There is much more to the spot-fin porcupine fish (Diodon hystrix) than those cute big eyes: with many defense mechanisms, porcupine fish are not so defenseless in Bunaken. Being related to the puffer fish they have similar techniques for fending off would be predators.
We have been on a Penida day trip to spot Manta rays, and we did ! Yes, plenty of them! It’s one of the great pleasure of being in Amed, we have awesome diving just here at home and aren’t very far from amazing Nusa Penida! It requires a few logistics and preparation but it’s…
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This week in Lembongan was windy and wavy and we had only one day when could go to Manta point, and the “aquarium” fishes like these Clownfishes on the North of Nusa Penida became heroes of this week!! We spotted this couple of clownfishes at quite a small anemone coral. It seemed like they had…
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Lembeh Strait offers the opportunity to discover many marine creatures such as blue-ringed octopus, rhinopias, Lembeh sea dragons, harlequin shrimps, flamboyant cuttlefish, mandarin fish and much more! Here in Two fish Divers Lembeh, we are lucky enough to enjoy these wonders every day. Today at Nudi Retreat, one of our wonderful diving spots, we had…
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After spending two weeks in Amed, the highlight of it all was definitely completing the PADI Wreck Specialist course. If you have ever thought about getting certified as a PADI Specialist or if you haven’t heard of PADI Specialities, take a break from your search engine and read on as I’ll tell you all about…
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Last week started with Dyas, she did her PADI Open Water Diver course at Two Fish Sanur. She rocked the theory on day one and in the pool, after some giggles, did all the skills without any trouble! At day one we visited Tulamben to do the first two open water dives, which is the…
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As Lalo proved it to Nick and Wilfried this week, it’s quite easy for our guides to find Whip Coral Shrimp in Bunaken. His keen eyes spotted one of the least common; the Dragon Shrimp (miropandalus hardingi) which is about 2cm long. Although it looks like the Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp (dasycaris zanzibarica) which has…
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Last week in Lembongan was quite windy, this gave us a chance to explore North and East corner of Nusa Penida, and on one of the dives we spotted some amazing Hammerhead Sharks! Three nice big sharks were slowly swimming in a small current, and they stayed for us enjoy them and take some great…
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