Some serious diving this week in south Lombok thanks to our friends from Denmark doing three, four dive a day. With our guide Ipan also known as the laud one (we are still looking for the mute button, good job he can’t talk underwater) leading the way on some amazing dives finding a couple nudi’s…
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Underwater statues near Gili Air. The Gili’s are home to Nest, a collection of underwater statues meant to be a bridge between the human world and the marine world. The 48 human like statues are arranged in a circular formation to represent the circle of life. So much of our coral reef has died over…
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The hatching and birth of any sea creature is a treasured moment for any diver despite the length of time the diver has been diving for. Even more so, is to witness a cuttlefish hatching. Some of our divers witnessed the hatching of a Cuttlefish in all of it’s tiny glory this week. After spotting…
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This week a few of our guests were lucky enough to see an ornate ghost pipe fish at Bunaken. For those who don’t know this is a beautiful little creature, closely related to the seahorse. Cecelia, Chi, Winy, Ed and Pat diving with our guides Albert and Kres were the divers who got this rare…
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Pygmy Seahorses spotted in Gili Air! It might be one of the hardest creatures to spot in the ocean but possibly the cutest . They are as rare as they are tiny so it was so exciting to see them on our dive. The pygmy seahorse is smaller than a dime. They spend their entire…
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Divemaster trainees never get bored here in Bunaken. Whether practicing skills in the pool, competing at the challenging swim tests, assisting dive courses or gaining knowledge from reading the dive master manual, Ilse, Sam and Dion keep the divemaster course on track. AI must say I love it! As environmental education is also a part…
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Looks like we have left the rainy season behind, meaning that we have (most of the time) blue skies and calm seas; making it ideal for our divers to go to Manta Point almost daily. And the Mantas looks like are also enjoying the cleaning and feeding in one of our favorite dive sites; this…
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Our guests have had a wonderful week exploring the magnificent walls around Bunaken island. Though Bunaken offers a variety of dive sites, wall diving is the most popular type of dive site. With excellent visibility most of the time, these walls are stunning to be explored by all levels of divers. The walls consist of…
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