Pom-Poms Come to Lembeh – It is not a title I ever thought I would use, but it happened this week! Check out this beautiful example of a Lybia tessellata, more commonly known as a Pom-Pom Crab or Boxer Crab, captured by our guests, Victor and Lynn. It is easy to see how they got…
This week in Amed we had a very close encounter with a turtle that posed for us. The photographer behind the camera is Derek Cheah, from the very close-by Singapore, who came diving with his Family for several days. This beauty is a Hawksbill turtle (“Eretmochelys Imbricata” if you want to go crazy), named after…
This week some of our guests could see a beautiful yellow and blue Ribbon Eel. First it was just sticking out his head out of cave and the body was hidden but it became truly spectacular when it decided to swim free, and everyone could enjoy the full beauty of it meandering and dancing over…
This week in Bunaken we were lucky when our divers had one of the eagle’s of the oceans playing with them. This beautiful spotted eagle ray swam up from deep water to the shallows, and whilst it was playing with the divers they also had two white tip reef sharks was passing by and many…
This week, we were happy that we could show our customers a wide range of aquatic life. We had some white tip reef sharks hiding underneath an outcropping rock, our Instructor Kuss was very lucky to see some cute Juvenile Eagle Rays with his students at our dive site “Bounty”. And we also found some…
Last Saturday night was date night in Lembeh for Mandarin Fish! Obviously, this particular guy or girl has just arrived to the party and has yet to mingle and meet his or her mate for the evening! These gorgeous creatures come out every night at dusk to perform their mating ritual, much to the delight…
This week in Amed, another « odd creature » from the warm waters of Indonesia, the Longhorn Cowfish, aka Lactoria Conuta for the Latin lovers. It gets its name from the obvious Horns that protrude from the front of its head. This variation can measure up to 46 cm. Our fun divers love this fish, sadly aquariophiles…
This week on Lembongan was just had another crazy mola week with eight molas on one dive. The temperature of the water dropped down to 21 degree Celsius and the molas came to the shallow waters of Crystal Bay. If guests see one mola on a dive they are already overly happy, but can you…