Dive and protect the ocean

October 2025, back to Indonesia. First stop: the island of Ambon, in the Moluccas. The objective: an underwater photo safari in «macro» mode.

I used to travel to dive. Today, the climate emergency is prompting me to reduce my air travel. No more exotic warm seas?

I take you back to Sogod Bay, nicknamed "Whale Shark Bay", in the south of Leyte Island, Philippines... On my first trip there in 2008, I missed them. Twelve years later, I was luckier!

In need of salt water, I'm nostalgically returning these days to my last underwater images brought back from the Philippines... That was a year ago, at the beginning of 2020. Before the Covid-19 pandemic and the closing of the borders.

It's difficult to make diving trip plans with the Covid-19 pandemic. In the world before the coronavirus, I was going to dive in the Philippines or in Indonesia... In the world after, I dive in Brittany in green and cold waters.

In the Philippines, the island of Balicasag is a popular diving site. You can observe a huge silver school of trevally, circling near the reef. A fascinating spectacle...

Making bubbles along coral drop-offs overflowing with life and colour, what a delight! In the Philippines, Cabilao Island is a real little underwater gem.

Looking for Indonesia? I'll take you diving in the waters off Sali Kecil, a small, remote island on the west coast of Halmahera. Just wonderful!

I had the chance to observe this fascinating animal in its natural environment, in Indonesia, in Alor.

In the Philippines, the Tubbataha Natural Park is accessible only three months of the year. It is an underwater jewel, with exuberant coral and abundant underwater life.

In the Philippines, it's THE mythical encounter every diver dreams of: the whale shark, the biggest fish in the world.

Tara. It's the name of an extraordinary boat, an oceanographic sailing vessel that sails the Pacific to study coral. I embarked in February 2018 with the scientists for a report in the Philippines...

In Komodo, you can' t miss the majestic manta rays. They can be seen either by scuba diving or by snorkelling from the surface. A glorious show!

Fancy exuberant coral and wriggling fish? A little corner of authentic Indonesia? Welcome to Kampangar, Sulawesi!

Longiman sharks are so beautiful! I loved observing and photographing them in the Red Sea. But I must admit, they're also a bit scary...

Here, there are clouds of glittering fish and colourful coral in a mess... I take you diving in the waters of Misool, in Raja Ampat.

I crossed an ocean for them. Whale sharks gather in July and August off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

I won't be at the dive show this weekend. But I had the pleasure to interview the godfather of this 2014 edition, the underwater photographer and naturalist Laurent Ballesta.

Sipadan. An island of dreams, explored by Cousteau. But under military surveillance, for the safety of divers and the preservation of the reef.

In the Indonesian archipelago of Derawan, Borneo, the islands of Sangalaki and Maratua are no longer, in 2013, the fabulous diving spots they were.

March 2013. Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. My new home, for a few days, is called Coral Eye. "The eye of the coral", what a beautiful name!

Raja Ampat (Indonesia) is where I've done some of the best diving of my life. But tourism, which is booming on these islands, is jeopardizing their seabed and exceptional biodiversity.

Dutchman Max Ammer is the "pioneer" of diving in Raja Ampat. Quite a character. He's a green adventurer, an enthusiastic explorer and a fabulous storyteller.

Get your snorkel ready, but forget about Le grand bleu and Flipper the dolphin... There's better!!!! I'll take you on a tour of Egyptian dolphins, in 1 minute 30 of video.

Koh Phi Phi is actually two islands. The big one, Koh Phi Phi Don, where we live. And the small one, Koh Phi Phi Leh, uninhabited. This one keeps, in spite of the crowd of the tourists, allures of island with the treasure, island of cinema.

The new feature film by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud is released this Wednesday. I was able to see Oceans in December, well before the official release. And to meet the team of the film.

During the day, the turtles of Derawan Island (Borneo, Indonesia) come to swim under the pontoons. At night, they lay their eggs in the still warm sand.

My clownfish on the front page! I'm not a little proud... Several of my underwater pictures are published in this special issue of Ouest-France Sunday, entitled Au coeur des Océans. It will be available on newsstands this Thursday.

I am since Tuesday in Pemuteran, a small village in West Bali. I love it! Here, all life is turned to the conservation of the coral reef.

Did you see the movie The Beach with Leonardo Di Caprio and Virginie Ledoyen? Yes, it's there... Maya Beach, on Koh Phi Phi Leh, in the south of Thailand.

The coral-eating starfish acanthaster is called "crown of thorns"... or COT. This Sunday, it's COT collectors' day!

Last day of diving in Tioman, on the Peninsular Malaysia side. A day dedicated to the dreaded acanthaster, coral-eating starfish...

Information found on Plongeur.com. Read the full description here on Wetpixel. To summarize, a barge loaded with construction materials destroyed a (fortunately limited) portion of the Sipadan reef...