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Silvertip Ridge
 Mbulo Island, Solomon Islands
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Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Coral
Aquatic Life: Might See Something
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Another southeast facing ridge smothered in luscious lemon soft corals with dancing golden damsels above, Silvertip boasts ridges lancing off from the main ridge, creating deep, beckoning canyons yet to be explored. Here, Allan encountered his first silvertip shark, a big, curious fellow who stayed with us for a full 5 minutes, zooming in and out to inspect these intruders in his territory. At the risk of repeating myself, we were immersed in schools of pyramid butterflies contrasting with the grays and silvers of the tangs, runners, barracudas and jacks that populated the deeper ridge tips.