Amazing Underwater Adventures in Indonesia, since 2001
This week in Lembe….. A Paddle Flap Immerges! Our first Rhinopia encounter this year was with what we think is known as a “False Rhinopia” or “Hipposcorpaena Filamentosa”. This time a Paddle-flap Scorpionfish or “Rhinopias Eschmeyeri” has popped up to say hello. These are a popular find in the photography world so lets hope it…
DetailsMarbled shrimp or broken-back Shrimp occur worldwide in almost every habitat, from sea water to fresh water and can be found all over the reef. They are generally respected by other creatures, often sharing burrows and holes and working as housekeepers. They will wave their antennae around to attract customers, they then proceed to clean…
DetailsThe last two weeks of my PADI divemaster training in Lembongan has been truly amazing. I have barely seen such a variety of dive sites that can be explored all from just one dive center! One day the boat could be heading north to one of the sites with beautiful corals, an abundance of reef…
DetailsThis week in Lembongan… The island has become very busy with everyday we have had full boats. Havard from Norway who is visiting us for the third time already was been lucky enough to see eagle rays, marble rays, bamboo sharks, turtles, scorpion fish and because the water is getting colder he has been lucky…
DetailsLast week I tried some technical diving in the pool and the “tech-fever” caught me. So I decided to take some technical courses with Dom. I started with the TDI Advanced Nitrox course. The theory is really interesting. I also planned my first dive to 40m with a stage cylinder. During this dive I saw…
DetailsThis week in Bunaken… Judith from the UK and dive guide Opel got a very pleasant surprise when they came across a mama dugong and her baby during a dive at Ron’s Point! Judith and Opel had been to Fukui, where the rest of the divers on the boat were diving, the day before so they chose to…
DetailsThis week in Belongas … we have an outstanding amount of Redtooth trigger fish, sea cobras, nudibranchs, white tip reef sharks and eagle rays but this week its been the mobula rays that have made diving special as they have been counted on every dive. The school’s have been up to 60 rays and at…
DetailsThis week in Bali we’ve been out to our regular sites at Tulamben, Padang Bai and Nusa Pendia and we got a seahorse surprise! We saw the common Seahorse in Crystal Bay, Nusa Pendia – a site usually famed for the larger residents – Mola-Mola! And at Tulamben we saw the Denise Pygmy seahorse (hippocampus…
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