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My all time favorite of all time and all places on earth is Loma Shoal aka (Krakafat) reef! This is the 5 star reef, a deep pinnacle with forests of black coral, massive schools of jacks, mating pointy nose unicorn fish, schools of fusiliers, chubs, snappers, the top of the reef is covered in bright orange anthias. Here is where you can be one with the fish!!! This dive site is heaven on earth! The second dive here had more current and we latterly had thousands of circling jacks and bat fish everywhere, just marvelous! ~~~~~~~~~~`

I have dived all over the world to the greatest WORLD CLASS DIVING DESITINATIONS, there is no place like this. We are in the Bismark Sea, Witu Islands which are north of Kimbe bay, this is by far some of the greatest diving and this reef is the best of the best. Now I know for sure why Al calls it Krakafat, it is beyond belief. The reef top sits in 36' of water. The size of a basketball court, slopes down to about 300ft. This is why I have done my 185 ft deep dive, only here. Ever.

The place has more fish per square meter than any place on earth we have all dived, there and many outstanding places here in PNG for sure all are world class, However nothing can compare quite to this. Forsests of black coral, and fans and soft and hard coral. It is the amount of fish that is extraordinary. Schools of thousands of jacks, in formation and making circles around me in the head of the current. Baracudda on the giant size called Chevron, I thought they were a brigade of sharks coming out of the murk.

Unicorn fish mating, surgeon fisn, sweet lips, anthias of every shade of orange and purple. Being one with the fish here happens where ever you are, it is a narcotic hypnotizing place with the current running. All the fish come together in a cacophony of fellowship, each finding their own spare inch to call home. I did not want to leave, there is a surreal feeling to be in the middle of a school of thousands of jacks circling and making figure 8'. Life is good and we are all blessed to be here, to have the privilege to be a part of this under water dance of thousands of fish, on a still thriving healthy reef. Thank you God for this, for still showing us this beauty of fish in the sea, untouched by human consumption. ''''''''''''''''''''

Fathers Reef area is a more masculine looking type of reef system, lots of sharks in the area and excellent visibility. 'Zee Arch' is a beautiful site with soft coral encircling the inside of the arch. Stunning vis and a large school of bumphead parrot fish.

Leslies reef and Normans Knob are gorgeous reefs with big dog tooth tunas, dense hard coral gardens and kissing Bat fish! They are like puppy dogs following you as the pied piper, if you put your fingers out, they kiss you!! I called them the 'kissing bat fish'. Loads of sharks in these areas, such a fabulous exciting site to behold in today's world of the deadly shark fining that is decimating our ocean waters all over the world.

Killibob Knob is the equivalent of Loma Shoal in the Fathers Reef system. 5 star all the way, gangs of barracudas, jacks, silver tip, gray reef and white tip sharks, thousands of anthias, that if you settle into them, they just go about their busy life of mating and darting about. This is a very very fishy place! This is also near the place where we can snorkel with dolphins as they swim with the bow of Febrina,,,, we are all lined up in the water and see them and try to photograph them as the boat goes by! Lots of fun and squealing with the dolphins.

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