Blue Reef Adventures (1996)

Blue Reef Adventures is a dive adventure series showing South African wildlife filmmakers, Peter and Stefania Lamberti, travelling to the most exciting dive destinations that Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands have to offer. Encounter astounding and perilous marine life as they explore breathtaking underwater locations from diving with great white sharks off the Cape coast to exploring the shipwrecks of the Red Sea. Join them as they search for the elusive ornate eagle ray of the Maldives and squadrons of hammerhead sharks in Sudan. They brave the deep blue waters of the Indian Ocean in search of the silver tip sharks in the Mozambique Channel as well as the ragged tooth sharks of Aliwal Shoal. Peter and Stefania investigate and dive with the diamond divers, who risk their lives braving the rough seas to retrieve diamonds off the ocean floor. They witness the world's deepest diver, Nuno Gomes, breaking the world record, reaching a depth of almost 300 metres below the water, followed by a gruelling 12-hour journey back to the surface. Not all of these diving adventures are dangerous, our explorers join the gentle whale sharks as they journey down the east coast of Southern Africa, following the plankton rich waters. They glory in the schools of friendly dolphins. This marine mammal strikes the heart of most people and these intelligent creatures seem to enjoy the company of humans, swimming up to them and even riding in the bow waves of their boats. They observe the sea turtles, under severe threat of extinction. Here these two adventurers find the few places where turtles are thriving, witnessing how laboriously the turtle digs her nest to lay eggs, the hatchlings finally emerging and making a perilous dash for the sea. They revel in a stunning underwater interlude with the graceful Manta rays 'flying' through waters with perfect coral reefs and an infinite array of tropical fish.