Cuttlefish – the ultimate cephalopods Gili Air is home to plenty of cuttlefish, the crazy color-changing cephalopod cousin of octopus and squid. Like other cephalopods, cuttlefish can instantly change the color, pattern, and texture of their skin and arms for communication and camouflage. Cuttlefish are also extremely intelligent, with one of the largest brains of…
How do you feel when you come face to face with a moray eel? Do you swim in to take a closer look? Are you more alert and react quickly by swimming in the opposite direction? The moray eel, with their rows of sharp teeth and mouth wide open, may look scary and aggressive, but…
I’m feeling surprised that I have made it this far into my Divemaster training in Nusa Lembongan! I’m extremely thankful to everyone in Two Fish Divers Lembongan from the Front Office, Boat Crew to everyone in the Dive Team. They have offered great assistance all along the way in my program. During this trip for…
Project AWARE (‘Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education’) is a nonprofit organization originally established in 1989 by PADI that works with volunteer scuba divers acting in their own community around the world to protect the ocean, with two main areas of focus: shark conservation and marine debris. In the scope of Project AWARE’s flagship citizen-science…
Boxfish in Bunaken The Boxfish, family ostraciidae, is a strange-looking fish but it is a master of buoyancy control. Being square and rigid, you will be surprised how maneuverable they are and jealous of their seemingly effortless ability to glide and turn, in and around the coral reef, with just a flick of their flimsy-looking fins.…
If you want to go scuba diving with turtles then Gili Air is the place to be! Did you know that here at the Gili Islands we have more than 150 individual green sea turtles? Green sea turtles are easily identified by their large size and smooth carapace, or shell. They’re the only herbivorous species…
Bunutan is a very well appreciated drift dive site in the Amed area. “Drift dive” is sometimes a phrase that people are afraid of – but you don’t need to be! When you get used to the current and know how to deal with a drift dive, it becomes a real enjoyment and you start…
Nudibranch in Lembeh We have sea slugs galore in Lembeh Strait and to celebrate their incredible diversity we’d like to introduce this week’s featured nudibranch: the Anemone-eating Nudibranch (Baeolidia moebii). Anemones are predatory animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria which means they contain stinging cells called nematocysts (same as with hydroids and jellyfish). Does this…