The Hairy Squat Lobster is one little critter our guests delight in seeing here in Lembeh. This photo was taken by our guests, Victor and Lynn. The scientific name for this guy is Lauriea Siagiani but they are also known as Anomura Crab, Fairy Lobster, Hairy Pink Lobster, Barrel Sponge Crab and Fairy Crab. They…
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This week has been rather great in Amed, as we were surprised by a truly graceful Manta Ray during a dive at Pyramid, a coral reef, 5 minutes away from our Dive Resort by boat. A true surprise knowing we never see one of these beauties flying around Amed. The one we saw was a…
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When it comes to diving in Indonesia, South Lombok is still more or less undiscovered territory, but there is plenty of diving in this part of the world: from adrenaline dives with hammerhead sharks to pristine reefs and gentle currents – it’s all there. DiveZone and Two Fish Divers have offered recreational diving trips and…
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Dive Master Trainee Lauren in her last week in Bunaken – “…My time in Bunaken is coming to an end today after spending almost three weeks here. The feeling is bitter-sweet as this will be hard to beat, however I head to Lembeh next for a week of enjoying the world-renowned muck diving, which is exciting!…
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All our guests were very happy after their brilliant Manado Tua day trip! It has been again a wonderful week in Bunaken! Although some of the nights we have had some rain, every day has turned back into sunshine. Plenty of fun diving this week! We have been out on two day trips –…
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We have some beautiful Seahorses here on Lembeh. This one is known as the Common Seahorse, or Hippocampus Kuda and is only one of over 54 species of Seahorses. As you can see, our guest’s, Ludo and Meike, captured a lovely photo of this Seahorse, which is anything but common! The Common Seahorse is found…
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This week in Amed, Bayu and Baron, our incredible Dive Guides from Manado, found some more hidden underwater crawlers; this one is called the Crinoid Squat Lobster, a tiny crustacean captured by Samuel Wong, amateur photographer but also recently certified PADI Divemaster. Many can be found on the Local Dive sites; with a trained eye…
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The Halimeda ghost pipefish was our favourite fish in Bunaken this week. We have a couple of divesites around Bunaken where the trained eyes of our diveguides find that cutie-pie! Here is some info about the rarity from Wikipedia: “Halimeda ghost pipefish, Solenostomus halimeda, is a species of false pipefishes belonging to the family Solenostomidae.…
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