ScubaDiving

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

Sipadan. Three mythical syllables for divers in Asia! Sharks, turtles, barracudas and trevallies ...

A little video flashback: In October 2012, I went to meet sharks in the blue, off Rangiroa, in Polynesia.

Hop, we go to Malaysia to dive to Sipadan ... As a mouthing, I made it simple: a video, a shark, a minute.

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

I love the bright colors of coral on a subaquatic blue background. Small immersion, in images, on the splendid reef of the Kakaban island, near Borneo (Indonesia).

Borneo is adventure! I saw again the Indonesian island of Kakaban and its mysterious jellyfish lake. I even went back to swim there. Video evidence.

Off Borneo, Indonesia, the island of Derawan and its archipelago are an incredible place to observe turtles.

I'm coming back from Borneo! Highlight of the trip: the dives in Sipadan, Malaysia ... Yes, for me, Borneo has more the color of the sea than the jungle.

March 2013. Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. My new home, for a few days, is called Coral Eye. What a beautiful name!

Nothing is more annoying to photograph than a seahorse-pygmy. Too small. Too much camouflaged. Too shy. But his delicate plastic is worth a few efforts.

Return to diving in Indonesia ... A haunting desire, which tormented me all winter! So, in mid-March, I flew to Halmahera and Weda Bay.

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.

The Salon de la plongée 2013 took place from January 11 to 13, Porte de Versailles, Paris. The real pleasure was to meet up with lots of diving friends we'd met on our travels!!!!

This shell is a monster. It's not for nothing that they call it a "giant clam". I've never seen one as big as this one in Raja Ampat.

Otdima is a beautiful dive site, teeming with life, swept by a current of madness. One of my favorites in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

In Rangiroa, Polynesia, dolphins love to play underwater with divers! Video demonstration in the Tiputa pass.

The picture under water, it's funny. I love it when the fish take suggestive poses. The coolest are not the ones we believe!

Sea slugs, called "nudibranchs", abound in Indonesia, and especially in Alor. Small gallery-photos.

Take photos under water, I love it. But palmer, much less. I realized this well by diving in Alor, Indonesia.

Underwater, we do not look only in the blue. In the archipelago of Alor, Indonesia, it is by scrutinizing the bottom that we find treasures.

Alor Archipelago, Indonesia. It is completely to the east, near East Timor. It is far. It's quiet. It's beautiful. And we dive there.

Here, cliffs covered with jungle strangling the sea. This is one of the mythical sites of Raja Ampat: The Passage.

In Indonesia, in the Papuan archipelago of Raja Ampat, coral grows at the foot of mangroves. Unpublished mixture of terrestrial and underwater life.

I'm not done with Raja Ampat! Let me introduce you to a bizarre monster, very common in these waters: bearded carpet shark or "wobbegong".

Manta Sandy is the most famous dive site of Raja Ampat. Normal, it's a real "spa" with manta rays! The proof in photos and video.

Papua, Papua in Indonesian. Jungles and beaches, exuberant coral and giant fish. Another world ... which amazed me. Welcome to Raja Ampat!

Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. I'm there !!! A real end of the world, still virgin, wild and beautiful, on land and under water.

I often go back to Bali while traveling in Indonesia. The island always brings me back to her. The more I go back, the more I love it.

The more I dive, the better! I have never seen so many manta rays as last year. The proof, with this new video, brought back from Komodo National Park (Indonesia), where I was in July 2011.

Get your snorkel ready, but forget about The Big Blue and Flipper Dolphin... There's something better!!! I take you to watch Egyptian dolphins in a 1.5 minute video.

The Red Sea is blue, that's understood. But below the surface, the colors explode! Red, yellow and pink corals, photogenic as possible!

I discovered the joys of fisheye, during this stay devoted to underwater photography in Hamata, Egypt. Magic of optics, which perfectly recreates the atmosphere of the seabed of the Red Sea.

I'm coming back from Egypt. A holiday break in the south of the country, at the edge of the Red Sea ... A whole stay dedicated to underwater photography!

Did you like fish pedicure? You will love the manicure shrimp! A cleanser shrimp care for underwater travelers.

In Komodo, Indonesia, the dive site with the beautiful name of Castle Rock is infested with sharks. I just love it. I even made a video.

Indonesia and Komodo are far away. I rediscover my underwater photos with a new, astonished eye. I saw all that, me? It's crazy.

Diving in Komodo, I dreamed! The reality was beyond the dream ... First video preview, at the fabulous Batu Bolong site.

I had to show you this video, of a manta ray and his girlfriends, met while diving in the archipelago of Komodo, ultimate goal of my crossing of Flores ...

I take you underwater, in the east of Flores, Indonesia, for a special nudibranch sequence, in Maumere Bay.

The bay of Maumere, in the east of the Indonesian island of Flores, is full of beautiful underwater sites. My favorite dive site is Fish Soup. Here, the fish soup is at sea, to be savored under water!

Hop! Back in the water! Back below the surface. On the program: a short cruise to the Similan Islands, with Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon and Koh Tachaï on the itinerary. These are Thailand's most famous dive sites...

After Cambodia and the temples of Angkor, we headed for southern Thailand. So much for the chronology of the story... I zap straight into underwater mode, with my first underwater video: a coral-eating turtle at Phi Phi Leh.

The flamboyant little mandarin-fish does not dare to come out of his coral den until dusk. I found it in Bangka (Sulawesi, Indonesia).

Indonesia, sea of Celebes. Under the surface, life abounds! The proof in pictures, with this small underwater video, made around the island of Bangka, in the north of Sulawesi.

It is one of the treasures of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, to discover underwater. The delicate beauty of nudibranchs, these small sea slugs with shimmering colors, is a delight!

Open your eyes: in the Lembeh Strait in Sulawesi (Indonesia), strange creatures populate the seabed. A treasure of biodiversity, which attracts divers from all over the world.

Here is a pretty "hairy frogfish" photographed in Lembeh to wait for the next ticket.