Picking fights with boxer crabs

This week in Bunaken… Dive guide Oke learned that attitude sometimes comes in small packages and that you should not pick fights with boxer crabs. During a dive Oke found a very pretty boxer crab that he pointed out to his divers. Normally boxer crabs are quite elusive and shy, but not this guy! He…

Sharks and Rays

This week in Bali, we saw the big guys and the small guys. Sharks and rays were popping up all over the place. An interesting fact about sharks is that they do not have a single bone in their bodies! Their skeleton is completely made of cartilage and it is the same for rays!

A Paddle Flap Immerges!

This week in Lembe….. A Paddle Flap Immerges! Our first Rhinopia encounter this year was with what we think is known as a “False Rhinopia” or “Hipposcorpaena Filamentosa”. This time a Paddle-flap Scorpionfish  or “Rhinopias Eschmeyeri” has popped up to say hello. These are a popular find in the photography world so lets hope it…

Mama dugong and baby!

This week in Bunaken… Judith from the UK and dive guide Opel got a very pleasant surprise when they came across a mama dugong and her baby during a dive at Ron’s Point! Judith and Opel had been to Fukui, where the rest of the divers on the boat were diving, the day before so they chose to…

Seahorse surprise in Bali!

This week in Bali we’ve been out to our regular sites at Tulamben, Padang Bai and Nusa Pendia and we got a seahorse surprise! We saw the common Seahorse in Crystal Bay, Nusa Pendia – a site usually famed for the larger residents – Mola-Mola! And at Tulamben we saw the Denise Pygmy seahorse (hippocampus…

DMT Carmelo – Week 3

This week Jackie, a new divemaster trainee, arrived in Bunaken. We were really busy but had also a lot of fun. Together with the instructors Ina and Dion and some diveguides Jackie and me helped with a Coral Rehabilitation program. We helped the Indonesian Marine to rebuild a reef and even ended up in the local…