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UNIQUE OCEAN EXPEDITIONS

UNIQUE EXPEDITIONS FOR OCEAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AND UNDERWATER EXPLORERS

Unique Ocean Expeditions is a UK based, adventure dive travel company for ocean photographers and explorers. Founded by Richard Barnden in 2020, Richard has more than twenty years knowledge of filming, photographing and diving in the Pacific, especially Palau.

His speciality is in spawning aggregations and Blackwater night diving. For the last decade Richard has been managing Unique Dive Expeditions, a boutique scuba product of Sam’s Tours. These unique tours offer a brand new style of diving - SPAWNING diving by day and BLACKWATER diving by night. These expeditions are tailored around moon phases every month and at certain seasons of the year to witness different species of fish reproducing/spawning.

Unique Ocean Expeditions offers unique world wide spawning and migratory itineraries. Taking the same style of diving and timings he has learnt from Palau, Richard is now offering these unique itineraries in French Polynesia for the grouper spawning, Mexico Baja for stripped marlins hunting bait balls , massive Mobula ray aggregations in Baja and blackwater night diving expeditions in Anilao, Philippines.

Unique Ocean Expeditions are led with passion and knowledge. We pride ourselves on using the best local operators in the area with high conservation values. Only spending hours in the water observing these events and having the knowledge to understand them can guarantee you get the right experience. A completely different style of ocean adventure, it’s not just about luck, timing is everything.

Please look through the expeditions below and follow the links for more information on our Unique Ocean Expeditions.