This week in Bunaken we had the unique opportunity to dive during the full solar eclipse. And, as a double treat, senior dive guide Fenly picked a rarely visited site which usually offers a good chance for larger marine life. But that’s not what happened on this magical dive… To witness a full solar eclipse,…
This week’s fascination with brooding shrimp in Lembeh caused us to look a bit more closely into shrimp relationships. It all started with one simple question from a guest: are female shrimp bigger than the males? According to our Tropical Pacific Reef Creature Identification guide (Humann and Deloach), you can often times distinguish the gender…
This week in Lembongan…. People often come to div in Lembongan for the large creatures and yes, we do have an abundances of them but we also have an abundances of the smaller fish as well. A perfect example of this is the trumpet fish.
Our guests have been fortunate to spot blacktip reef sharks on nearly every dive this week. And as if that wasn’t enough, there have been plenty of eagle rays, too as well as our favourite sea turtles. A week for big stuff!
Week three and four passed with the blink of an eye. These weeks I have been, assisting on open water courses, advanced open water courses, scuba refreshers and servicing equipment, every morning in the ocean was immediately followed by hours under the glaring sun in the pool or sheltered in our maintenance room tinkering with…
So this week in south lombok we seem to have a massive increase in juvenile Cuttle fish. In 1 dive on the sand we found between 10 and 15 individuals and seeing them never gets boring with all there changes in camouflage and displays. Also on the dive we found juvenile sweet lips, nudibranches, crabs,…
Go on: take a guess! What type of Frogfish do you think this is? Surprisingly, it is an Antennarius striatus, or what is commonly referred to as a Hairy Frogfish. As it turns out the Hairy Frogfish comes in all hair lengths in Lembeh, including extremely short hair! Since this is a little known fact…
This week in Lembongan… The condition around the islands has been very still, allowing us many trips to the manta dive sites. While Eanna was practicing his guiding at Manta Bay, they were finishing up their safety stops, when instructor Rowan, spotted in the distance, one manta ray approaching. This was quickly followed by another…