BlennyWatcher

Team Flying Fish - Our Fall 2011 article in Alert Diver magazine, about Yan Alfian and Ned chasing after flying fish in a channel near the island of Ceram. Waiting to board the tender for a night dive, Ned overheard crew talking about a dozen baby flying fish drifting past in float of debris. Ned asked if there was any chance he and Yan could use the other tender to go after them, and in a flurry of rearranging gear and crew, cruise director Wendy Brown made it happen. By the time Ned, Yan, the ship’s engineer (who had been conscripted for the mission) and the tender driver found the fish, they were a good half mile from our liveaboard dive boat, in a stiff tidal current. With the tender crew spotting from above and Yan in the water, Ned got the shot he wanted: the underside of an inch-long flying fish, drifting along the slick, calm surface.