Amazing Underwater Adventures in Indonesia, since 2001
This week in south gilis Lombok … The ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) or Bernis eel is an elegant creature bearing a resemblance to a mythical Chinese dragon with a long, thin body and high dorsal fins. A couple of weeks ago still black and a junior and now grown up he has changed colour to a…
This week here in Belongas, south lombok we have been experiencing big waves, moderate currents and superb yes superb visibility! The schools of Barracudas have stayed with us again all this week ranging from 150-200 in each. They have been spotted circulating the reefs at 3 dives sites. Having the visibility so clear this week…
Small is beautiful – South Gili Lombok goes macro! Most divers want the big stuff, but there are so many beautiful tiny and unique creatures in the sea that it would be a shame to ignore them. For macro and muck-divers, small is most definitely beautiful. They are not blown away by a manta or…
The full moon has come and gone this week leaving us with a fairly calm surface and currents next to nothing. This has not meant that all our big beauties of the ocean have disappeared alongside with them. On our dives out in Belongas Bay, South Lombok this week we have been lucky enough to…
This week at the south gilis Lombok … crustaceans are giving their best pose to the camera. Squat lobster are dorsoventrally flattened crusaceans with long tails held curled beneath the thorax. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera. Besides squat lobsters, we saw other crustaceans and critters like corallimorph decorator crap;
In Belongas the Mobula Rays have come together for a spectacular underwater show at one of our famous dive sites Gili Sarang, South Lombok. 25 – 30 Mobula rays dancing around each other right next to the reef while in between the multi-coloured soft corals were blue spotted stingrays elevating themselves up around 2-3 feet…
This week in Lombok … its frogfish time at the south gilis! The about 10 centimetres green giant frogfish at our divesite in South Lombok “Pearl Beach” got some company. We count right now 3 of this amazing animals. The frogfish also named as commerson’s frogfish can grow up to 38 cm. They can change their coloration…
This week in Lombok … we have pygmy seahorses!! The pygmy seahorse is both tiny and well camouflaged. Typically measuring less than 2 centimetres in height. It is very difficult to spot amongst the sea grasses, soft corals or sea fans that it inhabits. Last week our PADI Divemasters Rein and Andi spotted 8 of them…
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