This week in Amed, one of our guest, Keith Massey from New Zealand, captured a really stunning picture of a Pygmy Seahorse, “Kudalaut Kerdil” in Indonesian. This creature is one hard little fella to find, but our dive guides have a trained eye. Usually found in shallow and warm tropical waters, they attach to a…
This week some of our guests spotted the colorful peacock mantis shrimp lurking out of his little hole go for a little walk along the reef. Mantis shrimps are fascinating critters with their eyes are mounted on mobile stalks and can move independently of each other. It hunts snails, slugs and crustaceans and will repeatedly…
This week in Amed we had a very close encounter with a turtle that posed for us. The photographer behind the camera is Derek Cheah, from the very close-by Singapore, who came diving with his Family for several days. This beauty is a Hawksbill turtle (“Eretmochelys Imbricata” if you want to go crazy), named after…
This week some of our guests could see a beautiful yellow and blue Ribbon Eel. First it was just sticking out his head out of cave and the body was hidden but it became truly spectacular when it decided to swim free, and everyone could enjoy the full beauty of it meandering and dancing over…
This week in Amed, another « odd creature » from the warm waters of Indonesia, the Longhorn Cowfish, aka Lactoria Conuta for the Latin lovers. It gets its name from the obvious Horns that protrude from the front of its head. This variation can measure up to 46 cm. Our fun divers love this fish, sadly aquariophiles…
This week on Lembongan was just had another crazy mola week with eight molas on one dive. The temperature of the water dropped down to 21 degree Celsius and the molas came to the shallow waters of Crystal Bay. If guests see one mola on a dive they are already overly happy, but can you…
This week in Amed….discover the ever present Spirobranchus Giganteus, also known as the Christmas Tree Worm, a name derived from its appearance, and clearly not from their habitat or diet. This one was spotted at the Liberty Wreck in Amed. These little creatures have a tube-like body from which two colored crowns protrude. The « Branches »…
This week in Lembongan … it looks like the Mola season is starting early this year many of our guests saw them on several dives. Normally the Mola season starts around July and sometimes even as late as August, but this week we had very lucky guests this year who spotted these beautiful creatures on…