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Carl F Bucherer makes swimming with manta rays fashionable as it bats to conserve the vulnerable fish.

I block out the sound of chatter as I focus on the immense blue around me that colour codes the ocean into reef territory, lagoon and deep sea as it goes from aquamarine to blue black within seconds. We are on a luxury yacht in the middle of the Indian Ocean and are on our way to Hanifaru Bay in Baa Atoll, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Maldives. I move the strap of the watch on my wrist up and down as though to reduce an uncomfortable chafe, but the watch is far from uncomfortable.

The Patravi Scuba Tec

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