This week in Amed, we encountered the very in demand Mimic Octopus; a “must-have” subject for underwater photographers, our specialty here in Amed. It holds this name because of its ability to impersonate other local species by changing its skin color and texture and literally blend with its environment. All thanks to what is called the…
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I arrived on to Bunaken on the 2nd July, the resort has a lovely feel – when I arrived some of the staff were singing and playing music in the bar, they we’re full of warm smiles and helped me settle in quickly. The room was comfy and had very regular fresh laundry, and the…
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We see Orangutan crab or Achaeus japonicus quite regularly and they are always cool critters when they wave with their little claws. You find them usually in bubble coral or anemone’s. They have relatively longs arms and are reddish or brown and quite often have a bit of debris stuck on their hairy arms. We had a…
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The Nembrotha Cristata was just one of the Nudibranchs to delight our guests in Lembeh this week. This particular one resembles an old English Gentleman, with a large drooping moustache! We have some crazy, beautiful Nudibranchs here in Lembeh and this great shot was captured by our guests, Victor and Lynn. Nembrotha Cristata are from…
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“Sometimes the best decisions happen when you just say let’s go for it.” Marie-Lise Roux used this phrase when she invited us to attend a second Instructor Development Course (IDC) that Two Fish Divers added to be taught in Lembongan. She explained in her e-mail that due to the popularity of the last IDC, a…
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This week in Amed, our excellent PADI Divemaster trainee, Nathan Wong, managed to get a close-up picture of an Idiomysis. The good eye of our Dive Guide Dr Baron helped us find this very, but I mean, very tiny crustacean during a Muck Dive on our House Reef – right in front of the resort. Nathan…
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This week in Lembongan we had another epic dive at Manta Point. The mantas at Manta Point were extremely curious and playful and just kept swimming around us. There were mantas everywhere and we could see them from every possible angle. These creatures are essentially channel feeders and eat an extensive amount of zooplankton. Rather…
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Exploration team were on the hunt this week in South Lombok for a new dive site. Myself, Jay, Moon and Edi were out on the boat trying to lock down the location of a new dive site that Jay had stumbled across just last week. Jay had been telling us tales of a dive site…
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