Four Kings
Four Kings is undoubtedly one of the most amazing spots in Misool. As I am particularly fond of underwater atmospheric photography, I can say that the Four Kings spot will satisfy the most demanding of photographers. The spot is made up of four rock formations (hence its name Four Kings) whose bases are about fifty meters deep and whose summits peak between thirty and five meters below the surface.
Once the rear rocking has been completed, the chain of bubbles gradually gives way to fry clouds made up of thousands of individuals swimming, twirling around the drop offs and coral potatoes.
Bluefin trevally lurking like torpedoes enter the schools of glassfish. The synchronized and harmonious movements of the fry in the face of the incessant attacks of the carnivores create one of the most magnificent aquatic ballets there is. Around fifty meters deep, the schools of barracuda of several hundred individuals come to meet the divers.
School of barracudas photo- graphed 50 meters deep at the foot of the Four Kings mountains
School of barracudas photo- graphed 50 meters deep at the foot of the Four Kings mountains
Going up quietly along the Four Kings, as our torches lighten the reefs its crevices are adorned with a thousand colors
Red, yellow, magenta, green, turquoise, orange and so on, the entire spectrum of colors of the rainbow is painted on this reef by the greatest artist ever known to man: Nature.
This explosion of colors is due to the impressive coral abundance, brought by the diversity of seafans and other soft corals which colonize the rocky surface. A real feast for the eyes, but also for the sensors of our cameras. The abundance of life and colors is such that we no longer know where and what to look at or photo- graph, so much so that we returned there the next day. At the end of each dive on Four Kings, a characteristic smile appears on the face of its visitors as soon as they come out of the water! The perpetual underwater spectacle offered by this "temple" of diving will remain forever engraved in the memory of divers that visit it
