Went on her for a week in March 13-21. They run a pretty tight show, which is needed because the boat take 26 guests. We were 24 divided into three groups.

The trip was called ’sharktastic’ and focused on channel dives in S Male, Vaavu and Meemu atoll. A few dives in N Male as well. From a photographic perspective, not a very productive trip which I knew beforehand. We did see a lot of reef sharks (grey, wt, bt), nurse sharks as well as eagle rays and a rare sighting of scalloped hammerheads (group) off Foteyo kandu in the blue, but they all keep their distance (besides the nurse sharks) making it difficult on this type of dives with a lot of hooking in. Nice sightings nevertheless. Had a manta ray passing by on one dive and we also did an extra day with two dives on shark tank in Male after the liveaboard, where we had a quite big tiger shark, lemon sharks and a shovel nosed ray. Went with Ocean Warrior dive centre in N Male for shark tank and they do not use bait, which many others do. So no sharks close enough for any good photos. But very good local dive center that arranged a larger rinse tank especially for me on their boat. Good and relaxed guide who’s name escapes me—young Maldivian guy.

Emperor Voyager is what it is. A solid liveaboard that works pretty ok for someone shooting/videoing. Spacious dive dhoni with a fairly big rinse tank. Would be too small if there had been 3-4 ff rigs at once though, I was the only one carrying a ’bigger’ camera (Nikon z6iii in Nauticam house with 2x strobes and wet optics). Had a lovely french guide named Margeaux, very attentive and she tried to make the most out of the trip. Cruise Director a meticulous man who definitely rivals the longest and most detailed briefings in the history of scuba. Delicious food. Good crew. Friendly atmosphere, but a little ’machine like’ operation, which is to be expected. But all in all a great trip for seeing some classic Maldivian channel dives.

Courtesy of Ocean Warrior (from GoPro)

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Christian K

Cool stuff. Thanks @Christian K !