I suspect that the title of this album may have tipped you off, but I want to be clear: we did not take these photos. All of the fantastic underwater photography in this gallery is courtesy of Pepe Suarez, the photographer who was aboard the Dolphin Queen Liveaboard we did in Thailand's Similan and Surin islands. Pepe was on every dive with us capturing the most exciting moments, scenery and sea life.
We were extremely lucky to swim alongside an array of underwater life, from the tiniest baby clown fish to the largest barracuda we've ever seen. Sounds of glee bubbled out of our regulators when we saw sea turtles, a leopard shark, reef sharks, octopuses and cuttlefish. The faces of eels with their signature devilish grins poked through cracks in the coral, which was piled so high on top of itself, it looked more like a rainbow-colored, underwater mountain range. Soft corals and anenomes floated delicately in the current winds. On two dives, giant manta rays floated above us, casting down snow-angel-shaped shadows and momentarily blocking the sunlight like jet planes flying too low.
Epic diving, epic photos. Thanks again to Pepe for capturing it all!
To see more of Pepe's work, check out his Facebook page here.
To see more photos from our time on the Dolphin Queen, check out the Similan and Surin Islands gallery.