This week, the magical soft coral crabs of Lembeh paid us a visit. The scientific name for this particular Soft Coral Crab is Hoplophrys Oatesi and is also known as the Candy Crab. The Candy Crab grows to about 1.5 to 2cm’s and has the ability to camouflage itself within the soft corals in which…
This week in Amed….discover the ever present Spirobranchus Giganteus, also known as the Christmas Tree Worm, a name derived from its appearance, and clearly not from their habitat or diet. This one was spotted at the Liberty Wreck in Amed. These little creatures have a tube-like body from which two colored crowns protrude. The « Branches »…
This week in Lembongan … it looks like the Mola season is starting early this year many of our guests saw them on several dives. Normally the Mola season starts around July and sometimes even as late as August, but this week we had very lucky guests this year who spotted these beautiful creatures on…
Three new PADI Instructors and 1 Staff Instructor are born! On Nusa Lembongan, 19th of April, was the beginning of another great IDC program along with Platinum course director Marie. A nice mix of 3 different personalities, 3 different countries, 1 staff instructor trainee and Marie…5 people getting together for their 13 days of Instructor…
We had another amazing week in Bunaken! Longnose Hawkfish was the fish of the week! Lina who stayed with us for a week was very impressed with the beautiful corals and the huge amount of reef fish and turtles.Her highlight was a pair of longnose hawkfish and a white giant frogfish at Lekuan II. The…
This week on Gili Air you are not only waking up to sunshine and blue sky but even the diving conditions are getting better and better with every day. Slowly but surely is the season starting here and we are getting busier. We had a few customers from China, USA, Singapore, Finland, Austria, Ireland, France, Russia…
Our dreary weather this week was brightened up by a visit from this beautiful Reef Octopus here in Lembeh. This gorgeous creature stood out rather well against the reef by changing it’s colour to a vibrant yellow, obviously not the least concerned with camouflaging itself. Quite the little show off! Thanks to Tasha for this…
This week in Amed the ocean offered us plenty to see, with the Gurnard Lionfish (Parapterois Hetururus) being one of the highlights of one of our guests, Matt Hutchinson. Matt is a newly certified PADI diver, and took this photo of the Gurnard Lionfish during a muck dive at about 7m depth. Congratulations to Matt…