The Seven Seas Blog
Trip Reports & NewsA Surprise at Tayandu
Counting on Ricardo Ondina’s extensive experience exploring eastern Indonesia, his review “good to the west” about a seamount in the Tayandu Island group was enough reason to go and have a look. Read More
On the Way to Lucipara
The Lucipara and Penyu islands are located 200 km south of Ambon in the middle of the Banda Sea. Famous for its resident seaturtles, the island group has been identified by the local government to become a marine protected area. Read More
A Precious Gift
Our marine world is a precious gift. A gift from nature that sustains all life on this planet yet we treat it harshly. We pollute its waters and harvest its life without thought for the future or a care for the destruction we leave in our wake. Read More
Raja Ampat’s Wonderland of Pulsating Pulchritude
We, as a group, were so lucky to experience Raja Ampat, together, from the backyard of our home island, Bali. The most spectacular for most of us was swimming with the mantas, a most intelligent creature of enormity. Read More
The Groupers of Sermata
This report covers just two days out of a 25-day conservation trip with Seven Seas to Komodo, the Forgotten Islands, Banda, and Seram. The groupers and snappers of Sermata were special. Read More
Counting Myself Lucky
How excited I was when during the EPIC trip with the Seven Seas Live aboard in the Forgotten Islands, I was able to witness something extraordinary. Read More
All Hands on Deck
We have made a few changes to our office team recently and I would like to inform you of these as they are coming into effect this month. Read More
Birostris Ballet in the Four Kings
I have never seen the Misool marine protected area completely deserted by the growing liveaboard industry, but there we were, on day 6 of the trip, without any other boat around us… Read More
Sailing off the Map: The Epic Trip from Komodo to the Spice Islands
Having endured nearly 8 months of isolation, the idea of getting out of the house and joining a small team of committed conservationists on a trip of a lifetime on the Seven Seas didn’t require a second thought. Read More
Communities Protecting Coral Reefs in the Forgotten Islands
How the collaboration between communities, government, environmental NGOs and private sector can lead to effective conservation of the most diverse coral reef areas and fish stocks in the Forgotten Islands. Read More
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