Bret Gilliam

In his words: “The Raja Ampat Islands are simply the best…with the highest biodiversity anywhere. It’s a world to suspend your disbelief and soak in the unparalled beauty of a resource unequaled in today’s other regions. Such an ecosystem is the stuff of dreams…both above and below the surface. I always am awed by the experience. Put a trip there on your bucket list and help preserve this magnificent oasis of the underwater universe.”

Bret Gilliam has been professionally involved in the diving industry since 1971, a career now spanning over forty five years. Since beginning diving in 1959, he has logged over 18,000 dives around the world. His background includes scientific expeditions, military/commercial projects, operating hyperbaric diving treatment facilities, liveaboard dive vessels and luxury yachts, retail dive store & Caribbean resort operation and ownership, publishing, as well as filming projects for movies, television series, and documentaries. He was inducted into the AUAS “Diving Hall of Fame” in 2012.

Banded Sea Krait

Crocodile fish Portrait

Scalefin Anthias (female)

Denise's Pygmy Seahorse (pregnant male)

Redspotted Blenny

Reefscape with Diver & Soft "Tree" Coral

Ribbon Eel (Blue-male phase)

Coral Trout Portrait

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (mated pair)

Yellowtail Coris (juvenile phase)

Reefscape with Diver, Sponge & Feather Seastar

Squarespot Anthias (male)