Back in August i was in Sumatra for a surfing holiday, on the first night as we were driving in we saw this massive dark shape and a set of lights on the shore line. The next morning we ventured back to check it out, turned out to be a massive container ship that had run aground on the reef only days earlier. With no major damage to the hull crew were still on board carrying out their duties waiting for a salvage team from China to come down.

We saw this as an amazing photo oppurtunity as there was a small reef wedge breaking off the keel of the boat. Shot some images from land to begin with but paddled out about halfway through the session to shoot some water photos. Was the most surreal experience swimming around next to this massive container ship, definately a once in a lifetime oppurtunity and something we wont forget anytime soon.

Anyway heres a bunch of the images from the morning, riders are Chris Onton, Dean Fergus, Tom O’Brien, Brett Ayres and Jono Russell