The Flying Snakes of Gili Manuk

[NWDiver 33]

If you have a snake phobia you might what to skip this dive...Not many places were snakes can fly in 3 dimensions.

 

https://vimeo.com/132648250

[eyu 26]

Very Cool,

Thanks,

[troporobo 179]

Oh, wow! What a sight that must be. They're everywhere and they're big. Magnificent footage! The monochrome still at 3:25 is very good too, I love the composition and sense of movement it captures.

 

The only time I have seen anything that comes remotely close is in Niue, where there are lots and lots of banded sea kraits, but they are smaller and tend to stay closer to the reef, except inside the sea caves where they swarm a bit. But your experience is a whole new level.

[davephdv 0]

nice

[Steve Williams 0]

Crazy good and I don't normally like snakes. Well done!

 

Cheers,

Steve

[MikeVeitch 0]

i like the shot where the snakes swim into the diver legs and scare the heck out of him! hahaha

[NWDiver 33]

Mike you know that was me! I was trying to back up to get another shot of the group as I was waiting for the RX100 to recycle, damn point and shoots. We found them to be super sedate, a little curious but never threating. You can see the spot where one comes up behind me and I kick it. It just continued on, no big deal.

[simon bomholt 0]

wow.. gilimanuk in bali??? In the channel or how??

[Algwyn 8]

Not sure where the OP took the video, but one place for sea snakes is Manuk island (Manuk, Pulau Manuk, Maluku) in the Banda sea.

[bubffm 178]

Well, thats what the title of this thread says....

[onokai 6]

I was there 2005 and thats just how I recall it. I made 3 dives there in the one day we where there.Got a nice shot of a huge yellowfin tuna besides the snakes-I was shooting oil back then.