The Smiling Seahorse - Andaman Sea Liveaboard

29/05/2026

Are you a morning person or a night owl? 🌝🌚

29/05/2026

6am dive briefing on a liveaboard in the Andaman Sea. Most people are still half asleep. 🤿☀️

There is always that one...

📩 Tag the keener from your last dive trip.
📩 Tag yourself if you've ever been that person and felt zero shame about it.

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6am dive briefing energy?

28/05/2026

Cruise Chronicles | Myanmar Expedition | 25 April – 3 May 2026

Final trip of the 2025–2026 season and Myanmar delivered exactly what this stunning waters always do — vibrant reefs, pelagic encounters you don't see coming, no human fish around, and the kind of week at sea that reminds you why you do this.

Franck captured it all, and scrolling back through these images it's hard to believe this was our last week on the water for the season.

Great conditions, incredible marine life, and a group of people who made the perfect send-off even better.

Until next season.

🖤Thinking about joining us for 2026–2027 and 2027-2028 seasons?

Early bird bookings are open → link in bio.

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27/05/2026

Check out our new post about our in-house photographer Franck Fogarolo 's favourite shots of the 2025-2026 season!

26/05/2026

26/05/2026

A wise man once said:
‘If I can’t dive… what am I even working for?’ 🌊”

Honestly… fair enough 😅

This is the reward.
🐠✨🪼

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MerguiArchipelago

26/05/2026

Is December the BEST month for blackwater diving in Thailand & Myanmar? 🌊✨

This video is part of our season-long blackwater diving experiment, where we document everything we encounter each month to uncover the seasonal patterns of pelagic marine life in the Andaman Sea of Thailand & Myanmar.

From tiny larval fish and alien-like juveniles to transparent drifters rising from the deep, every blackwater dive reveals something completely different.

If you love:
🦑 rare deep-sea creatures
📸 underwater macro videography
🌌 drifting through the open ocean at night
🐠 weird and fascinating marine life

…you’re in the right place.

Watch the full December blackwater dive and compare it with the other months in the series to see how ocean life changes throughout the year.

👇 Tell us in the comments:
Which creature was your favorite in this December dive?

📸 | By Franck Fogarolo
⛴ | The Smiling Seahorse - Andaman Sea Liveaboard

Is December the BEST month for blackwater diving in Thailand & Myan...

26/05/2026

Is December the BEST month for blackwater diving in Thailand & Myanmar? 🌊✨

This video is part of our season-long blackwater diving experiment, where we document everything we encounter each month to uncover the seasonal patterns of pelagic marine life in the Andaman Sea of Thailand & Myanmar.

From tiny larval fish and alien-like juveniles to transparent drifters rising from the deep, every blackwater dive reveals something completely different.

If you love:
🦑 rare deep-sea creatures
📸 underwater macro videography
🌌 drifting through the open ocean at night
🐠 weird and fascinating marine life

…you’re in the right place.

Watch the full December blackwater dive and compare it with the other months in the series to see how ocean life changes throughout the year.

👇 Tell us in the comments:
Which creature was your favorite in this December dive?

📸 | By Franck Fogarolo
🚢 | The SmiFranck Fogarolo AndamanThe Smiling Seahorse - Andaman Sea LiveaboardrDive

25/05/2026

Dive Wise | Post-Dive Gear Care

Your scuba gear just survived a week of saltwater, sun and four dives a day in the Andaman Sea — here's how to make sure it's ready for the next one. 🤿🌊

Salt is silent damage. Leave it long enough and it works its way into your regulator, corrodes your buckles, and degrades your wetsuit from the inside out. A proper rinse, dry and repack takes twenty minutes and adds years to kit that costs thousands to replace.

Swipe through for our post-dive gear care checklist — everything from rinsing your reg to storing your BCD correctly before it goes back in the bag. 👉

💾 Save this for the end of your next liveaboard trip.
📩 Tag a diver who definitely skips the rinse tank.

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📽️🧜🏻‍♀️| .fish

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Honest answer — do you rinse your gear properly after every dive?

23/05/2026

Every blackwater dive feels like opening a portal into another world.
Tiny transparent creatures, glowing drifters, baby deep-sea predators…
all rising from the abyss under the cover of darkness 🌌

This is what most humans will never see 🤿

🚢 📸 | The Smiling Seahorse - Andaman Sea Liveaboard

22/05/2026

Fish Signs with Camille 🤿

Do you know your dive signs? 🐙

Camille's throwing up a fish sign in the Andaman Sea — and the ocean answered immediately. Two octopus, right on cue.

Drop your answer in the comments 👇 Divers — what's the sign for octopus?

📩 Tag a dive buddy and see if they know it.

📽️🧜🏻‍♀️ | .fish

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Did you know the octopus sign?