale Sharks
8:37 Green Turtle

---------- Dive Locations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
North Male Atoll
→ Karumba House Reef

South Male Atoll
→ Kuda Giri

Vaavu Atoll
→ Alimatha Sunset
→ Miyaru Kandu
→ Fushi Kandu
→ Fotteyo

Meemu Atoll
→ Vanhuravalhi
→ Muli Corner
→ Kurali

Thaa Atoll
→ Kalhu Fahala Giri
→ Dhiyamigiri Beyru

Laamu Atoll
→ Mabaidhoo Kandu
→ Fushi Kandu

Gaafu Alifu Atoll
→ Vilingili Corner
→ Kondey Kandu
→ Maarehaa Kandu
→ Gemanfushi Beyru
→ Vilingili Kandu
→ Boadhoo

---------- Equipment and Post Production -------------------------------------------------
GoPro Hero 4 Silver Edition
Sola Light and Motion 3000 Video Lights
Flip 3.1 Red Filters
Final Cut Pro X

---------- Videography --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel French

I hope you enjoy the video - please ‘like / thumbs up’ the video if you do and any comments are welcome.