Diving in Triton Bay | The Secret Underwater Paradise | West Papua Indonesia 2022 | 4K-Video

From giant whale sharks to the tiniest nudibranchs, from colorful reef fishs to big swarms of silvery fusiliers, from painted softcoral reefs to mystical forest of black corals, the Triton Bay fulfills every divers dream! The Triton Bay is located south-east of Raja Ampat and is teemed with marine life and every dive offers new discoveries. We found pigmy seahorse on nearly every dive and dozends of different species of nudibranchs, marine flatworms, headshields and other sea slugs. We encountered big swarms of fusiliers and humpback snappers and occasionally a napoleon wrasse or mobula ray swam by. On many occasions we had wobbegong sharks laying under rocks or in small caves.

During sunset we had the unique opportunity to watch the recently discovered Nursalim flasherwrasse performing their display and while night diving we came accross the amazing Triton epaulette shark (walking shark).

One morning we went for the trip to the fishing plattforms around Kaimana to find the largest fish in the ocean, the whale shark. We were lucky to dive with one of the biggest specimen we ever encountered and during the next two hours we had the experience of our lifetime while watching this giant of the sea.

We visited the unique Triton Bay Divers resort and had a wonderful stay over Christmas and New Year 2022/23. We would like to thank our hosts Elmar and Danny, our excellent dive guide Eddi and the entire crew for this truly outstanding experience.

For animal identification please refer to the video subtitles.

With best regards,
Sandra and Markus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Species list:
00:18 Bluefin trevally
00:25 Blue-streak fusilier
00:48 Humpback snapper
00:56 Blackspot snapper
01:04 Coral grouper
01:07 Golden sweeper
01:15 Tasselled wobbegong
01:19 Twinstripe fusilier
01:50 Yellowmask surgeonfish
02:46 Common spotted cuscus
02:59 Painted bronzeback tree snake
03:03 Papuan monitor
03:11 Olive-backed sunbird
03:45 Big eye snapper
03:53 Humpback grouper
04:02 Vagabond butterflyfish
04:06 Ribbon sweetlips
04:11 Harlequin sweetlips
04:19 Orange-spotted Grouper
04:44 Pink anemonefish
04:53 Humphead wrasse
04:58 Philippines chromis
05:24 Denise's pygmy seahorse
05:31 Bicolor Blenny
05:39 Denise's pygmy seahorse
05:48 Banded tozeuma shrimp
05:56 Egg shell shrimp
06:04 Goniobranchus reticulatus
06:12 Nembrotha lineolata
06:20 Pseudoceros lindae
06:28 Pseudoceros indicus
06:36 Coriocella nigra
06:43 Doto sp.
06:47 Goniobranchus fidelis
06:55 Maritigrella fuscopunctata
07:00 Thecacera picta
07:08 Emperor shrimp
07:15 Hairy squat lobster
07:24 Pseudoceros sp.
07:32 Pipefish
07:39 Tiger egg cowrie
07:43 Phyllidia ocellata
07:48 Plocamopherus pecoso
07:59 Phyllodesmium longicirrum
08:04 Ceratosoma tenue
08:20 Ceratosoma gracillimum
08:28 Jorunna funebris
08:36 Poppe's spindle cowrie
08:43 Orang-utan-crab
08:51 Juvenile harlequin sweetlips
08:59 Andromeda jellyfish
09:08 Graceful anemone shrimp
09:16 Mushroom coral shrimp
09:23 Boschma's gorgonian shrimp
09:30 Decorator crab
10:11 Whale shark
11:39 Golden trevally
11:53 Sharksucker
14:06 Two-spot snapper
14:14 Masked rabbitfish
14:22 Philippines chromis
15:02 Clark's anemonefish
15:10 Spinecheek anemonefish
15:26 False clown anemonefish
15:33 Threadfin anthias
15:57 Blue green damselfish
16:05 Yellow-lipped sea krait
16:22 Golden rabbitfish
16:36 Devil ray
16:53 Longfin batfish
17:11 Goldspotted sweetlips
17:29 Pygmy seahorse
17:48 Zanzibar whip coral shrimp
17:57 Thecacera picta
18:16 Robust ghost pipefish
18:24 Rosy spindle cowrie
18:34 Bubble coral shrimp
18:43 Phyllodesmium longicirrum
18:52 Rumengan's pipehorse
19:20 Hypselodoris tryoni
19:29 Chelidonura amoena
19:38 Flabellina exoptata
19:56 Eubranchus mandapamensis
20:14 Taylor's inflator filefish
20:37 Nursalim flasherwrasse
21:09 Hummingbird bobtail squid
21:34 Hawksbill sea turtle
21:41 Bigfin reef squid
21:49 Triton epaulette shark
22:05 Eight-banded butterflyfish
23:15 Goniobranchus geometricus
23:24 Pleurobranchus forskalii
23:32 Goniobranchus coi
23:41 Chelidonura amoena
23:52 Peacock Mantis Shrimp
24:01 Velvet ghost pipefish
24:09 Squat shrimp
24:18 Ribbon eel
24:29 Harlequin shrimp
24:38 Hypselodoris infucata
24:47 Nembrotha cristata
24:51 Hypselodoris maridadilus
24:55 Polycera abei
25:06 Ornate ghost pipefish
25:15 Wire coral crab
25:24 Yellow-lipped sea krait
25:43 Hypselodoris apolegma
25:52 Ridged egg cowrie
26:01 Pteraeolidia semperi
26:05 Juvenile scorpionfish
26:10 Moyer's Dragonet
26:18 Broadclub cuttlefish
26:59 Bluestripe snapper
28:02 Pickhandle barracuda
28:46 Violet Demoiselle
29:08 Oval-spot butterflyfish

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapters in this video:
00:00 Wonderful diving in Triton bay
02:10 Arriving at Triton Bay Divers resort
05:06 Big screen for small critters
09:43 Whale shark up-close
13:49 Diving in paradise
16:41 Mystical forest of black corals
20:27 Nursalim Flasherwrasse and epaulette shark
22:56 Critters, critters, critters
26:38 The grand finale

Видео Diving in Triton Bay | The Secret Underwater Paradise | West Papua Indonesia 2022 | 4K-Video канала Sandra & Markus Trachsel