Palau Coral Reef

Steve McGlamery · Jul 18, 2017

In May 2017 I did a scuba diving trip to Palau and thought you might like to see some pictures. I go into LFS and see coral frags for $30 or so but in Palau corals that were 10 feet across, anemones as big as garbage cans and giant calms 6 feet long. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Phiilip · Jul 18, 2017

Can't wait to go back. Went there for my honeymoon in 2007.

reefrf · Jul 18, 2017

These photos of the reef are awesome! Very happy to see that they are in healthy condition. May I ask where did you stay in Palau?

Tahoe61 · Jul 18, 2017

Thanks so much for sharing, awesome stuff.

Phiilip · Jul 18, 2017

Steve, was that pic of what looks like plating montiporas at Oolong Chanel? I think they called them lettuce coral there.

Reefrf, In case you're looking for a good place to stay, Palau Pacific Resort is pretty good. It has great shore diving. But it's been 10 years since I went so things may have changed.

revhtree · Jul 18, 2017

Beautiful!

Mattrg02 · Jul 18, 2017

Someone should go dive, at night, with a strong led blue light and take some pictures!

Steve McGlamery · Jul 18, 2017

reefrf said:
These photos of the reef are awesome! Very happy to see that they are in healthy condition. May I ask where did you stay in Palau?

Rock Island Aggressor liveaboard.

Steve McGlamery · Jul 18, 2017

Phiilip said:
Steve, was that pic of what looks like plating montiporas at Oolong Chanel? I think they called them lettuce coral there.

Reefrf, In case you're looking for a good place to stay, Palau Pacific Resort is pretty good. It has great shore diving. But it's been 10 years since I went so things may have changed.

Phiilip said:
Steve, was that pic of what looks like plating montiporas at Oolong Chanel? I think they called them lettuce coral there.
Very good, you are correct the picture was taken in Oolong channel. It was the size of a football field. On land we stayed at the West Plaza Hotel Malakal. One thing that was cool was at the end of the road there was a giant clam farm.

Steve McGlamery · Jul 18, 2017

Mattrg02 said:
Someone should go dive, at night, with a strong led blue light and take some pictures!

I took a UV light for the night dives. It was surreal.

Hans-Werner · Jul 19, 2017

It is always a please to me to see new images of the natural habitats of our fish and corals. Thank you for sharing!

LbulletM · Jul 19, 2017

Glad to see a couple of people mentioning UV night dives. I was starting to think I was the only one that found day time reef pictures underwhelming - the size is impressive, but I love the colors.