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Discovery brief
Send your dates, group profile, dive certification mix, photography goals, dietary needs, and special-interest priorities.
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Custom Expeditions in One Sentence
How It Works
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Send your dates, group profile, dive certification mix, photography goals, dietary needs, and special-interest priorities.
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Video call with our curator to refine the brief. We map your priorities against vessel availability and seasonal windows.
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We deliver a day-by-day draft with two vessel options, full line-item quote, and notes on trade-offs.
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Two rounds of revisions included. We adjust route, vessel, provisioning, special permits, photographer add-ons.
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30% deposit secures the vessel and dates. Final itinerary locked at deposit signature.
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Pre-departure briefing 14 days out. Marine park permits, dietary spreadsheet, captain intro call.
Specialisations
Site repetitions matched to current windows. Dedicated camera infrastructure. Pro photographer mentor available.
Manta Trust logging, coral reef monitoring with Coral Triangle institutes, plankton tow with researchers.
Rebreather, Trimix, deep wall configurations. Helium logistics through Sorong with 75-day lead.
Birds-of-paradise hides on Waigeo, wallaby spotting, jungle naturalist guides for terrestrial focus.
Conference space, hybrid-meeting Starlink, team-building activities, formal dining configurations.
University marine biology, photography workshops, dive certification courses. Custom instructor brief.
Regional Extensions
+5–7 days
Whale shark targeting at the bagan platforms. Year-round residents. Genuine in-water encounters.
+4–6 days
Whale sharks, soft coral pinnacles, jellyfish lakes. Quieter than Misool, photographer favourite.
+7–10 days
Hammerhead schools at Manuk and Suangi. Volcanic geology. Spice route history.
+5–8 days
Walking sharks, rare nudibranchs, sultanate history. North Maluku archipelago.
Included in Custom
Start a Custom Brief
Send your discovery brief — we schedule a 60-minute planning call and return a draft itinerary with two vessel options.