This week in Amed, our dive guide Baron and our “soon to become” Instructor Csaba found a new seahorse on our House Reef! The common seahorses we have here are usually brown and hiding in our muck dive sites. Many women will be happy to know that the seahorse specie is the only one where…
This week our instructor Markus spotted a family of 3 dugongs while diving on the east side of Bunaken island. He was diving solo and without a camera, however, so we wondered about the truth of the story… Until they were spotted again by Daniel, snorkelling in the shallows! Dugongs are quite rare but can…
The Fabulous Flamboyant Cuttlefish show off their amazing colours to our guests regularly here on Lembeh. These tiny creatures have a huge presence and are always a delight to see on every dive! These great shots were taken by our guests, Kevin and Sim and Manuel. The Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Metasepia pfefferi is also known as…
This week in Amed, we saw many Green Humphead Parrotfish! These amazing one-meter long creatures are usually seen in a school of 5 or 6. Swimming in the blue around the Liberty Wreck or simply eating the coral. Did you know that the excrements of parrot fish are actually white sand? This week in Amed…
2 years ago when I did my DSD I would never have imagined training for my Divemaster on the way to becoming an instructor… in Bali! My name is Andrea and here is my story about how I got there, and my video that tells you about a typical day on my Divemaster Internship. From…
This week in Bunaken we’ve seen some amazing wildlife, spotting large white tip sharks, several stunning scorpion leaf fish and of course plenty of turtles! The wildlife here in Bunaken is second to none – with some of the best wall dives in Asia, it boasts some incredible coral, inhabited by a huge diversity of…
This week’s spotlight is on the Network Pipefish of Lembeh. Lembeh is home to many species of Pipefish, all beautiful and interesting in their own way. This lovely image was captured by our guest, Manuela. The Network Pipefish is also known as the Banded Pipefish, Yellow Banded Pipefish and the Reticulated Pipefish. The scientific name…
Lembeh, well what can I say….I am extremely new to muck diving and to say this place blew my mind for numerous reasons is an understatement!!!! Firstly, I have never been to a place where you enter the water and on every single dive you encounter crazy amounts of new critters that I’ve never seen…